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Indian River County 1 Impact Fee Update Study <br />Student Generation Rate <br />The number of students living in a household typically varies depending on the type of <br />residential housing. Therefore, school impact fees are typically assessed based on the <br />specific student generation rates for different types of residential land uses. <br />Indian River County's current school impact fee developed the student generation rates <br />using Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) and Census 2000 data. This impact fee study <br />employs a new methodology using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop the <br />student generation rate for Indian River County. Specifically, GIS was used to link student <br />addresses to parcels in the Indian River County Property Appraiser's database in order to <br />generate the number of students per unit by school type and land use based on the latest <br />tax roll. <br />Indian River County School District and Indian River County worked together to provide a <br />geocoded student addresses. This file was then linked to the addresses of students who <br />attend those schools listed in Appendix G, Table G-1. Results of this analysis are provided in <br />Table X-9. <br />Table X-9 <br />Student Generation Rates <br />Total <br />Residential Land Use Housing Number of <br />UnitsIll Students(2) <br />Students <br />per Unit(3) <br />Traditional Schools <br />Single Family <br />51,423 <br />12,979 <br />0.252 <br />Multi -Family <br />17,277 <br />1,712 <br />0.099 <br />Mobile Home <br />4,836 <br />733 <br />0.152 <br />Total/Weighted Average <br />73,536 <br />15,424 <br />0.210 <br />(1) Source: Indian River County Property Appraiser for single family/multi- <br />family homes and the American Census Survey, 2012 Estimates, for <br />mobile homes <br />(2) Source: Indian River County School District and Indian River County <br />(3) Number of students (Item 2) divided by the number of units (Item 1) for <br />each residential land use type. <br />As presented, student generation rates are calculated at 0.252 students per home for single <br />family homes, 0.099 students for multi -family units, and 0.152 students for mobile homes, <br />for a weighted average of 0.210 students per home. <br />Tindale -Oliver & Associates, Inc. <br />Indian River County <br />June 2014 140 Impact Fee Update Study <br />175- <br />