Ordinance No. 1481-24 Impact Fees

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OR BK 11052 PG 226 Page 2 of 16 Section 1. Recitals. The Whereas Clauses above are true and accurate and are incorporated by reference and made a part of this Ordinance. Section 2. Authority. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and under the home rule powers of the City. Section 3. Amendments. That CHAPTER 155. — IMPACT FEES is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the following: § 155.01 SHORT TITLE, AUTHORITY, AND APPLICABILITY. (A) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Impact Fees Ordinance." (B) The City Council has authority to adopt this chapter through Fla. Stat. § 163.31801. (C) Increasing the capacity of transportation, park, and public safety facilities to accommodate growth and development is in the best interest of public health, safety and welfare. (D) This chapter shall apply to the incorporated area of the city except as specifically provided by any duly executed intergovernmental agreement with the county or the state. § 155.02 INTENT AND PURPOSE. (A) The City Council has determined and recognized through adoption of the City of Zephyrhills Comprehensive Plan that growth which the city is experiencing will necessitate additional transportation, park, and public safety improvements and make it necessary to regulate development activity generating new demands on such facilities in order to maintain an acceptable level of service and quality of life within the city. In order to finance the necessary growth -related capital improvements, additional methods of financing will be necessary, one of which will require development activity generating new demands on such facilities to pay transportation, park, and public safety impact fees not to exceed a pro rata share of the reasonably anticipated expansion costs of these facilities. (B) The purpose of this chapter is to continue to enable the city to allow new development consistent with the adopted Comprehensive Plan, and to regulate development activity generating new demands on transportation, park, and public safety facilities to require it to share in the burdens of growth by paying its pro rata share for the reasonably anticipated expansion costs of expanding those facilities. In this way, growth will help pay for itself, and the existing residents of the city will not have the full financial burden of providing the increased capacity to accommodate new development. (C) It is not the purpose of this chapter to collect any money from development activity in excess of the actual amount necessary to offset the demand on the city's transportation, park, and public safety systems generated by the new development. It is specifically acknowledged that this chapter has approached the problem of determining the transportation, park, and public safety impact fees in a conservative and reasonable manner. § 155.03 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. For the purpose of administration and enforcement of this chapter, unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the following rules of construction shall apply to the text of this chapter. Page 2 of 16 309963320