The special tax levies that helped build portions of South Orange County came to an end Tuesday – meaning some residents will pay substantially less on next year’s property tax bill.

County supervisors voted unanimously to dissolve eight special taxing districts covering 22,299 parcels, each of which is entitled to a portion of a $4.3 million fund surplus, which will be refunded in the form of a one-time property tax credit ranging from $50 to $3,664 per parcel.

The county created the Community Facilities Districts between 1986 and 1988 to fund the construction of schools, fire stations, sheriff substations, libraries, parks and roadway improvements for new developments in Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Forest and Laguna Hills.

Since then, property owners in those districts have paid an annual special tax assessment. Most of those owners have already stopped paying that tax, but will now receive a tax-credit refund. Residents of the Los Alisos district in Mission Viejo will receive the highest tax credit while residents of the Aliso Viejo district will receive the lowest.

“The County made a promise 30 years ago to collect what was needed to finance public improvements and to end the payments when they were no longer necessary,” Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Lisa Bartlett, who represents South Orange County, said in a prepared statement. “We’ve honored our promise and a significant number of residents will no longer be assessed this tax.”

Combined, the eight districts collected hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes over the course of their lifespan.

Supervisors will dissolve a ninth Community Facilities District after the county resolves legal issues associated with the commerical property, according to a county press release.

The dissolved districts are among 92 in Orange County – 24 of which were formed by the county and another 68 of which were formed by cities, school districts and special districts.