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W'W I LLDAN also served by Pepper Tree Playfield and Borchard Park (both located outside the District boundary). Again, vehicle and pedestrian access to this park site is limited for residents and property owners outside the Dos Vientos area and the travel miles along the streets to this playfield are greater than its service radius. Therefore, it has been determined that only the properties within the District will receive specific benefit from the Park Site B improvements. The service areas for the two neighborhood parks (Park Site C and Park Site D) are entirely within the District boundaries and, therefore only properties within the District will receive special benefit from these parks. The annual assessment levied for the maintenance of the District improvements will vary each year as the four park sites are completed, open space is accepted for maintenance; and the number of developed properties increase. The original development plans for the Dos Vientos area included approximately 2,000 low to medium density residential units, 350 apartment units, various commercial developments, a day care center, a school site and equestrian site. Clearly the majority of the development within the District is single-family residential properties and these properties have similar and equal benefits. In order to equitably distribute the annual net cost of providing the improvements, the District was established with a method of apportionment that allocated to each parcel a proportionate share of the costs based on its land use. A proportional benefit factor was determined for each of the various land use classifications within the District using the single-family residential dwelling unit as the base unit. All subdivided single-family residential properties have been assigned a value of one (1.0) Benefit Unit (BU). Studies have consistently shown that apartment and other multiple -family dwelling units generate lower traffic volumes, water consumption, and wastewater discharge when compared to a single-family residence and therefore they generally impact the public infrastructure between 50 to 75 percent as much as a single-family residence. Based on these considerations along with the typical occupancy of apartment dwelling units versus single-family residential units within the City of Thousand Oaks, it was determined that benefits received by properties with multiple family dwellings should be proportionately less per unit than a single- family residential. Therefore, multiple family dwelling units were assigned a value of 0.67 BU per unit. Similar to multiple family residential developments, it was determined that commercial properties also benefit from increased economic activity and capacity to attract business resulting from well-maintained park and recreational facilities in the area. Although the agency's development of the Master Plan criteria for determining park facility size and location was based on residential populations and not commercial development, it is clear that both residential and non- residential properties derive special benefits from the District improvements. Based on the typical residential development within the District, it was determined that commercial and other non-residential properties would be assigned four (4.0) BU per acre when the property is developed. This determination was based on the 2020/2021 Landscape Maintenance District No. 94-1 Page 17 of 21