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City of San Leandro Page 2-1 Parks Development Impact Fee Study May 14, 2025 This chapter presents data on existing and future development that will be used to calculate impact fees in subsequent chapters of this report. The information in this chapter may be used to establish levels of service, analyze facility needs, and allocate the cost of capital facilities among various types of development. Development data presented in this chapter are based on information from the City of San Leandro Community Development Department, the U.S. Census Bureau and the American Community Survey (ACS), the California Department of Finance (DOF) Demographic Research Unit, and other sources as noted in this chapter. Study Area and Time Frame The study area for this study is the City of San Leandro. The timeframe for this study extends from the present time to 2035. Although the future development projected in this chapter is expected to occur by 2035, the actual timing of development cannot be predicted with certainty. The impact fee calculations in this report do not depend on when future development occurs. Development Types The impact fees calculated in this report will be applied only to residential development. The residential development types defined in this study are listed below. Traditionally, impact fees for residential development are based on the type of unit, e.g., single-family, multi-family or mobile home. However, Government Code Section 66016.5(a)(5)(A) which was added to the Mitigation Fee Act by AB 602 in 2021 contains the following requirement: “A nexus study adopted after July 1, 2022, shall calculate a fee imposed on a housing development project proportionately to the square footage of proposed units of the development. A local agency that imposes a fee proportionately to the square footage of the proposed units of the development shall be deemed to have used a valid method to establish a reasonable relationship between the fee charged and the burden posed by the development” But that requirement is not absolute. Section 66016.5(a)(5)(B) provides that a nexus study is not required to comply with Section 66016.5(a)(5)(A) if the local agency makes a finding that includes all of the following: 1. An explanation as to why square footage is not the appropriate metric to calculate fees imposed on a housing development project. 2. An explanation that an alternative basis of calculating the fee bears a reasonable relationship between the fee charged and the burden imposed by the development. 3. That other policies in the fee structure support smaller developments or otherwise ensure that smaller developments are not charged disproportionate fees The proportionality requirement in Section 66016.5(a)(5)(A) is commonly interpreted to mean that impact fees must have a linear relationship to unit square footage. That means the fees must increase by the same amount for every added square foot of unit size. Such a fee structure results in impact fees that are necessarily five times as high for a 3,000 square-foot single-family unit as for Chapter 2. Development Data