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 Manatee County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2-27. MYAKKA CITY FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT

  § 2-27-17. Impact fees.

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  • (1)

    (a)

    It is hereby found and determined that the district is located in Manatee County which is experiencing one of the highest growth rates in the nation. New construction and resulting population growth have placed a strain upon the capabilities of the district to continue providing the high level of professional fire protection and emergency service for which the residents of the district pay and which they deserve.

    (b)

    It is hereby declared that the cost of new facilities for fire protection and emergency service should be borne by new users of the district's services to the extent new construction requires new facilities, but only to that extent. It is the legislative intent of this section to transfer to the new user of the district's fire protection and emergency services a fair share of the costs that new users impose on the district for new facilities.

    (c)

    The district is hereby authorized to establish and adjust impact fees in accordance with the requirements of law including Section 163.31801, Florida Statutes.

    (2)

    No person shall issue or obtain a building permit for new residential dwelling units or new commercial or industrial structures within the district, or issue or obtain construction plan approval for new mobile home or recreational or travel trailer park developments located within the district, until the developer thereof shall have paid the applicable impact fee to the district.

    (3)

    The impact fees collected by the district pursuant to this section shall be kept as a separate fund from other revenues of the district and shall be used exclusively for the acquisition, purchase or construction of new facilities or portions thereof required to provide fire protection and emergency service to new construction. "New facilities" shall mean buildings and capital equipment, including, but not limited to, fire and emergency vehicles and radio-telemetry equipment. Said fees shall not be used for the acquisition, purchase or construction of facilities which must be obtained in any event, regardless of growth within the district. The board of commissioners shall maintain adequate records to ensure that impact fees are expended only for permissible new facilities.

(Ord. No. 07-56, §§ 1, 2, 5-8-07)