Agenda Date: 10/22/18
Subject:
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Planning Commission Resolution 29-2018 regarding an amendment to Littleton's impact fees, Section 11-7 of Littleton's City Code
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Presented By:
Steve Kemp, City Attorney and Jocelyn Mills, Community Development Director
REQUESTED PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Consider a recommendation to city council to amend the city's capital facility impact fees for fire and transportation, and to move these fees from Subdivision (Title 11) to the Administrative (Title 1) section of Littleton's City Code.
BACKGROUND:
Council adopted capital facility impact fees in August of 2013 (Ordinance 14, Series of 2013) and amended the fees in July of 2014 (Ordinance 17, Series of 2014). The fees are charged for new residential and non-residential development in the city and fund capital improvements to address demand attributable to the new development. The impact fee categories adopted by council include: fire, museum, library, police, facilities, and transportation.
The fees were based on the Impact Fee Design Analysis report by BBC Research and Consulting dated July 30, 2013 as updated by a supplemental memorandum dated June 5, 2014. In the adopted ordinance, the fees are to be used to fund capital improvements to address demand attributable to new development and are not to be used to fund operation, maintenance, or replacement costs or otherwise fund the general costs of government. Additionally, the impact fee applies regardless of the value of the property developed and shall be imposed in addition to other fees, taxes, or charges of the city.
Upon adoption of the impact fees by city council, BBC Research and Consulting recommended that the impact fees be periodically revisited to ensure the fees reflect capital facilities standards and are appropriately apportioned to new development. The fees have not been adjusted since 2014.
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