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Park and recreation fee

A charge for park land and facilities, sometimes structured as land dedication with a payment in lieu.

Who charges it

The city or county parks department

The trap

In-lieu payments are often set by an appraised land value that has not been refreshed in years, in either direction.

Park obligations often start as a land dedication requirement with a payment in lieu of dedication for projects too small to carve out usable park land. California's Quimby Act is the best known version.

Because in-lieu payments are set from land values, they can be badly out of date in either direction, and the valuation basis is a fair question to ask.

Arizona's 2011 rewrite narrowed park eligibility sharply, excluding amusement facilities, golf courses, museums, zoos and community centers above three thousand square feet, while still allowing swimming pools.

Where this is authorized

Among the states with a general enabling act, 22 list this facility type as eligible and 7 do not. States without an act are a local question entirely.

Listed as eligible

ArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIndianaMaineNevadaNew HampshireNew MexicoOklahomaOregonRhode IslandSouth CarolinaUtahVermontWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsin

Not on the eligible list

DelawareIllinoisMontanaNew JerseyPennsylvaniaTexasVirginia

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