Resolution 497-1992
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RESOLUTION NO. 497-1992
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY ~ ~JRbE,L;!O :56
FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A SCHEDULE OF
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IMPACT FEES TO BE
IMPOSED ON NEW DEVELOPMENT PP~~:W.\NT TO
ARTICLE X, IMPACT FEES OF THE MONROE COUNTY
CODE, TO ENSURE THAT TRANSPORTATION
FACILITIES WILL BE ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE
THE DEMAND GENERATED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT AT
THE ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE AND TO ASSIGN
THE COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES PRO
RATA AGAINST NEW DEVELOPMENT IN PROPORTION
TO THE NEEDS GENERATED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS, Monroe County, Florida has experienced rapid
population growth during the 1980's which has strained the adequacy
of existing sources of funds to provide transportation facilities
to meet the demands created by new development; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan indicates that
the growth rate will continue and place significant demands on the
County to provide transportation facilities to support new
development at the adopted levels of service; and
WHEREAS, new growth and development must be accompanied and
supported by adequate transportation facilities in order to
maintain the adopted levels of transportation service; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County provides transportation facilities
serving both residents of the unincorporated area and residents of
the municipalities in the County; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County has an existing Fair Share
Transportation Impact Fee (Section 9.5-491 of the Monroe County
Land Development Regulations) adopted in 1986 which was calculated
based on 1986 cost data, and the level of service for arterial
roads required by the County's adopted Comprehensive Plan in 1986,
which are as follows:
(a) Level of Service "C" (15,000 vehicles estimated daily
volume) ;
(b) per lane mile costs for acquisition of right-of-way and
construction of $390,000 per lane mile;
(c) average trip length for residential development of 6.83
miles; and
(d) $26.00 cost per vehicle mile; and
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WHEREAS, Monroe County has collected and expended
transportation impact fees from 1986 through 1992 pursuant to the
existing Fair Share Transportation Impact Fee; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County recognizes that impact fees must be
reviewed periodically to identify changes in levels of service,
changes in costs, changes in the specific type of facilities for
which impact fees are calculated and collected and technical
changes in fee calculation methodology; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County has authorized a comprehensive
analysis of the existing Fair Share Transportation Impact Fee for
the purpose of updating the fee; and
WHEREAS, the analysis has been completed and
Report titled "Transportation Facilities Impact
Monroe County, Florida," October 1992; and
included in a
Fee Report for
WHEREAS, the above-mentioned Report and the Impact Fee
Procedural Ordinance (Section 9.5-490 of the Monroe County Land
Development Regulations) and the Transportation Facilities Fee
Schedule Resolution have been reviewed by the Planning Cormnission
in public workshops on the fOllowing dates:
July 10, 1992
July 22, 1992
August 7, 1992
August 21, 1992
September 2, 1992
September 16, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the above-mentioned Report, Ordinance and Resolution
were reviewed by the Monroe County Development Review Cormnittee on
September 14 and 23, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the above-mentioned Report, Ordinance and Resolution
were reviewed by the Planning Cormnission at a duly noticed public
hearing held on October 1, 1992 at which public cormnents were
reviewed and considered; and
WHEREAS, after the close of the public hearing on October 1,
1992, the Planning Cormnission made a recormnendation to the Board of
County Cormnissioners to adopt the Impact Fee Procedural Ordinance
and the Transportation Facilities Impact Fee Schedule Resolution;
and
WHEREAS, the above-mentioned Report, Ordinance, Resolution
and the Planning Cormnission recormnendation were reviewed by the
Board of County Cormnissioners at two (2) duly noticed public
hearings held on October 5, 1992 and October 16, 1992 at which
public cormnents were received and considered; and
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WHEREAS, the Board finds that due to the establishment of
transportation facilities impact fee subdistricts and limitations
on the appropriation of transportation facilities impact fee funds,
the fees have a "rational nexus" to and provide benefit to those
properties on which the fees are imposed; and
WHEREAS, by this Resolution, the Board of County
Conunissioners adopts a level of service standard of "D" for all
County collector and local roads and a level of service standard of
1.9 linear feet of bike path per capita; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that the adopted level of service
standards are applicable to existing and new development; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board that, by the
establishment of transportation facilities impact fees, new growth
and development in the County will pay its pro rata share of the
transportation facilities required to serve such new growth and
development at the adopted level of service standards; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board that the
transportation facilities financed with impact fees be consistent
with the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board that impact fees be
one technique within an overall County growth management program to
implement the goals, objectives and policies of the County
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Board has considered the matter of financing of
transportation facilities, the need for which is attributable to
new development and hereby finds and declares that an impact fee
imposed upon development to finance transportation facilities, the
need for which is reasonably related to new development, furthers
the public health, safety and welfare of Monroe County and its
residents; and
WHEREAS, the impact fees adopted pursuant to this Resolution
are based upon the data and calculation methodology incorporated in
the "Transportation Impact Fee Report for Monroe County, Florida"
(October 1992); and
WHEREAS, the Board therefore finds and deems it advisable to
adopt the Monroe County Transportation Facilities Impact Fee, as
hereinafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
The following Transportation Facilities Impact Fee Schedule
shall be adopted and imposed on new residential and nonresidential
development in the unincorporated area of the County and within the
boundaries of participating municipalities:
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Section 1. Pursuant to and in accordance with Article X,
Impact Fees of the Monroe County Code, the Transportation
Facilities Impact Fees to be imposed on new development shall be as
set forth in the Transportation Facilities Impact Fee Schedule,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Resolution,
the following words and terms shall have the following meaning,
unless another meaning is clearly intended:
(a) "Adopted Level of Service, Bike Paths" shall mean 1.9
linear feet of bike path per capita.
(b) "Adopted Level of Service, Roads" shall mean level of
service (LOS) "D" for County roads.
(c) "Biketrail" means and refers to any and all improved
travel surfaces provided for use by bicycles, including
but not limited to, bike travel surfaces adjacent to or
adjoining roadways, sidewalks designed for joint
pedestrian and bicycle use, and any other improvements
intended for bicycle travel within Monroe County.
(d) "Capital Improvement Program" means and refers to the
adopted Monroe County Seven Year Roadway/Bicycle Path
Plan and any update thereof or revision thereto, and any
other adopted program for transportation improvements.
(e) "Collector Roads" means and refers to all County roads
classified as collectors pursuant to the Florida
Department of Transportation Standards and all County
roads determined to be Minor Collectors by the Monroe
County Engineering Department.
(f) "Demand" means and refers to the increment of
transportation facilities that new development consumes
(measured in units of development as shown on the
Transportation Impact Fee Schedule, Attachment A to this
Resolution) .
(g)
"ITE Trip Generation Manual" means and refers
report entitled Trip Generation (Fifth Edition,
of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
(h) "Multifamily Development" means and refers to the
development of a structure or structures containing two
(2) or more dwelling units.
to the
1991)
(i) "Single-Family Development" means and refers to the
development of a structure or structures containing only
one dwelling unit.
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(j) "Transportation Facilities" means and refers to amounts
spent or authorized to be spent in connection with the
acquisition, planning, legal, fiscal, economic,
engineering, administrative services, financing,
construction, equipping and development of
transportation improvements projects for collector
roads, intersections of County roads with U.S. 1, and
biketrails.
(k) "Transportation Facilities Impact Fee Subdistricts or
Transportation Facilities Subdistricts" means and refers
to the impact fee subdistricts as established in Sec.
9.5-490.2(E) of the Monroe County Land Development
Regulations.
(1) "U.S. 1 Intersections" shall mean and refer to all
intersections of County roads with U. S .1. Due to the
critical link from developed areas to U.S.l, the primary
arterial serving Monroe County, provided by all County
road intersections with U. S.l, roadway improvements to
these intersections shall be eligible for impact fee
funding.
Section 3. Establishment of a Transportation Facilities
Impact Fee District and Subdistricts.
(a) District. The Transportation Facilities Impact Fee
District shall include the unincorporated area of Monroe
County and all municipalities within Monroe County
participating in the Monroe County Transportation
Facilities Impact Fee System.
(b) Subdistricts. The Transportation Facilities Impact Fee
District shall be divided into three (3) Transportation
Facilities Impact Fee Subdistricts as provided by Sec.
9.5-490.2(E) of the Monroe County Land Development
Regulations.
Section 4. Calculation of Impact Fee.
The County shall calculate the transportation facilities impact fee
due in accordance with the procedure set forth in Sec. 9.5-490.3(B)
of the Monroe County Land Development Regulations and pursuant to
the impact fee per demand unit as shown in the Transportation
Facilities Impact Fee Schedule (Attachment "A") in effect at the
time of building permit issuance.
Section 5. Trust Funds Established.
(a) There is hereby established a separate Transportation
Facilities Impact Fee Trust Fund account for each
Transportation Facilities Impact Fee Subdistrict.
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(b) Funds withdrawn from these accounts must be used solely
in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 9.5-490.4(B)
and (C) of the Monroe County Land Development
Regulations.
(c) All transportation facilities impact fee funds shall be
utilized for transportation improvements projects within
the Monroe County Transportation Facilities Impact Fee
District.
Section 6. Liberal
Resolution shall be
its purposes in the
convenience.
Construction. The provisions of this
liberally construed to effectively carry out
interest of public health, safety, welfare and
Section 7. Severability. Should any sentence, clause, part or
provision of this Resolution be declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity
of the Resolution as a whole, or any part thereof other than the
part declared to be invalid.
Section 8. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become
effective concurrent with, but not before, the effective date of
the Impact Fee Procedural Ordinance Text Amendment.
The Clerk of the Court is hereby directed to send a certified
copy of this Resolution ot the Florida Department of Community
Affairs.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on
the 16th day of October, A.D., 1992.
Mayor Harvey
Mayor Pro Tern London
Commissioner Cheal
Commissioner Jones
Commissioner Stormont
Yes
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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By: ~U.J~.. "-A. .~..... ~ _
MAYOR/CHAIRMAN \
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE,
By,a ~~(f
DEMY CLERK
CLERK
BY
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A TT ACHMENT " A"
Transnortation -Ea,gJities Imnact Fee Sc~
TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT
LAND USE (1) FEE
Single Family (Der dwelling unit) $633
Multi Family (per dwelling unit) $430
Mobile Home (Der mobile home unit) $328
Hotel (Der room) $385
Motel (per room) $363
The following are per. 1,000 sq.-ft.:
Medical Office $1.634
Bank $7.003
General Office (< 10.000 sq.fi.) $1,426
General Office ( 10.000 10 49.999 sq. ft.) $962
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General Office (50.000 10 99.999 sq.ft.) $811
General Office ~ 100.000 sq. ft.) - $684
Commercial Retail (2) $1,168
Convenience Market $23,233
Restaurant-Quality $4,943
Restaurant - Sit Down $10.091
The following are per 1,000 sq. ft.:
Warehouse $278
General Industrial $406
Recreational Campground $4,211
(per .cre I
Marina $170
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(1) The Land Use lilt includes rhe maJor types of development for which building pennit applications ~ submiaed in Monroe CowIty.
Specific proposed land usea may. at rhe discretion of the Director of Planning. be ...igned a Trip GeneltiioD Rate using the g_1
categories listed. a specific land use category In rhe ITE Tri" Generlllion Manual, or lID individuallmpacl ADatysis. All development subject
to the revised Transponation Facilities Impaa Fee shall pay rhe fee amount U1dicated for rhe appropnate specific development type. or. if no
specific development type is applicable. for the appropriate general developmeru type based 00 rhe definitions in Section 9.5-490 of rhe
Monroe County Land Development Regulations.
(2) The tnp generation rate for Commercial Retail is based on data in rhe rn:: Tri" Gene....tion Manual for Specialty Retail Center land use.
No average weeitday trip generation rateS for general commercial reuilare available in the rn:: Tri" Generation Manual' bowever. dara for
many specific commercial retail uses tS available. Use of lID average weelcday tnp geneltiioo rate for a specific proposed commercial or
retail land use. if available in !he lTE Trio ~enCl':llrion Manual or from an individuallmoaa ADatVlis. may be used at rhe discreuoo of rhe
Director of Planning. . .