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• <br />• <br />• <br />Indian River County 1 Impact Fee Update Study <br />In Florida, legal requirements related to impact fees have primarily been established <br />through case law since the 1980's. Generally speaking, impact fees must comply with the <br />"dual rational nexus" test, which requires`that they: <br />• Be supported by a study demonstrating that the fees are proportionate in amount to <br />the need created by new development paying the fee; and <br />• Be spent in a manner that directs a proportionate benefit to new development, <br />typically accomplished through a list of capacity -adding projects included in the <br />ff <br />County's Capital Improvement Plan, Capital Improvement Element, or another <br />planning document/Master Plan. <br />rcff. , r <br />d��gn <br />In addition, one of the requirements of the 200_gi,Florida Impact e- Act is that the studies <br />be based on most recent and localized data° <br />a <br />This technical reportreared to su <br />has been 4�y <br />prepared p pport`�legal�compliance with = js ing case law <br />and statutory requirements. Altho Gghcthe Florida courts have yet to expressly address the <br />methodology underpinning the Affordablle.°Grpwth Strategy,, this aspect of the report is <br />based on the long-standing legal standards described in this report. The technical report <br />also documents the methodology components for ,eachaof to impact fee areas, including an <br />d.o__ <br />..QA• <br />C,. <br />. air, �- <br />evaluation of the'inventory, service area, level of -service ('LOS), cost, credit, and demand <br />components. Information support ng this ana ysis was obtained from the County and other <br />sources,aas-indicated. Th report" <br />eludess resultstfor all program areas, with the exception <br />of edduAional facilities. Because the initia o sults have not yet been reviewed by the <br />India River County Schoo Board ti his section isnot included in this report. <br />`4.941t. <br />Three primary=factors affected the Count's impact fee levels: <br />• Since 2005, t'e;Counfy-built additional infrastructure and increased the capital asset <br />inventory signing -0y in most program areas. This results in an increased asset <br />value, which in turn, increases the impact fee. <br />• In most infrastructure areas, the County used or is still using other revenue sources <br />to supplement impact fees, such as optional sales tax revenues, ad valorem tax <br />revenues, and other revenues. Depending on the program area and the level of on- <br />going investment, this results in an increase in the credit component for some <br />program areas, which in turn reduces the impact fee. In others, if the investment <br />was made in earlier years and are not projected to continue at the same levels, the <br />Tindale -Oliver & Associates, Inc. Indian River County <br />January 2014 <br />ES -2 Impact Fee Update Study <br />