Parks Fee for 1200 sq ft ADU in LA??

Question

So I finally received impact fee schedule for $7100 for a 1200 sq foot ADU. My question is regarding the Parks Fee and if anyone has paid Park Fees for COO (Certificate of Occupancy) for a 1200 sq foot ADU. What was the Park fee amount you had to pay? Last ADU project I completed the Park Fee was $6172.00, but that ADU was less than 750 sq feet. Not sure if ADU size affects Park Fee, so wanted to ask for clarification if I should be expecting the same Park Fee amount. Thanks!

Steven Weiss · Answer

@Jake Coyne My Impact fee is 7100 (this is different than Parks Fee). For last ADU completed, the Parks Fee was 6172. I'll check out the website you posted, thanks!

Jake Coyne · Answer

Hello, thanks for bringing this to my attention because I actually never heard of park fees. After looking it up, it seems that each city is different. For example, in San Jose ADU's under 750sqft are now exempt from park fees, and anything else is correlated to a map area (see link). Below is link of how San Jose is calculating park fees.https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showdocument?id=44072For Los Angeles, it does show that:

Non-Subdivision Residential Projects

$6,671.00

Not sure exactly why your's is a bit higher.

They seem to mention a representative coming out to 'calculate' what your fee would be so maybe Maybe read up more on how they are calculating on their website. https://www.laparks.org/planning/park-fees