Ordinance 2014-04ORDINANCE NO. 2014 - 0 4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 74 OF THE
COLLIER COUNTY CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES (THE
COLLIER COUNTY CONSOLIDATED IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE) BY
AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TIMING OF PAYMENT
OF IMPACT FEES THAT WILL NOW OCCUR NO LATER THAN
PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR THE SUBJECT
DEVELOPMENT; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COLLIER COUNTY CODE OF
LAWS AND ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Collier County has used impact fees as a funding source for growth- related
capital improvements for transportation since 1985; and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2001, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) adopted
Ordinance No. 2001 -13, the Collier County Consolidated Impact Fee Ordinance, repealing and
superseding all of the County's then existing impact fee regulations, and consolidating all of the
County's impact fee regulations into that one Ordinance, codified in Chapter 74 of the Collier
County Code of Laws and Ordinances (the "Code "); and
WHEREAS, Collier County uses impact fees to supplement the funding of necessary
capital improvements required to provide public facilities to serve new population and related
development that is necessitated by growth in Collier County; and
WHEREAS, based on guidance and direction provided by the Board of County
Commissioners at the regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on May 28, 2013
and the workshop held on June 4, 2013, provisions have been drafted to move the required
timing of payment of impact fees to a later point in time.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
SECTION ONE. Article I, General, Section 74 -108, General definitions, of the Collier County
Code of Laws and Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
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Sec. 74 -108. General definitions.
When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Terms contained in article III or the rate
schedules supercede these general definitions to the extent of any conflict(s).
Certificate of completion shall mean a certificate stating that materials and
products meet specified standards or that work was done in compliance with approved
construction documents. A certificate of completion is evidence that the
structure complies substantially with the plans and specifications that have been
submitted to and approved by the local authority and allows for use, where occupancy is
not needed.
Certificate of occupancy shall mean a certificate providing evidence that the
building complies substantially with the plans and specifications that have been
submitted to and approved by the local authority and allows for occupancy.
SECTION TWO. Article II, Impact Fees, Section 74 -202, Payment, of the Collier County
Code of Laws and Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Unless deferred or waived by a written agreement with the county as a party
thereto, or unless exempted, within the unincorporated county, the impact fee
shall be paid in full as a prerequisite to the issuance of a bang - permit
certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion for the development, and no
building permit or any other authorization to use the land included in the
development shall be issued a certificate of occupancy or a certificate of
completion until each applicable impact fee has been paid in full. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this section, staff shall not accept prepayment (early
payment) of impact fees prior to submittal of the related and complete building
permit application for the respective development in all eases where issu nee of
In instances where a conventional building permit is not required (e.g., golf
course, park, change of use, etc.), staff shall not accept prepayment (early
payment) of impact fees prior to the (whichever occurs first) event that renders
such impact fees due and payable. Payment of estimated impact fees prerequisite
to issuance of a certificate of public facility adequacy (COA) is not prohibited
pre - payment, and prepayment of estimated impact fees shall not grandfather such
estimated impact fees against impact fee increases, if any, that occur subsequent
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to such pre - payment but before the respective estimated impact fees are quantified
and become finally due and payable.
(b) If the is ee—of a conventional building permit for the development is not
required (e.g., golf course, park, change of use, etc.), then an applicant shall pay
the Impact fee prior to the occurrence of any one of the following events,
whichever occurs first:
(1) The date when the first building peH t certificate of occupancy has been
issued for any building or structure accessory to the principle use or
structure of the development; or
(2) The date when the first building pex t certificate of occupancy is issued
for the first nonaccessory building or nonaccessory structure to be used by
any part of the development; or
(3) The date when a final development order, final development permit or
other final authorization is issued authorizing construction of a parking
facility for any portion of the development; or
(4) The date when a final development order, final development permit or
other final approval is issued for any part of the development in instances
where no further building permit is required for that part of the
development; or
(5) The date when any part of the development opens for business or goes into
use.
(c) Owners of all golf courses must submit to the county a certified legal description
and a certified surveyors sketch (to scale) of the course prepared by a professional
engineer before the date the construction of the golf course commences.
(d) If the development is located within the unincorporated area of the county, the
impact fee shall be paid directly to the county.
(e) If the development is located within a municipality, the impact fee shall be paid as
follows:
(1) If the municipality has entered into a Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act,
F.S. § 163.01 agreement with the county that provides for the collection of
the impact fee, such impact fees shall be paid and collected in accordance
with the provisions of the agreement.
(2) If the municipality has not entered into a Florida Local Government
Development Agreement with the county providing for the collection of
the impact fee, such impact fees shall be paid directly to the county. The
time that such impact fees become due and payable shall be the same as if
the development were in unincorporated Collier County.
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(f) If the development is located within a municipality and the governing body of the
municipality has not agreed to require proof of payment of the impact fee to the
county prior to the issuance of a building "° certificate of occupancy or
certificate of completion by the municipality or to require additionally the
payment of the impact fee as a condition of theme final approval of a
building permit by the municipality, the impact fees shall be collected as provided
in subsections 74- 202(a) and (b), or, in the event of delinquency in payment,
pursuant to section 74 -501
(g) The obligation for payment of the impact fees and impact fees paid shall run with
the land. Assignment of impact fee credits from one parcel to another parcel of
land shall not be permitted except in accordance with the requirements of section
74 -205
(h) In the event a building permit :ss„ °a for- ° deve epm : (i) expires prior to
commencement of any part of the development for which the building permit was
issued, (ii) is officially cancelled, (iii) is revised after payment of impact fees and
the permit's revision results in a reduction in the impact fees applicable for the
development, or (iv) results in the impact fees being overpaid due to an incorrect
application of the rate schedule, calculation error(s), or prior payment within the
same subject property, the then current owner may, within four years of payment,
apply for a reimbursement of a portion of or the entire impact fee, depending on
the basis for the request for reimbursement. All such requests for reimbursement
shall be calculated by applying the impact fee rate schedule that was in effect on
the date of the respective building permit application. Failure to make timely
application for a reimbursement of the impact fee shall waive any right to a
reimbursement.
(1) The application for reimbursement shall be filed with the county manager
and shall contain the following:
a. The name and address of the owner;
b. The location of the property upon which the respective
development was authorized by the respective building permit;
C. The date the impact fee was paid;
d. A copy of the receipt of payment for the impact fee; and
e. The date the building permit was issued and the date of expiration,
cancellation or approval of the revision, as applicable;
f. Payment of a non - refundable "impact fee reimbursement
processing fee" equal to two percent of the total impact fees
requested to be reimbursed, except that the minimum processing
fee shall be $25.00 and the maximum processing fee will not
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exceed $500.00. Reimbursement requests which are determined to
arise from either an incorrect application of the rate schedule or a
calculation error by county staff will not be required to pay the
"impact fee reimbursement processing fee ".
g. If the request is due to a revision to the building permit, a copy of
the approved revision including original and revised square
footage, number of units, date of approval of the revision, and an
explanation of the nature of the revision (change of size, use, etc.).
h. If the request is due to an overpayment, receipts from previous
payments, corresponding building permit numbers, and evidence
of the current square footage (area) and uses of existing structures
must be included in the application.
(2) After verifying that the building permit has expired or was cancelled
before the development had commenced or was revised and thereby
required a reduction in the impact fee assessed for the development, the
county manager shall forward the request for reimbursement of the impact
fee to the appropriate division staff for further processing as set forth
below.
(3) If a building permit is subsequently issued approved for a development on
the same property, which was previously approved for a reimbursement,
then the impact fee in effect at that time must be paid.
(4) After verifying all information relating to the request for reimbursement,
staff shall forward the request to the applicable division administrator for
approval. The division administrator shall approve or deny the request and
forward all approved requests to the clerk of the circuit court's finance
department for processing.
(5) All reimbursement requests totaling $25,000.00 or more, cannot be
approved administratively and must be submitted to board of county
commissioners.
(i) The impact fee shall be paid in addition to all other fees, charges and assessments
due for the issu nee of a building permit.
(j) In the event a development is a mixed use development, the county manager shall
calculate each impact fee based upon each separate impact fee land use category
included in the proposed mixed use development as set forth in the applicable rate
schedule.
(k) In the event a development involves a land use not contemplated under the impact
fee land use categories set forth in the rate schedules in appendix A, the county
manager shall calculate the appropriate impact fees utilizing the methodologies
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contained in the impact fees adopted by_section 74 -106. The county manager shall
utilize as standards in his determination the impact fee rate calculation variables
applicable to the most similar land use categories in the applicable impact fee rate
schedules.
SECTION THREE. Article II, Impact Fees, Section 74 -204, Alternative fee calculation, of the
Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) The impact fee may be determined by an alternative fee calculation of the fiscal
impact of the development on the public facilities if.
(1) Any person commencing a development which increases demand on any
public facility chooses to have the impact fee for that public facility
determined by the alternative fee calculation and pays to the county in full
the impact fee calculated pursuant to the applicable impact fee rate
schedule and a non - refundable alternative fee calculation review fee of
$2,500.00 or any other review fee amount then established by the board by
ordinance or resolution; and
(2) The applicant believes that the nature, timing or location of the proposed
development makes it likely to generate impacts costing less than the
amount of the impact fee generated by application of section 74 -201 and
the impact fee rate calculations in sections 74 -302 through 74 -309, as
applicable for the public facilities at issue; and
(3) The applicant commences the alternative fee calculation process by
requesting in writing to the county manager, and attends with the county
manager, the preapplication meeting described in subsection 74- 204(b)
within 90 days of the issuance of the building "°it a certificate of
occupancy or certificate of completion for the development; and
(4) The applicant submits to the county manager a completed alternative fee
calculation study as described in this section within 12 months of the
issuance of the building -perit certificate of occupancy or certificate of
completion for the development. Prior to expiration of the foregoing 12-
month period, the applicant may request in writing to the county manager
up to a six -month extension of time to submit the completed alternative
fee calculation study. Such extension request may be granted by the
county manager for good cause shown for extending the time period in
which the study is to be completed. Other extensions of time timely
requested by the applicant in writing may be granted.
(b) Prior to commencing the alternative fee calculation, the applicant shall arrange
and attend a pre- application meeting with the county manager to discuss the
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requirements, procedures and methodology of the alternative fee calculation. The
pre- application meeting will normally cover the following topics: (1) proposed
previous studies; (2) credits; (3) proposed study sites; (4) study data elements; (5)
proposed data collection methodology; and (6) report format.
(c) Subsequent to the pre - application meeting, the applicant shall submit three copies
of the proposed approach to the alternative fee calculation to the county manager.
The county manager shall have 30 county working days to respond in writing to
the proposed approach. If the county manager concurs with the proposed
approach, the applicant will be notified to proceed with the alternative fee
calculation. If the county manager disagrees with the proposed approach, the
county manager shall identify the problem areas for the applicant to incorporate
and address in its resubmittal to the county. The applicant shall be required to
receive approval from the county manager prior to proceeding with the alternative
fee calculation. If the county manager has not approved the applicant's proposed
approach after one resubmittal, the applicant may request a decision from the
county manager whereupon the county manager shall either approve, approve
with conditions, or deny the proposed approach.
(d) The alternative fee calculation shall be undertaken through the submission of an
impact analysis for the public facilities at issue, which shall be based on data,
information, methodology and assumptions contained in this chapter and/or the
impact fee studies incorporated herein, or an independent source, including local
studies for alternative impact fee calculations performed by others within the
immediately preceding three years, provided that the independent source is a local
study supported by a data base adequate for the conclusions contained in such
study performed pursuant to a methodology generally accepted by professionals
in the field of expertise for the public facilities at issue and based upon standard
sources of information relating to facilities planning, cost analysis and
demographics and generally accepted by professionals in the field of expertise for
the public facilities at issue. Technical details of approach, methodology,
procedures and other matters relating to the alternative fee calculation may be
addressed in an administrative procedures manual developed by the county
manager and approved by resolution of the board.
(e) The alternative fee calculation shall be submitted by the applicant for the
proposed development and shall be prepared and certified as accurate by persons
accepted by the county as qualified professionals in the field of expertise for the
public facilities at issue, and shall be submitted to the county manager.
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(f) Within 30 county working days of receipt of an alternative fee calculation, the
county manager shall determine if it is complete. If the county manager
determines the application is not complete, he shall send a written statement
specifying the deficiencies to the person submitting the application at the address
set forth in the application. The county manager will not be required to take any
further action on the alternative fee calculation until all specified deficiencies
have been corrected.
(g) After the county manager determines that the alternative fee calculation is
complete, he shall notify the applicant of its completion within ten days, and he
shall, within 30 county working days, complete a review of the data, analysis, and
conclusions asserted in the alternative fee calculation. If this review is not
completed within these time frames, and if requested by the applicant, the item
will be scheduled for the next available board meeting.
(h) If the county manager determines that in the alternative fee calculation the
county's cost to accommodate the proposed development is statistically
significantly different than the impact fee established pursuant to section 74 -201
and the applicable sections 74 -302 through 74 -309, the amount of the impact fee
shall be reduced to a dollar amount consistent with the amount determined by the
alternative fee calculation, subject to the board's approval.
(i) In the event the applicant disagrees with a decision of the county manager that
effectively results in a denial of the alternative fee calculation, the applicant may
file a written appeal petition with the board not later than 30 days after receipt of
notice of such a decision by the county manager. In reviewing the decision, the
board shall use the standards established herein. The appeal petition must advise
the board of all issues and shall explain the precise basis the applicant asserts that
the decision(s) of the county manager is /are alleged to be incorrect.
SECTION FOUR. Article II, Impact Fees, Section 74 -205, Developer contribution credit, of
the Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) A person may apply for a credit against any impact fee owed pursuant to section
74 -201 for a specific type of public facility for any contribution, construction or
land dedication conveyed to, accepted and received by the county for that same
type of public facility. The county may grant a credit against the impact fee
imposed against a development pursuant to section 74 -201, for the construction,
installation or contribution of any public facilities, or improvements and additions
thereto, or land dedication related thereto, required pursuant to a development
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order for the development, or not required by such development order. Such
construction, contribution or land dedication shall be subject to the approval of
the county manager and the board as described herein and shall be an integral part
of, and a necessary accommodation to, existing or contemplated public facilities.
Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, a contribution or dedication related to a
specific type of public facility shall be available as a credit only against the
impact fee for the same type of public facility and there shall be no intermingling
or cross -over of credits from one type of public facility to another type of public
facility.
(b) A credit granted against the applicable impact fee for certain dedications of land
or for the contributions of off -site improvements to the transportation network,
contributions of construction or installation of regional water and /or regional
sewer systems, buildings, facilities and /or improvements and/or additions thereto,
made to the regional water and sewer systems, or for other authorized
contributions or dedications for other public facilities authorized in this chapter,
whether required to be made pursuant to a development order by the county or
not, shall be subject to the following standards:
(1) The dedicated land shall be an integral part of, and a necessary
accommodation to, contemplated off -site improvements to the adopted
needs plan transportation network, or the county's regional water and
regional sewer systems needs, whether on -site or off -site, or the county's
other public facility needs, as determined by the county;
(2) The road off -site improvements to be contributed shall be an integral part
of, and a necessary accommodation to, the adopted cost feasible plan for
the transportation network;
(3) Except as provided in sections 74- 205(b)(1) and (b)(2), no other
dedications of land, contributions of off -site improvements, contributions
of construction or installation of improvements shall be entitled to
developer contribution credit from the impact fee;
(4) All dedicated land for road right -of -way shall be conveyed in fee to the
county by statutory warranty deed. Other conveyances to the county,
including right -of -way or easements required by the county shall be
conveyed to the county pursuant to ordinances, resolutions, guidelines or
regulations then in effect and in form of conveyance acceptable to the
county attorney.
(5) The credit for a dedication of land shall not exceed the fair market value of
the land dedication as based upon a written appraisal by a qualified and
professional appraiser acceptable to the county, based upon comparable
sales of similar property between unrelated parties in a bargaining
transaction as of the date of the contribution; the date of the
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commencement of the construction; the date of the land dedication; or for
dedications, the day before the date of the issuance of the development
order approval (zoning amendment, site plan approval, PUD approval, or
other development order approval) wherein the contribution, construction
or land dedication was proffered or required; whichever occurs first.
(6) In the case of contributions of construction or installation of
improvements, the value of the proposed contribution shall be adjusted
upon completion of the construction to reflect the actual costs of
construction or installation of improvements contributed by the developer.
The actual cost of construction for the contribution shall be based upon
costs certified by a professional engineer or architect, as appropriate.
However, in no event shall any upward adjustment in the credit amount as
set forth in the developer contribution agreement between the owner and
the county exceed 15 percent above the initial certified estimate of costs
for contributions as provided by the professional engineer or architect, as
appropriate. Upon adjustment of the value of the developer's contribution,
the contribution credit shall be adjusted accordingly.
(7) Until the contribution credit is finally adjusted upon completion of
construction, no more than 75 percent of the initial estimate of costs for
contributions to the regional water and/or sewer systems identified in the
contribution agreement shall be actually applied or used in the calculations
of available credit against water and/or sewer systems impact fees.
(8) No credit whatsoever for lands, easements, construction or infrastructure
otherwise required to be built or transferred to the county by law,
ordinance or any other rule or regulation shall be considered or included in
the determination of any value of any developer's contribution.
(9) All construction cost estimates shall be based upon, and all construction
plans, specifications and conveyances shall be in conformity with, the
construction standards and procedures of the county as then adopted by
ordinance. All plans and specifications must be approved by the county
manager, transportation administrator, public utilities administrator or
appropriate division or department administrator, and other appropriate
governmental entity prior to commencement of construction. A
determination of the amount of credit or reimbursement shall be made
prior to consideration by the board.
(10) No credit for a particular type of public facility shall exceed the impact fee
for that type of public facility for the proposed development imposed by
this chapter, unless a credit (developer's) agreement has been completed
pursuant to the requirements of this section.
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(c) An applicant who desires to make a dedication of land or contribution for impact
fee credits shall, prior to issuance of abuilding p° certificate of occupancy or
certificate of completion, submit to the county a proposed plan for the dedication
of land or for the contribution. The proposed plan of construction or dedication
shall include:
(1) A designation and legal description of the development for which the plan
is being submitted;
(2) A list of the contemplated improvements;
(3) A legal description of any land or interest in land proposed to be dedicated
and a written appraisal prepared in conformity with the requirements of
this section;
(4) An estimate of proposed construction costs certified by a professional
engineer or architect, as appropriate; and
(5) A proposed time schedule for completion of the proposed plan of
construction or dedication prepared by a professional engineer or architect,
as appropriate;
(d) Upon submission of a complete plan, the transportation administrator or the
public utilities administrator, or appropriate division or department administrator,
shall present to the board at a regularly scheduled meeting or a special meeting
called for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan and shall provide the
applicant or owner written notice of the time and place of the presentation. The
board shall authorize the county attorney to prepare a contribution agreement with
the owner only if:
(1) There is a finding that the dedications or contributions contemplated by
the agreement are consistent with the comprehensive plan and the
requirements of this section;
(2) Such proposed plan is in conformity with contemplated improvements and
additions to the transportation network in compliance with the
requirements of sections 74- 205(b)(1) and (b)(2) or contemplated
improvements and additions to the regional water and/or sewer systems, or
otherwise in compliance with sections 74- 205(b)(1) and (b)(2) for other
public facilities;
(3) There is sufficient funding remaining in the adopted road impact fee
annual credit threshold budget, or any threshold that may be established
for other public facilities, to cover the request for such credits; and
(4) Such proposed plan, viewed in conjunction with other existing or
proposed plans, will not create a detrimental imbalance between the
treatment and transmission capabilities of the regional water and /or sewer
systems; and
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(5) The transportation administrator or public utility administrator or county
manager has determined that the proposal furthers the development of the
applicable component of the public facilities and the proposed plan is, in
the opinion of the board of county commissioners, consistent with the
public interest.
(6) Such proposed plan, viewed in conjunction with other existing or
proposed plans, will not adversely impact the cash flow or liquidity of the
applicable public facility impact fee trust account in such a way as to
frustrate or interfere with other planned or ongoing growth necessitated
capital improvements and additions to such public facility systems; and
(7) The proposed time schedule for completion of the plan is consistent with
the then most recently adopted five -year capital improvement program for
the applicable public facility.
(e) Upon approval of a proposed plan of dedication or contribution, the transportation
administrator or public utilities administrator or county manager shall determine
the amount of developer credit and shall approve the timetable for completion of
construction. The amount of developer credit to be applied against the applicable
public facility impact fee shall be determined according to the standards of
valuation described in section 74- 205(b).
(f) Upon approval of a plan for the dedication or contribution, a developer
contribution agreement shall be entered into between the county and the owner. A
nonrefundable processing, review and audit fee of $2,500.00 shall be due once the
voluntary plan has been approved and prior to the preparation of a contribution
agreement by the county attorney. The processing, review and audit fee shall be
returned to the applicant if either the county manager, the authorized division or
department administrator, or the board determines the proposed plan is not
acceptable. The processing, review and audit fee shall become non - refundable
when the board authorizes the county attorney to prepare a contribution
agreement. The contribution agreement shall, at a minimum, provide for and
include, but not be limited to:
(1) Identification of the parties including a representation from the owner or
owners disclosing who are the record owners of the real property
described in the contribution agreement. If requested by the county
attorney, the applicant or owner shall provide to the county attorney, at no
cost to the county, an attorney's opinion identifying the record owner, his
authority to enter into the contribution agreement and identify any lien
holders having a lien or encumbrance on the real property that is the
subject of the agreement. Said opinion shall specifically describe each of
the recorded instruments under which the record owner holds title, each
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lien or encumbrance, and cite appropriate recording information and
incorporate by reference a copy of all such referenced instruments.
(2) A finding that the contributions and dedications contemplated by the
agreement are consistent with the comprehensive plan.
(3) A legal description of all lands included in the development subject to the
agreement.
(4) Impact fee credits shall run with the land in perpetuity, interest free, until
used or assigned.
(5) A graphic drawing or rendering and a legal description of the dedication or
contribution to be made pursuant to the agreement.
(6) An acknowledgement that the dedications or contributions contemplated
under the agreement shall be construed and characterized as work done
and property rights acquired by a highway or road agency for the
improvement of a road within the boundaries of a right -of -way, or by the
county, a utility, or other persons or entities engaged in the distribution
and transmission of water and/or collection or transmission of sewerage
for the purpose of constructing or installing on established rights -of -way,
mains, pipes, cables, utility infrastructure or the like.
(7) An acknowledgement that the contribution agreement shall not be
construed and characterized as a development agreement under the Florida
Local Government Development Agreement Act, as then amended, or
otherwise.
(8) Adoption of the approved time schedule for completion of the plan.
(9) Determination of the dollar value amount of credit based upon the
standard of valuation as set forth in section 74- 205(b)(1) and (2).
(10) A written appraisal for any land dedication.
(11) The initial professional opinion of probable construction costs, if any,
provided by a professional engineer or professional architect, as
appropriate.
(12) A requirement that the owner keeps or provides for retention of adequate
records and supporting documentation that concern or reflect total project
cost of the improvements to be contributed. This information shall be
available to the county, or its duty authorized agent or representative, for
audit, inspection or copying, for a minimum of five years after the
termination of the contribution agreement.
(13) A requirement that the credit for impact fees for the specific public facility
identified in the contribution agreement shall run with the land of the
subject development and shall be reduced by the entire amount of the
impact fee for that public facility due for each building permit issued
ther-een until the development project is either completed or the credits are
exhausted or are no longer available, or have been assigned by operation
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of or pursuant to an assignment agreement with the county. The foregoing
reduction in the impact fee credit shall be calculated based on the amount
of the impact fees for that public facility in effect at the time of the
building permit application. The credit shall specify the specific type of
public facility impact fee to which it shall apply (e.g., roads, sewer, water,
etc.) and shall not apply to any other type of public facility impact fee.
(14) That the burdens of the contribution agreement shall be binding upon, and
the benefits of the agreement shall inure to, all successors in interest to the
parties to the contribution agreement.
(15) An acknowledgment that the failure of the contribution agreement to
address any permit, condition, term, or restriction shall not relieve either
the applicant or owner, or their successors, of the necessity of complying
with any law, ordinances, rule or regulation governing said permitting
requirements, conditions, terms or restrictions.
(16) Compliance with the then applicable risk management guidelines which
may be established by the county's risk management department from time
to time, including but not limited to insurance and indemnification
language acceptable to the county for any contribution or dedication.
(17) Annual examination and audit of compliance performed by an
independent auditor to determine compliance with, and performance
under, the contribution agreement, including whether or not there has been
demonstrated good faith compliance with the terms of the contribution
agreement and to report the credit applied toward payment of impact fees
and the balance of available and unused credit. If the board finds, on the
basis of substantial competent evidence, that there has been a failure to
comply with the terms of the contribution agreement, the agreement may
be revoked or modified by the county.
(18) A provision that mandates modification or revocation of the contribution
agreement as may thereafter be necessary to comply with then - applicable
and relevant state and federal laws, if state or federal laws are enacted
after the execution of the contribution agreement which are applicable to
and which preclude the parties' compliance with the terms of the
contribution agreement.
(19) Amendment or cancellation by mutual consent of the parties to the
contribution agreement or by their successors in interest.
(20) Recording of the contribution agreement in the official records within 14
days after the county enters into the contribution agreement. All costs of
recording and conveyance shall be paid by the applicant or owner.
(21) The ability to file an action for injunctive relief in the circuit court of the
county to enforce the terms of the contribution agreement, said remedy
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being cumulative with any and all other remedies available to the parties
for enforcement of the agreement.
(22) An acknowledgment that the contribution agreement shall not be
construed or characterized as a development agreement under the Florida
Local Government Development Agreement Act.
(g) Any developer contribution credit granted from the specific type of public facility
impact fee shall only be for those dedications or contributions made to
accommodate growth, within the respective impact fee district where the
development is located, or an adjacent district (for the purposes of road impact
fees), and for the same type of public facility impact fee for which the dedications
or contribution has been made.
(h) All road impact fee credits shall be awarded on an annual basis from an allocation
established each fiscal year of the county based upon the recommended annual
budget threshold amount as established in the budget of the transportation
services division. No road impact fee credits greater than this annual allocated
sum shall be allowed in any fiscal year. The balance of any annual unexpended
road impact fee credits may be carried over from one fiscal year to the next fiscal
year, subject to the allocation limit each fiscal year, until expended. Should
Developer be unable to commence Development as originally contemplated in the
contribution agreement, the parties may enter into a reimbursement agreement,
subject to annual appropriation, provided such agreement for reimbursement shall
not be for a period in excess of seven years from the date of recording the
contribution agreement in the official records of the county, and shall provide for
a forfeiture of any remaining reimbursement balance at the end of such time
period.
(i) All right -of -way dedications must be consistent with the county's adopted needs
plan in order to be eligible for road impact fee credits at the time of the request.
(j) Any dedication or contribution for which a road impact fee credit is requested
must be in the county's cost feasible plan of the transportation network at the time
of the request.
(k) If road impact fee credits are not available at the time of request, the county shall
otherwise compensate and may award a cash reimbursement subject to conformity
to all other requirements for credit eligibility and subject to the following
additional conditions:
(1) If a phase or phases of the contribution and dedication, or either, are
included in the five -year CIE, the county shall compensate and may agree
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to reimburse for that phase or phases of off -site improvements at the time
the funds are scheduled to become available in the five -year CIE; and
(2) If the county has a budget for advanced right -of -way acquisition, the
county may reimburse for the value of the right -of -way, up to the level of
the remaining budget for such land acquisition.
(1) The county shall not reimburse for contributions that are not included in the five -
year CIE or that exceed the amount of credits established in the threshold level
budgeted.
(m) In order to maintain the pro -rata or proportionate share purpose of this chapter, it
is necessary that a uniform method be used countywide in determining credit
against the impact fee. Therefore, the county, when considering compensation or
credit, shall apply the then - applicable standards it has established in the
unincorporated areas throughout the entire incorporated and unincorporated
county, i.e., with regard to roads, the dedication of the minimum local road widths
is non - compensable, thus putting the unincorporated areas and the incorporated
areas in the same posture and thereby maintaining the integrity of the pro -rata or
proportionate share concept.
(n) Impact fee credits shall not be assigned or otherwise transferred from one
development to another development except by written agreement executed by the
county, and then, shall only be transferable from one development to another
development within the same or adjacent impact fee district for the same type of
public facility impact fee. This assignment or transfer may be to commercial
and/or residential developments. Impact fee credits will be accomplished only
through the operation of a credit agreement. Should an assignment of credit be
approved by the county through execution of such an agreement, the assignee
shall take the agreement as is and shall be bound by all of the terms and
conditions of the agreement as originally executed by the assignor and other
parties. No assignee (or transferee) of any such agreement shall have the right to
any review procedure under this chapter except to the extent expressly granted in
the agreement. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to subsequent
purchasers or successors in title to the owner.
(o) Any applicant who submits a proposed credit agreement pursuant to this chapter
and desires the immediate issuance of a certificate of occupancy or certificate of
completion for a building permit shall pay the impact fee prior- to or- at the time of
the applieation for the building p . Said payment shall be deemed paid "under
protest" and shall not be construed as a waiver of any review rights. Any
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difference between the amount paid and the amount due, as determined by the
county manager, shall be refunded to the applicant or owner.
(p) In the event the amount of impact fee credit for a specific type of public facility,
pursuant to an approved contribution or dedication, exceeds the total amount of
impact fee for that same type of public facility imposed upon the development,
the contribution agreement may provide for the future reimbursement to the
owner of the excess of such contribution credit from future receipts by the county
of impact fees. However, no reimbursement shall be paid until such time as all
development at the location which was subject to the credit has been completed.
Such reimbursement shall be made over a period of five years from the date of
completion of the development as determined by the county.
SECTION FIVE. Article III, Special Requirements for Specific Types of Impact Fees, Section
74 -302, Special requirements for road impact fees, of the Collier County Code of Laws and
Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
(h) Payment of road impact fees to obtain a certificate of adequate public facilities.
(1) A certificate of public facility adequacy (COA) shall be issued concurrent
with the approval of the next to occur final local development order. At
the time a certificate of public facility adequacy is issued, thirty -three
percent (33 %) of the estimated payment will be due and deposited into the
applicable impact fee trust fund. The funds will then be immediately
available for appropriation by the Board of County Commissioners for
transportation capital improvements and are non - refundable. Final
calculation of impact fees due will be based on the intensity of
development actually permitted for construction and the impact fee
schedule in effect at the time of the building permit(s) application
submittal, such that additional impact fees may be due prior to issuance of
a certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion for the building
permit(s).
(2) Offsets for road impact fees assessed to building permits for impact fees
paid in accordance with this subsection, will be applied equally to units or
square footage and will run with the subject land.
(3) This provision is to be read in conjunction with Section 10.02.07 of the
Collier County Land Development Code. To the extent this provision
conflicts with this or with any other Collier County ordinance, rule or
regulation, the provisions of this section shall control.
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SECTION SIX. Article IV, Affordable Housing Impact Fee Deferral, Section 74 -401, Impact
fee deferral, of the Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(d) Repayment for owner - occupied units.
(1) All impact fees deferred for owner- occupied dwelling units at the time
btt lding „ °:mi+ was issued shall become due and payable and shall be
immediately paid in full to the county upon:
a. The sale of the dwelling; or
b. Refinancing of the purchase mortgage or loans secured by senior
real property security instruments; or
C. A loss of the homestead exemption under Section 4, Article X of
the State Constitution.
d. The first occurrence of any sale or transfer of any part of the
affected real property, and in any such event the deferred impact
fees shall be paid in full to the county not later then the closing of
the sale, or not later then the effective date of the transfer.
(2) Repayment shall include any accrued interest. Interest shall be computed
at the rate of five percent per annum, but no event shall it exceed 25
percent of the total fee amount.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in this subsection (d)(1) of this section 74 -401,
the director of the financial administration and housing department of
community development and environmental services division may waive
the triggering of the obligation to pay deferred impact fees due to a
refinancing if the director determines that the refinancing is for
improvements or repairs to the dwelling that will enhance the value of the
dwelling, and is of such a nature as not to justify that the deferred impact
fees should become due and payable because of the sale, transfer, or
refinancing.
(m) Timing of payment. Any units meeting the requirements of this subsection that are
sold below the maximum home sales price in Collier County for Florida Housing
Finance Corporation Programs, or qualify for and enter into an approved deferral
agreement shall not be required to pay the impact fees applicable for the unit or
building any sooner than issuance of a certificate of occupancy or certificate of
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completion for the building permit for construction or as may otherwise be set
forth in such waiver or deferral agreement. In order to obtain a certificate of
adequate public facilities concurrently with the issuance of the final site
development plan or plat, the applicant shall first enter into an approved deferral
agreement with Collier County or provide a notarized affidavit to the county
manager, which must include the following:
(1) Name of project, legal description and number assigned by Collier County
to the development order;
(2) Name of applicant and owner, if different;
(3) Number of dwelling units;
(4) Statement of intent that the subject dwelling unit sales price will meet the
affordability guidelines of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation for
Collier County.
SECTION SEVEN. Article V, Miscellaneous Provisions, Section 74 -401, Collection of impact
fees in default, of the Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 74 -501. Collection of impact fees in default.
Whenever the county determines that an impact fee was not paid prior- to the
issuance e for a building permit for the affected development, the county shall proceed
to collect the impact fee as follows:
SECTION EIGHT: CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY.
In the event this Ordinance conflicts with any other ordinance of Collier County or other
applicable law, the more restrictive shall apply. If any phrase or portion of the Ordinance is held
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portion.
SECTION NINE: INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Laws
and Ordinances of Collier County, Florida. The sections of the Ordinances may be renumbered
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or relettered to accomplish such, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section,"
"article," or any other appropriate word.
SECTION TEN: EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall be effective upon filing with the Department of State.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, this M-Vjday of 1;zbru<x , 2014.
ATTEST: .
DWIGHT. R. BROCK, CLERK
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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This ordinance filed with the
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT of STATE
RICK SCOTT KEN DETZNER
Governor Secretary of State
February 17, 2014
Honorable Dwight E. Brock
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Collier County
Post Office Box 413044
Naples, Florida 34101-3044
Attention: Martha Vergara, Deputy Clerk
Dear Mr. Brock:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 125.66, Florida Statutes, this will acknowledge receipt of your
electronic copy of Collier County Ordinance No. 2014-04, which was filed in this office on February 17,
2014.
Sincerely,
Liz Cloud
Program Administrator
LC/elr
Enclosure
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