RESOLUTION NO. 26-4931
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE CITY’S UPDATED TOWN SQUARE PARK & AMPHITHEATER USER FEES WHEREAS, Chapter 3.32 of the Murrieta Municipal Code and provisions of the California Constitution relating to fee and service charges provide for the adoption and implementation of fees, rates, and service charges for municipal services; and WHEREAS, July 2, 2024, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 604-24, adopting user fees for the Town Square Park & Amphitheater; and WHEREAS, Section 4 of Ordinance No. 604-24 set forth that the fees, rates, and services might be amended, suspended, or modified by Resolution of the City Council, unless State law requires such to be adopted by Ordinance; and WHEREAS, on December 16, 2025, City Council provided comments at a workshop regarding the new policy and proposed user fee schedule changes relating to the overall use of Town Square Park and Amphitheater as detailed in the policy; and WHEREAS, the fees, rates, and service charges collected by the City pursuant to Ordinance No. 604-24, and subsequently amended, do not exceed the cost of providing the services; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Alcohol Event Cost Recovery Fee Analysis/Justification and finds that the Alcohol Event Cost Recovery Fee is based on reasonable estimates of the City’s incremental maintenance/custodial costs and a restricted capital reserve allocation for perimeter fencing/shade improvements to support events with alcohol, and that the $0.90 per-attendee rate is reasonably related to those costs and purposes; and WHEREAS, at this time the City desires to update its Town Square Park & Amphitheater user fees such that the City has, pursuant to California Government Code section 66016, provided notice of and conducted a public hearing and received written and oral presentations regarding the proposed updated fees, rates, and service charges; and WHEREAS, the approval of these updated fees, rates, and service charges will directly reimburse the City for the cost of services provided; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Murrieta Municipal Code section 3.32.040 and California Government Code 66017 the fees shall be effective no sooner than sixty (60) days following the final action on the adoption of the fee; and WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to further amend Ordinance No. 604-24 to update the Town Square Park & Amphitheater user fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The recitals above are true and correct and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. That Ordinance No. 604-24 is hereby revised to remove the page in its Exhibit A for fees levied in connection with Town Square Park in its entirety and said page is replaced with the new page, Fiscal Year 2025/26 Town Square Park and Fee Charges, attached hereto as Exhibit 1, which is hereby adopted as prescribed below.
Section 3. That the adopted fees, rates, and service charges set forth on Exhibit 1 will be effective 60 days after adoption by City Council, on June 20, 2026.
Section 4. That, as of June 20, 2026, the adopted fees, rates, and service charges set forth on Exhibit 1 shall supersede any and all previously approved fees, rates, and service charges for such services.
Section 5. That after June 20, 2026, the fees, rates, and service charges set forth on Exhibit 1 will automatically be incorporated into the Fiscal Year 2026/27 User Fee Schedule, introduced on April 7, 2026 and scheduled to be effective on July 1, 2026, pursuant to the adopted Resolution 26-4924.
Section 6. The fees, rates, and service charges set forth on Exhibit 1, shall be adjusted annually to increase in accordance with same methodology used for other City fees set forth on Ordinance No. 604-24 on July 1 of each year consistent with the percentage increase in the CPI for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area or five percent (5%), whichever is lower. For the Alcohol Event Cost Recovery Fee, the City will periodically review the underlying cost and event-count assumptions supporting any capital reserve component to avoid material over-collection.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of April.
Jon Levell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Tiffany J. Israel, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )§
CITY OF MURRIETA )
I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 26-4931 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Murrieta at the regular meeting thereof, held on the 21st day of April 2026, and was signed by the Mayor of the said City, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
XI. Parks & Recreation - Fee Schedule
Exhibit 1
City of Murrieta, Fiscal Year 2025/26
Application for Use
Fee Amount
Permit issuance fee1
769.75
1 Upon completion of event, $500 of the application fee will be credited to the final invoice for use of the Town Square Park and Amphitheater.
Town Square Park Deposits *
Fee Amount
Reservation Deposit, per event
1,500 min - 5,000 max
Park Use Deposit, 1 day - 3 days
1,500.00 - 4,500.00
Dressing Room
500.00
Staking for Large Tents
500.00
Alcohol
1,500.00
Carnival-type Attractions
1,500.00
Town Square Park Hourly Rates *
Fee Amount
Monday-Thursday
100.00
Friday-Sunday
150.00
Staffing
See "City Wide" section
Town Square Park Reservation Fees (Set up/breakdown charge is calculated at 12 hours) * Fee Amount
Vacant lots, per day/lot (non-parking purposes)
106.15
Electricity/Utilities, full day/half day
200.00/100.00
Dressing Room, per day
250.00
Stage Storage Room, per day
53.10 Restocking Supply Fee, per day
53.10 Alcohol Event Cost Recovery Fee, per attendee
0.90 Monument-Area Reservations, per two-hour block
50.00 Town Square Park Late Fees *
Fee Amount
Reservation Deposit, per day
100.00
Traffic Control Plan, per day (If Applicable)
100.00
Noise Ordinance Violation, per minute
1,000.00
* Notes for Town Square Park Reservations
Reservation for Town Square park includes: Park open grass space and amphitheater (stage only; dressing room access not included), amphitheater/stage electricity, high-powered park lighting, event parking, limited WiFitis for sales and concessions, public restroom access, and readily stocked restroom at start of rental period Should approval be given for an event to take place on a holiday, staffing hourly rates for holidays would be applicable.
If applicant cancels the event 0 to 4 days in advance of the reservation, 50 percent of the deposit is forfeited.
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