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Council discusses park‑fee program, zoning of fee use and appeals process; staff to meet Parks and Recreation Planning Board
Summary
Council discussed the city’s 1993 park‑fee program, which requires that fees be spent in the zone where collected and used only for neighborhood or linear parks. Parks staff said appeals, variances and exceptions exist in the ordinance; council asked staff to continue outreach and two‑year review with the Parks and Recreation Planning Board.
Plano City Council on Aug. 25 heard from Ron Smith, director of Parks and Recreation, on the city’s park‑fee program established in 1993 and used to fund neighborhood and linear parks in 14 zones across the city.
Smith said the fee is calculated separately for single‑family and multifamily residential development and that, under the ordinance, fees "must be spent in the zone in which it is collected, and it can only be used for neighborhood and linear parks." He noted the Trust for Public Land data…
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