§ 18.05.010. Conditions for refund.

(a)

The county auditor-controller shall report to the board of supervisors once each fiscal year any portion of a fee remaining unexpended or uncommitted in an account five or more years after deposit and identify the purpose for which the fee was collected. The board of supervisors shall make findings once each fiscal year with respect to any portion of the fee remaining unexpended or uncommitted in its account five or more years after deposit of the fee, to identify the purpose to which the fee is put and to demonstrate a reasonable relationship between the fee and the purpose for which it was charged.

(b)

The county shall refund to the then-current record owner or owners of lots or units of the development project(s) on a prorated basis the unexpended or uncommitted portion of the fees, and any interest accrued thereon, for which need cannot be demonstrated.

(c)

If the administrative costs of refunding unexpended and uncommitted revenues collected pursuant to this section exceed the amount to be refunded, the board of supervisors, after a public hearing, for which notice has been published pursuant to Government Code Section 6061 and posted in three prominent places within the area of the development project, may determine that the revenues shall be allocated for some other purpose for which the fees are collected subject to this title that serve the project on which the fee was originally imposed.

(Ord. 2519 § 1 (part), 1991)