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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator D AR ENT HEAD CONCURRENCE THRU: Robert M. Keating, A CP Community Development director FROM: Sasan Rohani, AICP Chief, Long -Range Planning DATE: March 3, 2011 SUBJECT: Consideration of Ordinance to Temporarily Suspend Imposition of Several Impact Fees It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of March 15, 2011. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS On March 3, 2009, the Board of County Commissioners considered several alternatives to reduce impact fees for the purpose of stimulating economic development in the county. After discussion, the Board decided to suspend collection of five of the county's nine impact fees for six months. That suspension was subsequently extended several times, with the current suspension due to expire on March 31, 2011. The five currently suspended impact fees are: the Fire/Emergency Services Facilities Impact Fee, the Correctional Facilities Impact Fee, the Public Buildings Impact Fee, the Law Enforcement Impact Fee, and the Solid Waste Facilities Impact Fee. Consistent with the Board's direction, the impact fee suspension ordinance applies only to impact fees associated with a building permit, and it requires that a certificate of occupancy be obtained within eighteen months of building permit issuance. Otherwise, the fee amount attributable to the suspended fee categories becomes payable. As it stands now, the current suspension will expire on March 31, 2011, unless the suspension is extended prior to that time. For that reason, the Board considered the suspension issue at its February 1, 2011 meeting. At that meeting, the Board voted to authorize staff to advertise for a public hearing on March 15, 2011 to extend the impact fee suspension of three of the five currently suspended impact 63