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Indian River County I Impact Fee Update Study the use. For example, if not included in the fee schedule, a retirement community may have different demand characteristics than the average single family subdivision. However, this community must be restricted (with the County as a party to or having confirmed that restriction) for a different fee to be calculated for a retirement community. Without such restriction, the retirement community, in this example, could change to other residential uses over time, creating a different impact on the community. o Land uses included in the fee schedule table have impacts on public facilities that have been widely documented for impact fee purposes. For example, in the case of traffic impact fees, there is a large sample of trip characteristics data on single family subdivisions located in Florida. Therefore, an alternative study (individual assessment) for a specific single family subdivision is not needed or appropriate to establish the level of impact single family homes have on roads. Trip characteristics data already include a range of travel characteristics and eliminate outliers prior to using an average travel demand representative of the land use category. This approach verifies that there is a "reasonable connection" or "nexus" between the impacts of each listed land use and the calculated fees. o For all program areas, the demand components (measured in terms of persons per unit or students per unit for categories other than transportation) should be studied when either the proposed land use is not listed or the applicant demonstrates that the impacts of the proposed use are significantly different than those captured in the study. The current data that support the non-transportation impact fees are based on Census data for Indian River County or student addresses matched with the land use type from the Indian River County Property Appraiser database for residential land uses. These data are representative of average local development and are the most current data available. As mentioned previously, a study would be appropriate only when the development type is completely different than the land uses included in the fee schedule and this difference can be maintained over the life of the development due to its nature or through legal restrictions. o Individual assessments should be generally consistent with the methodology used in this study. Tindale-Oliver&Associates, Inc. Indian River County September 2014 9 Impact Fee Update Study