A. Required; Fees: As a condition of approval of an application for a residential building permit for the construction of any residential dwelling unit anywhere in the City on land for which a cash contribution has not been previously paid under the terms and provisions of title 12, chapter 8 of this Code, the City Subdivision Control and Development Ordinance, the applicant for such residential dwelling unit building permit shall be required to pay for school districts, park, fire protection district and library district purposes, a cash contribution per each residential dwelling unit to be constructed, calculated in accordance with the following schedule, which contributions shall be increased each May 1 by the percentage increase in the Chicago Area Consumer Price Index for the previous year, for purposes of this section, the price index to be used for comparative purposes shall be that index published for the Annual Average Chicago Area CPI-U, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, beginning May 1, 1997:
CONTRIBUTION PER RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT FOR:
Type Of Residential Dwelling Unit | Schools | Park | Library | Fire District | Total Contribution Per Unit | |
Type Of Residential Dwelling Unit | Schools | Park | Library | Fire District | Total Contribution Per Unit | |
Single-family detached: | ||||||
2 bedrooms or less | $797.00 | $2,420.00 | $356.00 | $356.00 | $3,929.00 | |
3 bedrooms | 2985.00 | 3,478.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 7,175.00 | |
4 bedrooms | 4,976 | 4,517.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 10,205.00 | |
5 bedrooms or more | 3,805.00 | 4,524.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 9,041.00 | |
Single family attached (townhouse, dupluxes, etc.): | ||||||
1 bedroom | 0.00 | 1,432.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 2,144.00 | |
2 bedrooms | 715.00 | 2,338.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 3,815.00 | |
3 bedrooms | 1,376.00 | 2,870.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 4,958.00 | |
4 bedrooms | 2,678.00 | 3,774.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 7,164.00 | |
Multi family (apartments): | ||||||
Efficiency | 0.00 | 1,553.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 2,265.00 | |
1 bedroom | 0.00 | 2,110.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 2,839.00 | |
2 bedrooms | 718.00 | 2,297.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 3,727.00 | |
3 bedrooms or more | 1,961.00 | 3,664.00 | 356.00 | 356.00 | 6,337.00 | |
B. Payable: The cash contributions required by subsection A of this section shall be payable to the City at the time application is made to the City for the issuance of such residential building permit. Such cash contributions shall be calculated pursuant to the above schedule on the basis of the type of residential unit to be constructed and the number of bedrooms specified in said application.
C. School Contributions:
1. Sixty five percent (65%) of the cash contributions for school purposes shall be remitted to the grade school district affected by said subdivision development and thirty five percent (35%) shall be remitted to the affected high school district.
2. The City shall remit the cash contributions to the affected school district on a periodic basis no less frequently than annually. Such cash contributions, in lieu of school sites, shall be held in a special fund by the school district and disbursed by the school district for use in the acquisition of land for a school site to serve the immediate or future needs of children from that subdivision or development or for the improvement to any existing school site which already serves such needs, but not for the construction of any school building or additions thereto.
(1987 Code § 7-4; amd. Ord. MC-19-1213, 12-2-2019)