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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4975 ORDINANCE NO. 4975
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 159.02 (D)(6)(a),
159.03 (D)(4)(a), 159.04(D)(4)(a) AND 159.05(D)(4)(a) TO
INCLUDE AN EXEMPTION FROM THE PAYMENT OF
IMPACT FEES FOR NON-PROFIT, MULTI-FAMILY
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest of the citizens of Fayetteville to encourage and
assist non-profit organizations to construct and provide multi-family supportive housing using
federal grants and loans for Fayetteville residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1 : That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby repeals --
Sections 159.02 (D)(6)(a), 159.03 (D)(4)(a), 159.04 (D)(4)(a) and 159.05 (D)(4)(a) in their
entirety and enacts new sections 159.02 (D)(6)(a), 159.03 (D)(4)(a), 159.04 (D)(4)(a) 159.05
(D)(4)(a) and as shown below:
"(a) Single family and non-profit multi-family supportive
housing. Construction of single family and non-profit multi-
family supportive housing funded wholly or primarily by
federal Community Development Block Grants, non-profit
service organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Housing
and Urban Development housing loans and similar programs
designed to provide affordable, owner-occupied, single
family residences to low income individuals and non-profit
multi-family supportive housing shall be exempted from
payment of impact fees pursuant to this ordinance by the
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Action Required:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 159, FEES, SECTIONS 159.02, 159.03, AND 159.04 OF THE CODE OF
FAYETTEVILLE, .TO EXEMPT NON-PROFIT MULTI-FAMILY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FROM WATER AND
WASTEWATER, FIRE, AND POLICE IMPACT FEES.
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
TO: Mayor Dan Coody
Fayetteville City Council
FROM : Tim Conklin, Planning and Development Management Director
DATE: December 21 , 2006
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 159, FEES, SECTIONS
159.02, 159.03, AND 159.04 OF THE CODE OF FAYETTEVILLE,
TO EXEMPT NON-PROFIT MULTI-FAMILY SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING FROM WATER AND WASTEWATER, FIRE, AND
POLICE IMPACT FEES.
RECOMMENDATION
Approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 159, Fees, Sections 159.02, 159.03 , and
159.04 of the Code of Fayetteville, to exempt non-profit multi-family supportive housing
from water and wastewater, fire, and police impact fees.
BACKGROUND
Seven Hills is currently building multi-family transitional housing on Huntsville Road
and has requested waving all impact fees for this project. Staff has proposed an
ordinance amendment to waive impact fees for all non-profit multi-family supportive
housing.
The proposed amendments will exempt the payment of impact fees for the construction
non-profit multi-family supportive housing funded wholly or primarily by federal
Community Development Block Grants, non-profit service organizations such as Habitat
for Humanity, Housing and Urban Development housing loans and similar programs
designed to provide non-profit multi-family supportive housing.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 159.02 ( D)(6)(a), 159.03
(D)(4)(a) AND 159.04 (D)(4)(a) TO INCLUDE AN EXEMPTION FROM
THE PAYMENT OF IMPACT FEES FOR NON-PROFIT, MULTI-FAMILY
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest of the citizens of Fayetteville to encourage and assist non-
profit organizations to construct and provide multi-family supportive housing using federal grants and
loans for Fayetteville residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1 : That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby repeals Sections
159.02 (13)(6)(a), 159.03 (D)(4)(a) and 159.04 (D)(4)(a) in their entirety and enacts new sections 159.02
(D)(6)(a), 159.03 (D)(4)(a) and 159.04 (D)(4)(a) as shown below:
"(a) Single family and non-profit multi-family supportive housing.
Construction of single family and non-profit multi-family
supportive housing funded wholly or primarily by federal
Community Development Block Grants, non-profit service
organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Housing and Urban
Development housing loans and similar programs designed to provide
affordable, owner-occupied, single family residences to low income
individuals and non-profit multi-family supportive housing shall be
exempted from payment of impact fees pursuant to this ordinance by
the Impact Fee Administrator."
PASSED and APPROVED this 2nd day of January, 2007.
APPROVED:
By:
DAN COODY, Mayor
ATTEST:
By:
SONDRA SMITH, City Clerk
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(2) It is not the intent of this Ordinance to collect
EXHIBIT A any money from any development in excess
of the actual amount necessary to offset
demands generated by that development for
159.02 Water And Wastewater Impact the water and wastewater facilities for which
P the fee was paid.
Fees
(3) It is not the intent of this Ordinance that any
(A) Applicability. monies collected for the water impact fee
and the wastewater impact fee ever be
( 1 ) The following provisions shall apply to all of commingled or ever be used for a type of
the territory within the City's water and facility different from that for which the fee
wastewater service areas, including areas was paid.
outside the corporate city limits and within
service areas located within Washington (C) Time of Collection
County and other incorporated cities after
June 16, 2003. (1 ) Water and wastewater impact fees shall be
paid at the time of installation of the water
(2) The following types of development shall be meter serving the property or of the
required to pay a water and/or wastewater connection to the wastewater system,
impact fee: whichever comes first.
(a) New development seeking a new (2) Development projects which have obtained
connection to the City's water or building permits prior to the effective date of
wastewater system. this ordinance shall not have to pay impact
fees if the building is completed with water
(b) New development seeking a new and sewer hook-ups installed and certificate
connection to the system of a wholesale of occupancy issued no later than six (6)
customer of the City's water or months from the effective date of this
wastewater system, where collection of ordinance.
the City's impact fee is required by the
City's contract with the wholesale (D) Fee Determination
customer.
(1 ) Schedule of Fees. The Impact Fee
(c) Residential redevelopment involving. the Administrator shall determine the . amount of
construction of one or more additional the water and wastewater impact fees for
dwelling units. residential uses based on the type or size of
the dwelling unit and for nonresidential uses
(d) Nonresidential redevelopment seeking a based on the size of the water meter using
larger capacity water meter. the following schedule:
(B) Intent Waste-
Land Use Unit Water Water Total
(1 ) The intent of wastewater and water impact Single-Family (average) Dwelling $308 $835 $1 ,143
fees is to ensure that new development
bears a proportionate share of the cost of Multi-Family Dwelling $219 $593 $812
improvements to the City's water and (per dwelling unit)
wastewater systems; to ensure that the Nonresidential Meter $308 $835 $1 ,143
proportionate share does not exceed the (5/8" x 3/4" meter)
cost of providing water and wastewater Nonresidential (1" meter) Meter $770 $2,088 $2,858
facilities to the development that paid the
fee; and to ensure that funds collected from Nonresidential Meter $1 ,540 $4,175 $5,715
developments are used to construct water (1 -1/2" meter)
and wastewater facilities that serve such Nonresidential (2" meter) Meter $2,464 $6,680 $9,144
developments. It is further the intent of this
Ordinance to use the impact fees to Nonresidential (3" meter) Meter $4,928 $13,360 $18,288
implement the City's Comprehensive Land
Use Plan and future plan updates and to Nonresidential (4" meter) Meter $7,700 $20,875 $28,575
implement the City's Five Year Capital
Improvements Program. Nonresidential (6" meter) Meter $15.400 $41 ,750 $57,150
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Nonresidential (8" meter) Meter $24,640 $66,800 $91 ,440 Habitat for Humanity, Housing and
Urban Development housing loans and
Nonresidential (10" meter) Meter $35.420 $96,025 $131 ,445 similar programs designed to provide
affordable, owner-occupied, single
family residences to low income
(2) Redevelopment, Reconstruction, Change of individuals and non-profit multi-family
Use. In the event of a redevelopment, supportive housing shall be exempted
reconstruction or change of use from an from payment of impact fees pursuant to
existing development or use, the fee shall be this ordinance by the Impact Fee
the difference between what the fee would Administrator.
be for the entire redevelopment or
reconstruction project and what the fee (b) Appeal. A person aggrieved by the
would have been for the existing Impact Fee Administrator's refusal to
development or use. Enlargement of a grant an Affordable Housing Exemption
single family home will not require any may appeal the denial to the Planning
impact fee. Commission.
(3) Mixed Use. If the proposed development (E) Use of Fees.
includes a mix of the residential land uses
and/or nonresidential meter sizes that are (1 ) Establishment of Accounts. An Impact Fee
listed in the impact fee schedule, the fee Fund that is distinct from the General Fund
shall be determined by adding up all the of the City is hereby created, and the impact
water and wastewater impact fees that would fees received will be deposited in the
be applicable for each residential land use following interest-bearing accounts of the
type and/or nonresidential meter size as if it Impact Fee Fund:
was a freestanding land use type.
(a) Water Impact Fee Account, and
(4) Fire Suppression / Low Pressure. It is the
intent of this ordinance to base water and (b) Wastewater Impact Fee Account.
wastewater impact fees on the typical usage
in a new building or other facility. (2) Water Impact Fee Accounts. The Water
Extinguishing of fires is not a part of typical Impact Fee Account shall contain only those
usage; to allow adequate fire flow to water impact fees collected pursuant to this
sprinklers and internal hydrants at some Ordinance plus any interest which may
large and al-risk properties, it may be accrue from time to time on such amounts.
necessary for fire protection purposes to
install a larger water meter than would be (3) Wastewater Impact Fee Account. The
necessary to meet day-to-day needs of that Wastewater Impact Fee Account shall
facility. In addition, a larger meter may be contain only those wastewater impact fees
required in areas of low water pressure than collected pursuant to this Ordinance plus any
in areas of normal water pressure for the interest which may accrue from time to time
same type of use. In those cases, it is the on such amounts.
policy of the City that the impact fee for
water and wastewater should be based on (4) Order of Use. Monies in each impact fee
the meter size needed by that facility for its account shall be considered to be spent in
typical usage, without regard to fire-flow or the order collected, on a first-in/first-out
unusual pressure conditions. basis.
(5) Irrigation. Any separate water meter (5) Use of Fees. The monies in each impact fee
installed for irrigation purposes only shall not account shall be used only for the following:
be included in the calculation of the
wastewater impact fee. (a) Acquisition. To acquire land for and/or
acquire or construct water or
(6) Affordable Housing Exemption. wastewater system improvements of the
type reflected in the title of the account
(a) Single family and non-profit Multi- and as described in the Impact Fee
family supportive housing. Study as well as extension of service to
Construction of single family and non- new development paying an impact fee.
profit multi-family supportive housing
funded wholly or primarily by federal (b) Debt service. To pay debt service on
Community Development Block Grants, any portion of any current or future
non-profit service organizations such as general obligation bond issue or
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revenue bond issue used to finance Ord. No. 4113, § 1 , 8-18-98; Ord. 4323, 6-19-01 ; Ord. No.
water or wastewater system 4447, §1 , 12-17-02; Ord. No. 4492, §159.02 C. 1 , 6-03-03;
improvements of the type reflected in Ord. 4496 § 159.02 "F", 6-17-03; Ord. No. 4919, 9-05-06)-
the title of the account that created or
will create capacity to serve new 159.03 Police and Public Safety Impact
development. Fees
(c) As described in subsection F, Refunds. (A) Applicability
(F) Refunds. ( 1 ) The following provisions shall apply to all of
the territory within the City's corporate city
(1 ) The City of Fayetteville shall refund the limits, and any area near the corporate limits
portion of collected development impact if specifically agreed by the owner.
fees, including the accrued interest that
has not been expended seven (7) years (2) The following types of development shall be
from the date the fees were paid. required to pay a Police and Public Safety
Interest shall be based on a four percent System Impact Fee:
(4%) annual rate.
(a) New development within one of the
(2) A refund shall be paid to the present categories of development in Table A.
owner of the property that was the
subject of new development and against (b) Redevelopment involving the
which the fee was assessed and construction of one or more
collected. additional units within one of the
categories of development in Table A.
(3) Notice of the right to a refund, including
the amount of the refund and ' the (B) Intent
procedure for applying for and receiving
the refund, shall be sent or served in ( 1 ) The intent of the Police and Public Safety
writing to the present owners of the System Impact Fee is to offset costs to the
property no later than thirty (30) days City of Fayetteville taxpayers that are
after the date which the refund becomes reasonably attributable to providing
due. The sending by regular mail of the necessary police and public safety facilities
notices to all present owners of record to new development.
shall be sufficient to satisfy the
requirement of notice. (2) This impact fee charged to new development
is to generate revenue for funding or
(4) The refund shall be made on a pro rata recouping expenditures of the City of
basis, and shall be paid in full no later Fayetteville that are reasonably attributable
than ninety (90) days after the date to the use and occupancy of the new
certain upon which the refund becomes development.
due.
(3) This impact fee is to be collected and
(5) At the time of payment of the water or expended only for the planning, design or
wastewater impact fee under this construction of new police and public safety
Ordinance, the Impact Fee system facilities or of capital improvements
Administrator shall provide the applicant to existing police and public safety system
paying such fee with written notice of public facilities that expand their capacity or
those circumstances under which for the recoupment of prior capital
refunds of such fees will be made. improvements to such public facilities that
Failure to deliver such written notice created capacity available to serve new
shall not invalidate any collection of any development.
impact fee under this Ordinance."
(4) The intent of this impact fee requirement is
(Code 1965, §§17B-3(c); 17B-7(k), 18-27, App. A., Art. 9(6), to ensure that new development bears a
10(2), 11 , App. C., Art. II, §E; Ord. No. 1747, 6-29-70: Ord. proportionate share Of a the costs of capacity
No. 1790, 3-15-71 ; Ord. No. 1893, 12-19-72: Ord. No. 2198. Improvements t0 the police and public Safety
2-17-76; Ord, No. 2323, 4-5-77; Ord. No. 2538, 7-3-79; Ord.
No. 2581 , 12-4-79; Ord. No. 2934, 8-2-83; Ord. No. 2948, 9- system facilities, but also to ensure that this
20-83; Ord. No. 3230, 11-8-86: Ord. No. 3298, 10-6-87; proportional share does not exceed the costs
Code 1991 , §§98.62, 158.22, 158.45, 159.15, 160.172, of the demand for additional capacity in
160.195, 160.197; Ord. No. 3716, §2, 6-15-93; Ord. No. public facilities that is reasonably attributable
3925, §4, 7, 10-3-95; Ord. No. 4100, §2 (Ex. A), 6-16-98; to providing these facilities to the use and
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occupancy of that new development. Office/Institutional 1000 sq. ft. $388
(5) This police and public safety system impact Nursing Home 1000 sq. ft. $167
fee is based upon previous and current City
Five Year Capital Improvement Project Church 1000 sq. ft. $136
documents approved annually by City
Council Resolution and level of service Industrial 1000 sq. ft. $244
standards adopted within the Police Impact
Fee Study of June 2004 and elsewhere by Warehouse 1000 sq. ft. $155
the City Council. Pages 27 through 32 of the
Impact Fee Study are incorporated herein Mini-Warehouse 1000 sq. ft. $ 29
and attached as Exhibit 1 to explain the
methodology and formulas for the Police and
Public Safety System Impact Fees, the
levels of services and increases in capacity (2) Redevelopment, Reconstruction, Change of
needed for the Police and Public Safety Use. In the event of a redevelopment,
System. reconstruction or change of use from an
existing development or use, the fee shall be
(6) It is not the intent of this section that any the difference between what the fee would
monies collected for the police and public be for the entire redevelopment or
safety system impact fee ever be reconstruction project and what the fee
commingled or ever be used for a type of would have been for the existing
facility different from that for which the fee development or use. Enlargement of a
was paid. No impact fee revenue may be single family home will not require any
used for operational expenses. impact fee.
(C) Time of Collection (3) Mixed Use. If the proposed development
includes a mix of the residential, commercial,
This impact fee shall be paid to the City by the owner industrial or other uses listed in the impact
of the property before a certificate of occupancy is fee schedule, the fee shall be determined by
issued for the new development or at the closing on adding up all the police and public safety
the property by the purchasing owner. impact fees that would be applicable for
each use type as if it was a freestanding land
(D) Fee Determination use type.
(1 ) Police and Public Safety System Impact Fee (4) Affordable Housing Exemption.
Table.
(a) Single family and non-profit Multi-
The Impact Fee Administrator shall family supportive housing.
determine the correct amount of the Police Construction of single family and non=
and Public Safety System Impact Fee by use profit multi-family supportive housing
of Table A and information about the type funded wholly or primarily by federal
and size of the new development. Community Development Block Grants,
non-profit service organizations such as
TABLE A Habitat for Humanity, Housing and
Urban Development housing loans and
POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY similar programs designed to provide
SYSTEM IMPACT FEES affordable, owner-occupied, single
family residences to low income
Land Use Unit Impact individuals and non-profit multi-family
Fee supportive housing shall be exempted
Single-Family Dwelling $223 from payment of impact fees pursuant to
Detached this ordinance by the Impact Fee
Multi-Family Dwelling $162 Administrator.
Mobile Home Park Pad $239 (b) Appeal. A person aggrieved by the
Impact Fee Administrators refusal to
Hotel/Motel Room $428 grant an Affordable Housing Exemption
may appeal the denial to the Planning
Retail/Commercial 1000 sq. ft. $605 Commission.
(E) Use of Fees.
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(H) Refunds.
(1) Establishment of Accounts. A Police and
Public Safety Impact Fee Fund that is ( 1 ) The City of Fayetteville shall refund the
distinct from the General Fund of the City is portion of collected development impact
hereby created, and the impact fees fees, including the accrued interest that has
received will be deposited in this Police and not been expended seven (7) years from the
Public Safety Impact Fee Account. date the fees were paid. Interest shall be
based on a four percent (4%) annual rate.
(2) Impact Fee Account. The Police and Public
Safety Impact Fee Account shall contain only (2) A refund shall be paid to the present owner
those Police and Public Safety impact fees of the property that was the subject of new
collected pursuant to this Ordinance plus any development and against which the fee was
interest which may accrue from time to time assessed and collected.
on such accounts.
(3) Notice of the right to a refund, including the
(F) Order of Use. Monies in the Police and Public amount of the refund and the procedure for
Safety impact fee account shall be considered to applying for and receiving the refund, shall
be spent in the order collected, on a first-in/first- be sent or served in writing to the present
out basis. owners of the property no later than thirty
(30) days after the date which the refund
(G) Use of Fees. The funds in the Police and Public becomes due. The sending by regular mail
Safety Impact Fee account shall be used only for of the notices to all present owners of record
the following: shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirement
of notice.
( 1 ) The use of the Police and Public Safety
System Impact Fees shall be to offset costs (4) The refund shall be made on a pro rata
to the City of Fayetteville taxpayers that are basis, and shall be paid in full no later than
reasonably attributable to providing ninety (90) days after the dale certain upon
necessary police and public safety facilities which the refund becomes due.
to new development.
(5) At the time of payment of the Police and
(2) This impact fee charged to new development Public Safety Impact Fee under this
shall generate revenue for funding or Ordinance, the Police and Public Safety
recouping expenditures of the City of Impact Fee Administrator shall provide the
Fayetteville that are reasonably attributable applicant paying such fee with written notice
to the use and occupancy of the new of those circumstances under which refunds
development. of such fees will be made. Failure to deliver
such written notice shall not invalidate any
(3) This impact fee shall be collected and collection of any impact fee under this
expended only for the planning, design or ordinance.
construction of new police and public safety
system facilities or of capital improvements (Ord. 4788, 11 -01 -05)
to existing police and public safety system
public facilities that expand their capacity or 159.04 Fire Protection System Impact
for the recoupment of prior capital
improvements to such public facilities that Fees
created capacity available to serve new
development. (A) Applicability
(4) No monies collected for the Police and (1 ) The following provisions shall apply to all of
Public Safety System Impact Fee shall ever the territory within the City's corporate city
be commingled or ever be used for a type of limits, and any area near the corporate limits
facility different from that for which the fee if specifically agreed by the owner.
was paid.
(2) The following types of development shall be
(5) No impact fee revenue shall be used for required to pay a Fire Protection System
operational expenses. Impact Fee:
(6) All Police and Public Safety Impact Fee (a) New development within one of the
revenues shall be spent in accordance with categories of development in Table A.
subsection (B) Intent.
(b) Redevelopment involving the
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construction of one or more additional operational expenses.
units within one of the categories of
development in Table A. (C) Time of Collection
(B) Intent This impact fee shall be paid to the City by the owner
of the property before a certificate of occupancy is
( 1 ) The intent of the Fire Protection System issued for the new development or at the closing on
Impact Fee is to offset costs to the City of the property by the purchasing owner.
Fayetteville taxpayers that are reasonably
attributable to providing necessary Fire (D) Fee Determination
Protection System facilities to new
development. ( 1 ) Fire Protection System Impact Fee Table.
The Impact Fee Administrator shall
(2) This impact fee charged to new development determine the correct amount of the Fire
is to generate revenue for funding or Protection System Impact Fee by use of
recouping expenditures of the City of Table A and information about the type and
Fayetteville that are reasonably attributable size of the new development.
to the use and occupancy of the new
development.
(3) This impact fee is to be collected and
expended .only for the planning, design or
construction of new Fire Protection System
facilities or of capital improvements to
existing Fire Protection System public
facilities that expand their capacity or for the
recoupment of prior capital improvements to
such public facilities that created capacity
available to serve new development.
(4) The intent of this impact fee requirement is _
to ensure that new development bears a
proportionate share of a the costs of capacity
improvements to the Fire Protection System
facilities, but also to ensure that this
proportional share does not exceed the costs ,
of the demand for additional capacity in
public facilities that is reasonably attributable
to providing these facilities to the use and
occupancy of that new development.
(5) This Fire Protection System Impact Fee is
based upon previous and current City Five
Year Capital . Improvement Project
documents approved annually by City
Council Resolution and level of service
standards adopted within the Fire Impact
Fee Study of June 2004 and elsewhere by
the City Council. Pages 21 through 26 of the
Impact Fee Study are incorporated herein as
Exhibit 1 to explain the methodology and
formulas for the Fire Protection System
Impact Fees, the levels of service and
increases in capacity needed for the Fire
Protection System..
(6) It is not the intent of this section that any
monies collected for the Fire Protection
System Impact Fee ever be commingled or
ever be used for a type of facility different
from that for which the fee was paid. No
impact fee revenue may be used for
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TABLE A similar programs designed to provide
_ affordable, owner-occupied, single
FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM family residences to low income
IMPACT FEES individuals and non-prorit multi-family
supportive housing shall be exempted
Land Use Unit Impact from payment of impact fees pursuant to
Fee this ordinance by the Impact . Fee
Single-Family Dwelling $208 Administrator.
Detached
Multi-Family Dwelling $150 (b) Appeal. A person aggrieved by the
Impact Fee Administrators refusal to
Mobile Home Park Pad $222 grant an Affordable Housing Exemption
may appeal the denial to the Planning
Hotel/Motel Room $323 Commission.
Retail/Commercial 1000 sq. ft. $457 (E) Use of Fees.
Office/Institutional 1000 sq. ft. $293 (1) Establishment of Accounts. A Fire
Protection System Impact Fee Fund that is
Nursing Home 1000 sq. ft. $126 distinct from the General Fund of the City is
hereby created, and the impact fees
Church 1000 sq. ft. $102 received will be deposited in this Fire
Protection System Impact Fee Account.
Industrial 1000 sq. ft. $184
(2) Impact Fee Account. The Fire Protection
Warehouse 1000 sq. ft. $117 System Impact Fee Account shall contain
only those Fire Protection System impact
Mini-Warehouse 1000 sq. ft. $ 22 fees collected pursuant to this Ordinance
plus any interest which may accrue from
time to time on such accounts.
(2) Redevelopment, Reconstruction, Change of
Use. In the event of a redevelopment, (F) Order of Use. Monies in the Fire Protection
reconstruction or change of use from an System Impact Fee account shall be considered
existing development or use, the fee shall be to be spent in the order collected, on a first-
the difference between what the fee would in/first-out basis.
be for the entire redevelopment or
reconstruction project and what the fee (G) Use of Fees. The funds in the Fire Protection
would have been for the existing System Impact Fee Account shall be used only
development or use. Enlargement of a for the following:
single family home will not require any
impact fee. (1 ) The use of the Fire Protection System
Impact Fees shall be to offset costs to the
(3) Mixed Use. If the proposed development City of Fayetteville taxpayers that are
includes a mix of the residential, commercial, reasonably attributable to providing
industrial or other uses listed in the impact necessary Fire Protection System facilities to -
fee schedule, the fee shall be determined by new development.
adding up all the Fire Protection System
impact fees that would be applicable for (2) This impact fee charged to new development
each use type as if it was a freestanding land shall generale revenue for funding or
use type. recouping expenditures of the City of
Fayetteville that are reasonably attributable
(4) Affordable Housing Exemption. to the use and occupancy of the new
development.
(a) Single family and non-prorit multi-
family supportive housing. (3) This impact fee shall be collected and
Construction of single family and non- expended only for the planning, design or
profit multi-family supportive housing construction of new Fire Protection System
funded wholly or primarily by federal facilities or of capital improvements to
Community Development Block Grants, existing Fire Protection System public
non-profit service organizations such as facilities that expand their capacity or for the
Habitat for Humanity, Housing and recoupment of prior capital improvements to
Urban Development housing loans and such public facilities that created capacity
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available to serve new development.
(4) No monies collected for the Fire Protection
System Impact Fee shall ever be
commingled or ever be used for a type of
,facility different from that for which the fee
was paid.
(5) No impact fee revenue shall be used for
operational expenses.
(6) All Fire Protection Impact Fee revenue shall
be spent in accordance with Subsection (B)
Intent.
(H) Refunds.
(1 ) The City of Fayetteville shall refund the
portion of collected development impact
fees, including the accrued interest that has
not been expended seven (7) years from the
date the fees were paid. Interest shall be
based on a four percent (4%) annual rate.
(2) A refund shall be paid to the present owner
of the property that was the subject of new
development and against which the fee was
assessed and collected.
(3) Notice of the right to a refund, including the
amount of the refund and the procedure for
applying for and receiving the refund, shall
be sent or served in writing to the present
owners of the property no later than thirty
(30) days after the date which the refund
becomes due. The sending by regular mail
of the notices to all present owners of record
shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirement
of notice.
(4) The refund shall be made on a pro rata
basis, and shall be paid in full no later than
ninety (90) days after the date certain upon
which the refund becomes due.
(5) At the time of payment of the Fire Protection
System Impact Fee under this Ordinance,
the Fire Protection System Impact Fee
Administrator shall provide the applicant
paying such fee with written notice of those
circumstances under which refunds of such
fees will be made. Failure to deliver such
written notice shall not invalidate any
collection of any impact fee under this
ordinance.
(Ord. 4789, 11-01-05)
159.05-159.99 Reserved
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