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power of counties to govern themselves through home rule, and state <br />intervention in the area of .impact fees would be inconsistent with this <br />important constitutional right; and <br />WHEREAS, in respect to the home rule• principle, the authority of local <br />governments to impose impact fees has been firmly established in case law to <br />help fund the cost of providing facilities and services necessitated by <br />growth and development; and <br />WHEREAS, impact fee revenues are critical to finding local government <br />growth management plans, particularly in this critical transition period from <br />plan development to plan implementation; and <br />WHEREAS, impact fees are imposed to ensure that growth and development <br />pay its own way rather than having those costs shifted to current residents; <br />and ' <br />WHEREAS, impact fees are by their very nature do not lend themselves to <br />standardization and uniformity in design and application; and <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County finds its current and proposed impact fee <br />ordinance are effective and legally sustainable without _ benefit of <br />state -imposed requirements and conditions; and <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County has developed and implemented local impact <br />fee ordinances for roads, parks, utilities, etc. <br />WHEREAS, impact fee legislation would likely generate additional rounds <br />of costly litigation to defend both existing and future ordinances; and <br />WHEREAS, state -imposed impact fee regulations could force local <br />governments to raise property taxes to pay for facilities and services <br />demanded by the ever-growing numbers of new residents and presently funded <br />through impact fees; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Board strongly urges the Florida <br />Legislature and the Governor of the State of Florida to preserve the full and <br />41 <br />March 7, 1995 aooK 541 <br />