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OR BK5606 <br /> F'-J <br /> 309 <br /> 2 of 13 <br /> B. City Council of the City of Zephyrhills has authority to adopt.this Ordinance_ <br /> through general non-charter home rule powers pursuant to Chapter 166 of the Florida Statutes. <br /> C. Increasing the capacity of arterial and other roads to make them safe and more <br /> efficient is in the best interest of public health, safety and welfare. <br /> D. Planning for the necessary provision of new roads and roadway improvements <br /> created by new land development activity generating traffic is a responsibility of the City <br /> government, and is in the best interest of public health, safety and welfare. <br /> E. This Ordinance shall apply to two separate districts located within the incorporated <br /> city of the City of Zephyrhills. The First District (Schedule A) shall be the Community <br /> Redevelopment Area, (CRA), more particularly described as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached <br /> hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Second District shall be the balance of the <br /> incorporated area of the City of Zephyrhills as same now exists or as it may be amended by virtue <br /> of future annexations. <br /> SECTION II. Intent and Purpose. <br /> A. City Council has determined that growth which Pasco County is experiencing will <br /> necessitate extensive road network improvements and made it necessaryto regulate new land <br /> development activity generating traffic in order to maintain an acceptable level of road service. <br /> In order to finance the necessary new capital improvements and regulate traffic generation levels, <br /> several combined methods of financing will be necessary, one of which will require new land <br /> development activity generating traffic to pay a"Fair Share Fee",which does not exceed pro rata <br /> share of the reasonably anticipated expansion costs of new roads and other facilities. <br /> B. Providing and regulating arterial and other roads and related facilities to make <br /> them more safe and efficient, is in the best interest of public health, safety and welfare. <br /> C. Implementing a regulatory scheme that requires new land development activity <br /> generating traffic to pay a"Fair Share Fee"that does not exceed a pro rata share of the reasonably <br /> anticipated expansion costs of new roads created by the new land development activity, is a <br /> responsibility of the City to implement the traffic circulation element of its Comprehensive Plan, <br /> and is in the best interest of public health, safety and welfare. <br /> D. It is the purpose of this Ordinance to establish a regulatory fee to assist in <br /> providing increased capacity for the major road network system to accommodate the increased <br /> demand new land development activity generating traffic will have on the road system. New land <br /> development activity will be required to pay a fee which does not exceed a pro rata share of the <br /> reasonably anticipated costs of new roads and other facilities that its presence necessitates. This <br /> is accomplished by requiring a "Fair Share Fee" upon commencement of any new land <br /> development activity generating traffic. This road impact fee is for the exclusive purpose of <br /> providing increased capacity for the major road network system. <br /> E. The purpose of this Ordinance is to regulate new development activity in the <br /> Second District of the City of Zephyrhills generating traffic so as to require it to share in the <br /> burdens of growth by paying its pro rata share for the reasonably anticipated expansion costs of <br /> road improvements. New development occurring in the First District or(CRA),shall be exempt <br /> from imposition of transportation impact fees. The City Council of the City of Zephyrhills has <br /> determined that there are not any new roads planned in the CRA; and, therefore, it would be <br />