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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Chris Saunders, Assistant Director Tim McHarg, Director
SUBJECT: Provisional adoption and first reading of Ordinance 1843 to revise Chapter
2, Article 6, Division 9, Impact Fees, BMC to remove specific references.
MEETING DATE: October 22, 2012
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDATION: Give preliminary approval to Ordinance 1843.
SUGGESTED MOTION: Having reviewed the ordinance draft and considered public comment I move to provisionally approve Ordinance 1843.
BACKGROUND: The impact fee authorizing ordinance was initially adopted in 1996. Since
then the municipal code has been restructured. The proposed changes revise references to the impact fee studies and remove overly detailed specifics from the ordinance. No policy change is proposed with this ordinance. The adopted fees remain in place as is. The City Attorney believes
the municipal code should be structured to provide overall guidance and the details of
implementation be addressed by Commission Resolution and policy.
These changes would remove specific reference to individual studies and instead provide a general framework for the impact fee program. Adoption of each study would then be completed
by Commission Resolution. This ordinance change is proposed at this time to enable a cleaner
completion of the present fee update process. Additional ordinance changes may be suggested in
the future to resolve certain policy issues. Those changes will be processed separately. UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None.
ALTERNATIVES: As identified by the City Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS: This ordinance change does not have a fiscal impact. It does not change amounts or types of fees assessed or when charges are collected or fees used.
Attachments: Ordinance 1843 Report compiled on: 10/12/2012
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