Ordinance 93-53 ORDINANCE NO. 93- 53
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE A~ENDING COLLIER CO~TY
)INANCE NO. 91-71, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 92~0,
iS FURTHER AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 92-98; RELA~NG
TO THE COLLIER COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
SYSTEM IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE; AMENDING SECTION 3.~,
PROVIDING FOR MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATINGTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING; PROVIDING FOR DECLARATION
EMERGENCY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILIT~
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County on Augtlst 7, 1991, enacted Collier County Ordinance No.
91-71, establishing an Emergency Medical Services System Impact
Fee Ordinance; and
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WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners of collier
County on May 6~' 1992 enacted Ordinance No. 92-30 which amended
Collier County Ordinance No. 91-715 and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County on December 16, 1992 enacted Ordinance No. 92-98 which
further amended Collier County Ordinance 91-71~ and
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WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Community Affairs has
requested certain amendments to the Emergency Medical Services
-.System...Impact. Fee Ordinance as a condition to the County's
receipt of State Housing Initiatives Partnership [SHIP] Program
funding, and
WHERF~S~ immediate enactment of this Ordinance pursuant to
Section 125.66(3), Florida Statutes, is necessary because the
County will not receive the State Housing Initiatives
Partnership [SHIP] Program funds until enactment is completed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
~ECTION ONE~ Amendment to Section 3.04 of Collier County
Ordinance No. 91-71, as amended
Section 3.04 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3.04. Affordable Housing
A. Pursuant to the guidelines established in this
Section, the County shall (1) waive or (2) defer, as
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app~icab~e~ the payment of the Impac~ Fee for any new
.-: owlllr-ocoupild or tints1 Emergency Medical Service~ System
Impact Construction which qualifies as Affordable Housing under
' Appindix A of thii Ordinance.
~' (1) Any person seeking an Affordable Housing waiver
..:~ Or dIferral for proposed Emergency Medical Services System
Impact Construction shall file with the County Manager an
Application for waiver or deferral, prior to receiving a
Building Permit for the proposed Emergency Medical Services
~yItem Impact Construction. The Application for waiver or
deferral shall contain the following:
(a) The name and address of the Owner;
(b) The legal description of the Residential
property upon which the Emergency Medical Services
System Impact Construction shall be constructed;
(c) The income level of the Owner or if the
Owner is a builder, the income level of the household
to which the Dwelling Unit will be sold or rented;
(d) The number of bedrooms in each Dwelling Unit
~ of the Emergency Medical Services System Impact
iii.i- Construction.
(2) If the proposed Emergency Medical Services System
Impact Construction meets the requirements for an
Affordable Housing waiver or deferral as set forth tn this
Section, then the County Manager shall issue an Impact Fee
waiver or deferral, as applicable, to the Owner or
Applicant. The Impact Fee waiver or deferral shall be
presented in lieu of payment of the Impact Fee pursuant to
Section 2.02.
B. To qualify for an Impact Fee waiver or deferral, an
owner-occupied Dwelling Unit must meet all of the following
criteria:
(1) The Owner(s) of the Dwelling Unit must have
a very low, low~ o~_moderate income level as those
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terms are defined in Appendix A and the monthly
payment to purchase the unit must be within the
Affordable Housing guidelines established in Appendix
A.
(2) The Owner, or if there is more than one
Owner, one of the Owners, must be a first-time home
buyer. To qualify as a first-time home buyer, the
Owner must not have had an ownership interest in their
primary residence in the past three years.
(41) The Dwelling Unit must be the homestead of
the owner(s}.
(~4) The Dwelling Unit must remain Affordable
Housing for fifteen years from the date a certificate
of occupancy is issued for the Dwelling Unit.
C. To qualify for an Impact Fee deferral, a Dwelling Unit
offered for rent must meet all of the following criteria:
(1) The household renting the Dwelling Unit must
have a very low or low income level as defined in
Appendix A and the amount of rent must be within the
Affordable Housing guidelines established in Appendix
(~2) The Dwelling Unit must be the household's
permanent residence.
(4t) The Dwelling Unit must remain Affordable
Housing for fifteen years from the date a certificate
of occupancy is issued for the Dwelling Unit.
D. All Impact Fees deferred for owner-occupied Dwelling
Units at the time the Building Permit was issued shall become
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due and payable and shall be immediately repaid to the County
upon the sale of the Dwelling Unit, the refinancing of the
Dwelling Unit, or the discontinuance of use of the Dwelling
Unit as Affordable Housing, whichever occurs first~: provided.
however, if the Impact Fee deferral was Paid with State Housina
In~tiative Partnership rSHIP1Proaram funds, reoavment will be
made to the Collier County affordable housina trust fund.
E. The Impact Fees deferred for rental Dwelling Units at
~/ls time the Building Permit was issued shall become due and
shell be immediately repaid to the County upon the sale of the
Dwelling Unit, refinancing of the-Dwelling Unit, the
discontinuance of. use of the Dwelling Unit as Affordable
Housing or fifteen years from the date of issuance of the
Certificate of Occupancy, whichever occurs first.
F. Any Impact Fees waived for an owner-occupied Dwelling
Unit at the time a Building Permit was issued shall become due
and payable and shall be immediately repaid to the County if
the Dwelling Unit is not utilized as Affordable Housing at any
time-during the fifteen year period after the certificate of
occupancy is issued for the Dwelling Unit. If the Impact Fee
waiver was Daid with State Housina Initiatives Partnership
~3~HIP] Proaram funds, repayment will be made to the Collier
County affordable housing trus~ SU~, If the Dwelling Unit is
used as Affordable Housing for the full 15 year period, the
I~pact Fees are no longer due and the lien on the Dwelling Unit
shall be released.
G. The percentage of the total Impact Fee which shall be
waived or deferred pursuant to this Section for an
owner-occupied or rental Affordable Housing Dwelling Unit shall
be the percentage set forth in Appendix A. The Impact Fees
waived or deferred shall be a lien on the property until all
re~uirements under this Section have been satisfied.
H. Annually, the Owner of the Dwelling Unit shall provide
to the County Manager an affidavit of compliance with the
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criteria set forth in this Section. An affidavit must be filed
~;,' within thirty days of the anniversary date of the issuance of a
;~ii!~:..., cert~fXcate of occupancy.
~.' I. The Owner receiving an Impact Fee waiver or deferral
shall enter into an impact fee agreement with the County which
agreement shall provide for, at a minimum, th. following and
aha11 further include such provisions deemed necessary by the
i,I County to effectuate the provisions of this S,ction:
(1) The legal description of the Dwelling Unit.
:. (2) Where an Impact Fee waiver or deferral is
given to an Owner who will be selling or renting the
Dwelling Unit to a subsequent purchaser or renter, the
,. Emergency Medical Services System Impact Construction
,. must be sold or rented to households meeting the
criteria set forth in this Section. Immact Fee waivers
or deferrals maid for with State Hou~ina Initiatives
Partnership rsHIP1Proaram funds will only be ~ranted
directly to buyers meetin~ Amoendix A cualificat~oDs
and approval prior to Bulldin~ Permit issuancg,
(3) For oWner-occupied Dwelling Units, the
amount of Impact Fees deferred shall be repaid to the
County upon the sale, refinancing or discontinuance of
use of the Dwelling Unit for Affordable Housing,
,,~ whichever occurs first. If Impact Fees were maid with
State Mousin~ Initiative Partnership fSHIP1 Pro.ram
funds, repayment will be made to the Collier County
affordable housin~ trust fund, For rental units, the
Impact Fees deferred shall be repaid upon sale,
refinancing, the discontinuance of use of the Dwelling
Unit as Affordable Housing or fifteen years from the
issuance of a certificate of occupancy, whichever
ii:i, occurs first. Even though the Impact Fees have been
:}:~.," repaid to the County because the Owner sells,
refinances or discontinues the use of the Dwelling
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Unit for Affordable Housing, the County can require
the Owner to utilize the Dwelling Unit for Affordable
Housing for fifteen years from the date the
certificate cf occupancy was issued for the Dwelling
Unit.
(4) For owner-occupied Dwelling Units where
Impact Fees have been waived, the Dwelling Unit must
be utilized for Affordable Housing for a fifteen year
period after the certificate of occupancy is issued
and if the Dwelling Unit ceases to be utilized for
that purpose, the Impact Fees shall be repaid to the
County. If Impact Fees were Da~d with State Housinq
Initiative Partnership fSHIP] Proaram funds, repayment
will be made to the Collier County affordable housina
trust fund. Even though the Impact Fees have been
repaid to the County because the Dwelling Unit has not
been utilized for Affordable Housing, the County can
require the Owner to utilize the Dwelling Unit for
Affordable Housing.
(5) The d~ferred and/or waived Impact Fees shall
be a lien on the property which lien may be foreclosed
upon in the event of non-compliance with the
requirements of the agreement.
(6) Annually, the Owner of the Dwelling Unit
shall provide to the County Manager an affidavit of
compliance with the criteria set forth in this
Section. An affidavit must be filed within thirty
days of the anniversary date of the issuance of a
certificate of occupancy.
(7) Upon satisfactory completion of the
agreement requirements, the County shall record any
necessary documentation evidencing same, including,
but not limited to, a release of lien.
(8) The agreement shall be binding upon the
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~er's successors and assigns.
<, ' (9) The agreement shall be recorded in the
~" Official Records of Collier County.
~i?) J. %~na amount of Impact Fee waivers and deferrals granted
pursuant to this Section shall be limited, in total, to the
..~ amount appropriated by the Board of County Commissioners at
their final public hearing regarding the adoption of the annual
County budget and the amount allocated to Impact Fee waivers or
deferrals in the Collier County Mou$ina Assistance Plan. as
established by County Ordinance No. 93-19. Impact Fee waivers
and deferrals pursuant to this Section shall begin in the
1993-94 fiscal year or earlier upon receipt of State Housing
Init~ative Partnership [SHIP] Proaram funds. The budgeted
amount shall be set aside in a trust fund and paid into the
emergency medical serwices system impact fee trust account no
later than that time when that amount is needed for a project
:.~ f~nded by those Impact Fees waived or deferred. Waivers and
~[~' deferrals shall be issued in the order that completed
~~l~applications are received by the County Manager. At
least forty percent of the amount budgeted for Impact Fee
.:. waivers and/or deferrals must be utilized to fund Impact Fee
waivers and/or deferrals for single family owner-occupied
Dwelling Units serving the very low and low income levels and
~ which are constructed by builders constructing less than five
single family Dwelling Units per year.
· K. Any changes or amendments to Appendix A or the minimum
!~ funding requirements adopted in this Section must occur as an
ordinance amendment at a public hearing of the Board of County
Commissioners occurring after 5:00 p.m.
~ L. No Affordable Housing waiver or deferral shall be
" granted for an Emergency Medical Services System Impact
Construction project which consists of a Mobile Home.
SECTION TWOs Declaration of Emergency
The Board of County Commissioners does hereby declare that
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an emergen~ exists and that immediate enactment of this
Ordinance is necessary, and by no less than four-fifths
(4/Sths) vote of the membership of the Board of County
Couiesionere of Collier County, Florida, does hereby waive
notice of intent to consider this Ordinance.
EZCTXON ~REB~ Conflict an~ Severability
~e provisions of this Ordinance shall be liberally
construed to effectively carry out its purposes in the interest
of public health, safety, welfare and convenience. If any
section, phrase, sentence or portion of this Ordinance is for
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent Jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a sep-
arate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
thereof.
SECTION FO~ Effective Date
A certified copy of this Ordinance, as enacted, shall be
filed by the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of
Collier County, Florida, with the Department of State of the
S~J~te of Florida, as scoff after enactment as is practicable by
depositing the same with postal authorities of the government
of the United States for special delivery by registered mail,
postage prepaid, to the Florida Department of State.
~is Ordinance shall become effective as provided in
section 125.66(3), Florida Statutes.
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. PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County
~ Co~=fssfoners of Collier County, Florida, this /$. day of
:~.: , , 1993.
:i:"7. -A~t~ ;: BOARD OF COUNTY COl(MISSIONERS
~.'-'' :" ~.WI.~.HT I. B~ROCK, Clark COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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coU~l~ o~ COL~.~BR )
I, DWI(IHT E. BROCK, Clerk of Courts in and for the
T~nt~eth Judicial C~rcu~, Collier County, Florida, do
here~ cert~f~ that ~he fore~oin~ ts a true cop~ of:
Ordinance No. 93-53
which was adopted by the Board of County Cc~nissioners on
the 10th day of August, 1993, during Regular Session via
~aar~/enc~ procedures.
WI~ESS my hand and tho official seal of the Board of
County Commissioners of C~lller County, Florida, this llth
daf of Au//ttst, 1993.
DWIGHT E. BROCK '", ','
Clerk of Courts and ~er~
Ex-officio to Board~of
County Commissioners,
~ Deputy Clerk ."/,, . "