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Indian River County I Impact Fee Update Study <br /> use mixes, including intensity and density. <br /> 2. Adoption of an area-wide level of service not dependent on any single road <br /> segment function. <br /> 3. Exempting or discounting impacts of locally desired development, such as <br /> development in urban areas, redevelopment, job creation, and mixed use on <br /> the transportation system. <br /> 4. Assigning secondary priority to vehicle mobility and primary priority to <br /> ensuring a safe, comfortable, and attractive pedestrian environment, with <br /> convenient interconnection to transit. <br /> 5. Establishing multimodal level of service standards that rely primarily on non- <br /> vehicular modes of transportation where existing or planned community <br /> design will provide adequate level of mobility. <br /> 6. Reducing impact fees or local access fees to promote development within <br /> urban areas, multimodal transportation districts, and a balance of mixed-use <br /> development in certain areas or districts, or for affordable or workforce <br /> housing. <br /> Also, under HB 319, a mobility fee funding system expressly must comply with the dual <br /> rational nexus test applicable to traditional impact fees. Furthermore, any mobility fee <br /> revenues collected must be used to implement the local government's plan, which served <br /> as the basis for the fee. Finally, under HB 319, an alternative mobility system, that is not <br /> mobility fee-based, must not impose upon new development any responsibility for funding <br /> an existing transportation deficiency. <br /> At this time, Indian River County is not interested in implementing a mobility fee primarily <br /> due to the suburban nature of the county. Instead, the County is using the affordable <br /> growth approach to reduce fees for non-residential land uses to accomplish its economic <br /> development goals. <br /> The following paragraphs provide further detail on the generally applicable legal standards <br /> applicable here. <br /> Impact Fee Definition <br /> • An impact fee is a one-time capital charge levied against new development. <br /> • An impact fee is designed to cover the portion of the capital costs of infrastructure <br /> capacity consumed by new development. <br /> Tindale-Oliver&Associates, Inc. Indian River County <br /> June 2014 5 Impact Fee Update Study <br /> J-40 <br />