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, Chapter 58 - Planning and Development, Article III. - Impact Fees; Updating Impact Fee Rate Schedules for the City's Transportation Impact Fees; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
First Reading: Continue Ordinance No. 2024-12 to second reading on September 10, 2024, as presented.
Background Information
On January 30, 2012, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 2012-01, establishing impact fee schedules based on the Impact Fee Study, (Study), prepared by Tindale - Oliver & Associates, Inc., dated September 13, 2011.
On February 24, 2014, the City Commission accepted the Study as still valid and adopted Ordinance No. 2014-12, which established Impact Fee Schedules for the Transportation Impact Fee District, the Fire Rescue Impact Fee District, the Law Enforcement Impact Fee District, the General Government Impact Fee District, the Parks Impact Fee District, and the Solid Waste Impact Fee District. The Transportation Impact Fee was established at a rate lower than identified by Tindale - Oliver & Associates, Inc. in the 2011 Study. The Ordinance also continued a moratorium on Transportation Impact Fee collection until January 31, 2015.
On June 11, 2019, the City Commission again accepted the Study as still valid and adopted Ordinance No. 2019-06, which increased the Transportation Impact Fee to 75 percent of the rate identified in the 2011 Study.
On February 9, 2021, the City Commission again accepted the Study as still valid and adopted Ordinance No. 2020-42, which increased the Transportation Impact Fee to 100 percent of the rate identified in the 2011 Study.
The Florida Legislature adopted Laws of Florida Chapter 2021-063, amen...
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