Are The District’s Recreation (“RFF”) Or Beach (“BFF”) Facility Fees Taxes?
Assuming Arguendo The District’s Recreation (“RFF”) and Beach (“BFF”) Facility “Fees” Are Actually “Fees,” And Notwithstanding The Fact The District Has Told Us They Are “Service And Standby Service Charges…For The Availability of” Recreation Facilities, Can They Permissibly Be Re-Labeled as “Service Charges…For Services…Furnished By The District?”
Assuming Arguendo The District’s Recreation (“RFF”) and Beach (“BFF”) Facility “Fees” Are Actually “Fees,” And Notwithstanding The Fact The District Has Told Us They Are “Service And Standby Service Charges…For The Availability of” Recreation Facilities, Can They Permissibly Be Re-Labeled as “Charges For The Availability of Service?”
Assuming Arguendo The District’s Recreation (“RFF”) and Beach (“BFF”) Facility “Fees” Are Actually “Fees,” Can They Permissibly Be Re-Labeled as “Service Charges…For (Recreation) Services or Facilities Furnished by The District?”
No they cannot. And here are the reasons why. As we’ve demonstrated elsewhere, “each year, the District establishes…annual Recreation…and Beach Facility Fee(s)…collected from property owners within the District through a levy placed on the(ir) property tax bill(s)…As part of the … Continue reading →
Using Recreation Facility Fees, Wrongfully, to Pay For “Open Space” The District Has No Power to Furnish
As demonstrated elsewhere, the purpose for general improvement districts (“GIDs”) is supposed to be “to provide various urban type services (to real property in)…areas where such services (a)re not available and (cannot) be provided (for) by general purpose government(s)” such as counties, cities and … Continue reading →