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Indian River County 1 Impact Fee Update Study III. Solid Waste Facilities This section provides the results of the solid waste facilities impact fee analysis. There are several major elements associated with the development of the solid waste facilities impact fee: • • • • • • • . Facility Inventory Service Area and Population Cost Component Credit Component Net Solid Waste Impact Cost Calculated Solid Waste Impact Fee Schedule Affordable Growth Strategy Solid Waste Impact Fee Schedule Comparison These various elements are summarized in"this'section. It should be noted that solid waste impact fees are not very/common and there is limited; literature ,- tiSolid waste operations are typically an Enterprise*Funn daditend to be self sufficientin terms of funding. In the case of Indian River County,. the Solid :'Waste Disposal District (SWDD), a dependent district, provides the solid waste5services At this :time, the solid;,waste impact fee istsunded in Indian River County. Prior to the suspension, the Countycharged a ° solid waste impact fee to both residential and non- residential land uses. These>fees were calculated taking into account both the landfill and garbage trucksused for waste collection. Since the last study, the County started outsourcing the aste collection service. The landfill is used by both existing and new 44, growth on a continuous basis, and as such, it is difficult to establish a need directly tied to - new growth. As such, in,this study, the impact fee calculations are based on the customer convenience centers, which are used only by residential land uses. Given this, the revised fee schedule includes only residential land uses. Facility Inventory As mentioned previously, the SWDD has the landfill site and also operates five customer convenience centers throughout the District for the collection of Class I waste, yard trash, Tindale -Oliver & Associates, Inc. Indian River County January 2014 24 Impact Fee Update Study