MN HF3026

Rochester may require land dedication or impose a dedication fee for new dwelling units and developments creating proportional park system impacts, with fees supporting public parks, playgrounds, recreational facilities, wetlands, trails, or open space.

City council must enact an ordinance to implement the dedication requirement or fee, and may exempt senior housing and affordable housing applicants.

Dedication fees may be based on current land prices at permit issuance or a flat fee per net new dwelling unit, and must have essential nexus and rough proportionality to the development's impact.

New housing units eligible for low-income housing tax credits receive sliding fee reductions: 50% reduction at 50% area median income, 75% reduction at 40% area median income, and 100% reduction at 30% or less area median income.

Fees must be spent within six years of final occupancy permit issuance, with unspent amounts refunded with interest to property owners within 90 days after the six-year period concludes.