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MEMORANDUM <br />TO:MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL <br />FROM:KURT GLASER, CITY ATTORNEY <br />SUBJECT: APPEAL OF PARK DEDICATION FEE <br />INDUSTRIAL PARK, BLOCK ONE, LOTS 5 & 6 <br />2050 MAIN STREET <br />DATE: 2/3/2023 <br />CC:MARK STATZ, CITY ADMINISTRATOR <br />SUMMARY: The Buyer of 2050 Main Street (comprised of two lots) is appealing a park <br />dedication fee. A park dedication fee of $5, 850.75 was imposed on a recent building permit <br />because a fee was never collected on the undeveloped lot pictured on the right. The Council <br />hears these appeals. <br />ISSUE: The Buyer does not question <br />that a fee is owed, he is claiming that he <br />is not the party who must pay it. The <br />Buyer already paid this fee to the City. <br />He now asks for a refund. <br />Many years ago, a park dedication fee <br />was paid for the parcel on the left (as <br />pictured) at the time the building permit <br />was issued. At that time, the lot on the <br />right remained undeveloped and no <br />park dedication fee was paid until now. <br />RULE: State law allows cities to <br />impose park dedication fees. The law <br />encourages cities to impose those on the <br />party subdividing the property but cities <br />are free to set their own standards for <br />imposing and collecting these fees. <br />Centerville traditionally allowed the <br />party subdividing the property to either <br /> <br />