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Following review by staff, the Building Official shall make a recommendation within four (4) weeks to the City Council. Final approval shall rest with City Council. SECTION 3 — INCENTIVES: In the sole discretion of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills those developments qualifying in Section I, above, and submitting an application for Sprinkler Incentive Award for staff review, the following incentive mechanisms may be made available, singly or packaged, by the terms of this ordinance: 1. Building Department Permit Fees: • Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical fees • Public Safety (Fire only) Impact fees 2. Fire Department permit fee costs: • Plan review, sprinkler plan review, fire alarm review and underground review • Sprinkler, fire alarm, underground and pressure test permits • Sprinkler pressure test, sprinkler acceptance test, fire alarm acceptance test 3. City property (ad valorem) taxes — not to exceed $3,000 per property per annum. The ad valorem tax waiver shall be valid for only one year. Collective incentives not to exceed $30,000 per year in a total of awarded projects. SECTION 4 — CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS Once an incentive package /program has been approved, the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills will authorize the City Attorney to draft a legally enforceable contract setting out the incentive or incentive package; specific performance criteria based on investment, size of building, public recourse for non - performance, annual monitoring mechanisms and penalties that will be used and enforced should the business fail to meet its requirements. Improvements shall be constructed with a certificate of occupancy issued prior to disbursement /reimbursement/waiver of fees and/or taxes. SECTION 5 — SEVERABILITY If any one or more of the provisions of this Ordinance should be held contrary to any express provision of law or contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited, or against public policy, or shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such provisions shall be null and void and shall be deemed severable from the remaining provisions of this Ordinance and in no way shall affect the validity of all other provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 6 - REPEALER Upon the effective date of this Ordinance, any other ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed in their entirety. SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage on the second reading and signing by the Mayor. The foregoing Ordinance No. 1048 -09 was read and passed on the first reading in an open and regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this _ day of _, 2009. Attest: Linda D. Boan, City Clerk Jodi Wilkeson, Council President