Developer of private dormitory for students at state university within school district boundaries brought action for refund of school impact fees imposed by school district.
The Superior Court granted school district’s motion for summary judgment, and developer appealed.
The Court of Appeal held that district was not required to determine whether dormitory would generate new students for school district in order to justify fee.
School district was not required to determine whether private residential dormitory for state university students would generate new students for school district in order to justify imposition of school impact fee based on study analyzing all new residential construction.
A school district need not make an individualized determination for each particular development project before imposing school impact fee; instead, the school district must make findings based on the general type of construction, such as residential construction.
School impact fee imposed on new private residential dormitory for state university students, which was based on general study of new residential development and impact on school facilities, was reasonable and complied with the Mitigation Fee Act, and thus was not an invalid special tax.
School impact fee imposed on new private residential dormitory for state university students was not a taking without payment of just compensation, as fee complied with the Mitigation Fee Act.
Developer fees generally do not constitute a taking if the fee is reasonably related to the impacts of the type of new residential development on the school district’s school facilities and meet the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act.