TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Section 58-103, Related to the Calculation of Impact Fees; Providing for Severability; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date
Recommended Action
Continue Ordinance No. 2020-05 to second reading on January 2, 2020
Recommended Action for Second Reading
Approve Ordinance No. 2020-05
Recommended Action for Third Reading
Approve Ordinance No. 2020-05
Background Information
At the November 26, 2019 meeting, the City Commission voted 4-0 to bring back an ordinance to address the process of calculating impact fees for applicants who obtained a building permit prior to June 11, 2019, the date on which Ordinance No. 2019-06 increased impact fees.
Background Information for Second Reading
At the December 17, 2019 meeting, the City Commission voted to continue the ordinance to second reading on January 2, 2020. The ordinance was revised to:
1. Remove the line numbers along the margin; and
2. Correct the scrivener's error in subsection (a)(4) to read "based on subsection (a)(3) above," rather than "based on subsection (a)(2) above"
Background Information for Third Reading
At the January 2, 2020 meeting, the City Commission voted to bring the ordinance back for a third reading. The ordinance was revised to:
1. Provide that the impact fee schedule in place at the time of the building permit application will apply for impact fee collection. If a building permit expires and is reinstated, the impact fee scheduled in place at the time of the reinstatement will apply for impact fee collection.
2. Include a reference to the waiver of impact fees, for consistency with the remainder of the code.
Strategic Plan
n/a
Financial Impact
The financial impact will be providing refunds in the amount of $203,799....
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