Park Impact Fees and Urban Parks

The City of San Jose has incorporated some innovative provisions within its Park Impact Fee to provide developer credits, or allow for the use of those fees to encourage the development of urban trails; community gardens; pet amenities (dog parks); expanded street side recreation amenities; and publicly accessible plazas and green roof / roof-top recreation amenities, that in the opinion of reviewing planners have "real added value" for active recreational purposes. So far most new highrise developers are opting for a mix of onsite private recreation amenities and a park impact fee that can be combined with other fees to acquire and/or develop park land to serve the new population generated by the development.

Follow this link for more information; http://www.sjparks.org/pdopio/

Is anyone aware of other of other City's that have expanded the use of system development charges / park impact fees to develop non-traditional recreation amenities in urban areas.

Information received will be used to support a presentation to the California Park and Recreation Society.

Thanks.