§ 86.292. Purpose.

(a)

This division is intended to assure the provision of adequate public facilities to serve new development in the city by requiring each new development to contribute payments towards its share of the costs of the facilities necessitated by and attributable to the new development.

(b)

Supplemental regulation.

(1)

Impact fees established by this division are additional and supplemental to, and not in substitution of, any other requirements imposed by the city on the development or subdivision of land, the issuance of building permits, or the sale of water or wastewater taps. Impact fees are intended to be consistent with and to further the policies of the city's comprehensive land use plan, the capital improvements plan, the zoning division, subdivision regulations and other city policies, divisions and resolutions by which the city seeks to ensure the provision of adequate public facilities in conjunction with the development of land.

(2)

This division shall not affect in any manner the permissible use of property, density of development, design, and improvement standards and requirements, or any other aspect of the development of land or provision of public improvements subject to city zoning, subdivision or other regulations, which shall remain in full force and effect without limitation.

(3)

This division is not intended to replace or supersede the city's subdivision and other regulations requiring the dedication, extension or construction of water or wastewater improvements, and is intended to be interpreted consistently with such regulations.

(4)

The cost per service unit for any category of capital improvement under this division may be used in determining whether a city regulation requiring the dedication or construction of that type of capital improvement is proportional to the nature and extent of the impacts of a new development on the city's facilities.

( Ord. No. 2013-70, § 1, 12-17-13 )