Legal Opinion
Building Industry Ass'n of the Bay Area v. City of San Ramon
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 13, 2016No. A145575PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MILLER, J.
A developer sought approval from the City of San Ramon (City) to build 48 town houses on two parcels of land. Because an analysis showed that the cost to the City of providing services to the new development would exceed the revenue generated by the project, the City conditioned its approval on the developer providing a funding mechanism to cover the difference. Using California’s Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Mello-Roos Act; Gov. Code, § 53311 et seq.), the developer petitioned the City to create a “community facilities district” and then, as landowner, voted…
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