1384-19 Amend Ordinance 1309-16 to modify CRA District

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INSTR4 2019139849 BK 9958 PG 591 08/19/2019 09:52am Page 1 of 3 Rcpt: 2082460 Rec: 27.00 DS: 0.00 IT: 0.00 ORDINANCE NO.: 1384-19 Nikki Alvarez-Sowles, Esq. Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS ORDINANCE NO. 1309-16 TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DISTRICT, TO MODIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DISTRICT, ELIMINATING THE AUTOMATIC EXEMPTIONS OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DISTRICT, GIVING THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY COMMISSION THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE OR REDUCE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEALER, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council has authority to adopt this ordinance through general home rule powers pursuant to Article VIII of the 1968 Florida Constitution, and Chapters 166 and 163, Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, the City passed Ordinance No.: 1309-16 on its second reading on the 12th day of December, 2016 which addressed transportation impact fees within the incorporated area of the City of Zephyrhills; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Ordinance No.: 1309-16 which provided a boundary of the Community Redevelopment District and provided for an automatic exemption of Transportation Impact Fees on new development within the boundaries of the Community Redevelopment District; and WHEREAS, Transportation Impact Fees are intended to provide public method to finance infrastructure impacted by new growth within the incorporated area of the City of Zephyrhills; and WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency(CRA)has a mission to develop strategies for the growth and development of the CRA district,including providing incentives for residential properties and businesses locating within the district or redeveloping their properties. Flexibility is a vital tool to CRA strategy in measuring impacts within the district and in encouraging business mixes within the district; and WHEREAS,every new development within the CRA district may not foster the goals of the CRA or conform to the CRA Mater Plan. The ability of the CRA to waive or reduce Transportation Impact Fees for new developments within the CRA district is a vital tool to help the CRA meet its goals and to encourage new development that is in conformity with the CRA Master Plan; and WHEREAS, this ordinance is consistent with the City of Zephyrhills Comprehensive Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, sitting in regular session that: SECTION I. AMENDMENT TO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ("CRA") 1. Ordinance 1309-16 as amended herein shall now apply to all new development within the boundaries of the CRA District except as provided herein. 2. The City Council hereby grants authority to the CRA Commission to waive or reduce Transportation Impact Fees on redevelopment projects of existing structures under 1000 square feet within the CRA District that the CRA Commission determines to further the goals of the CRA and conforms to the CRA Master Plan. 3. The City Council hereby grants authority to the CRA Commission to waive or reduce Transportation Impact Fees on new development projects of existing structures of 1000 square feet Record and Return to: City Clerk's Office 5335 8th Street 1 Zephyrhills, FL 33542