(a) All applicants for a zoning certificate or a building permit shall be charged and shall pay to the City an additional fee to be known as the parks and recreation fee.
(b) The parks and recreation fee shall be based on building area and shall be at the rate of one and one-half cents (1.5¢) per square foot of building area. As used herein, "building area" means the total horizontal area of each building and accessory building including all stories or floors finished as living accommodations, basements, garages, carports, covered entrance platforms, covered porches, covered terraces, covered walks, elevated patios and covered steps. Measurements of "building area" shall be taken to the outside of the exterior walls or, as applicable, to the outside of carports, covered entrance platforms, covered porches, covered terraces, covered walks, elevated patios and covered steps.
(Ord. 440. Passed 11-7-72.)