TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Section 58-5 - Fee Tables; Updating Impact Fee Rate Schedule for the City’s Transportation Impact Fee; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action for First Reading
Option 1: Continue Ordinance No. 2026-26 as presented to second reading on October 6, 2026.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
Option 1: Approve Ordinance No. 2026-26 as presented.
City Commission Options for First Reading
Option 1: Continue Ordinance No. 2026-26 as presented to second reading on October 6, 2026.
Pros: Reduces Transportation Impact Fees assessed on new development; restores the fee schedule to 75% of the rates calculated in the September 13, 2011 Transportation Impact Fee Study; and aligns with Chapter 2025-190, Section 28 of Florida State Statutes.
Cons: Reduces future revenue available for eligible transportation capacity improvements necessitated by growth.
Option 2: Deny Ordinance No. 2026-26 and retain the Transportation Impact Fee schedule currently in effect.
Pros: Preserves the current Transportation Impact Fee revenue structure and the amount of revenue available for eligible transportation capacity improvements.
Cons: Does not return Transportation Impact Fees for new development to the schedules in place prior to the August 1, 2024, activation date of Chapter 2025-190, Section 28 of Florida State Statutes.
City Commission Options for Second Reading
Option 1: Approve Ordinance No. 2026-26 as presented.
Pros: Reduces Transportation Impact Fees assessed on new development; restores the fee schedule to 75% of the rates calculated in the September 13, 2011 Transportation Impact Fee Study; and addresses the restrictions esta...
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