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CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. t15" - 1/2 B
BY THE CITY COUNCIL: BIRD, DONNELL, ROUNTREE, WARDLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 7, OF THE MERIDIAN
CITY CODE PROVIDING FOR REVISIONS TO THE PARK AND
RECREATION IMPACT FEE METHODOLOGY AND THE PARK AND
RECREATION IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE SECTION 10-7-13, AND TO THE
IMPACT FEE SUMMARY SECTION 10-7-15; PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF
THE READING RULES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee has
considered various options for updating the park and recreation impact fee
methodology and fee schedule and on September 15, 2004 recommended the
changes to the methodology and impact fee schedule set forth in this Ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
Section 1. That Title 10, Chapter 7, Section 13, of the Meridian City Code is
amended to read as follows:
10-7-13: PARK AND RECREATION IMPACT FEES:
A.Incorporation Of Standards: This section addresses the development impact fees
collected for park and recreation service improvements. The comprehensive plan,
including the capital improvement plan developed pursuant to Idaho Code section 67-
8208 and incorporated into the comprehensive plan, as adopted by the city council
together with the land use, acquisition and construction cost and service unit
assumptions upon which said plan is based are hereby incorporated into this section
by reference.
B.Incorporation Of Maps: The maps contained within the comprehensive plan are hereby
incorporated into this section by reference. Copies of said maps may be obtained at
the office of the city clerk or viewed and obtained at the administrative office of
Meridian planning and zoning department.
C.Park Impact Fee; Purpose And Implementation: All residential development is deemed
to create an impact and therefore an increased demand for park and recreation
services. As such the cost for new public park facilities should be borne by new users
of park and recreation facilities to the extent new use requires new facilities.
Therefore, any application for a building permit enabling the construction on or after
the effective date hereof, shall be subject to the imposition of park and recreation
impact fees in the manner and amount set forth in this section.
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D.Payment Of Park Impact Fee: Prior to receiving a building permit or commencing
construction of any building for which park impact fees are to be paid pursuant to this
chapter, whichever first occurs, the applicant therefor, must demonstrate that the
appropriate impact fee has been paid to the fee administrator. The fee administrator
and/or the public works department director shall have the authority to withhold a
building permit or stop construction, as the case may be, until the appropriate impact
fee has been collected.
E.Methodology: The methodology adopted for the purpose of determining park and
recreation impact fees shall be based upon the assumptions set forth in the
comprehensive plan that new neighborhood and community park facilities are needed
in Meridian to serve growth. Said assumptions, based upon the "existing and future
facilities approach", set the existing standard for park needs as set forth:
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Methodology to determine the park impact fee:
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DesefÌJ!tiøa
CeffeRt cle'ielefleà aeres af parks
Plas aR allaeatiøR fur ilia
tlftàovølØflOcl
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Dh'4clecl !!y ilie 6effeRt pøpalatiea
Acres per thousand using Comp Plan
standard of four acres per thousand
population
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$95,000.00
Times the total service cost to
develop an acre
Equals the park development cost per $4Q.B&
person
Times the number of persons per
single family dwelling
Equals the park development cost per
single family dwelling
Times the number of persons per
multi- family dwelling
Equals the park development cost per
multi-family dwelling
Service Cost To Develop An Acre
Park land acquisition per acre
Park land improvements per acre
Total service cost per acre
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CaHlHlooity
Park,
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$95,000.00 $95.000.00
~ $380.00
~ 2.93
~ $1.113.40
?dH- 2.67
~ $1.014.60
Existing Cost (October I, 2002)
$25,000.00
$70,000.00
$95,000.00
Additionally the comprehensive plan and demographic data provided by the
official 2000 census assumes the following average numbers of people per
dwelling unit:
Single-family residential
Multi-family residential
2.93 persons per dwelling unit
2.67 persons per dwelling unit
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F.De\'elapHl6Rt lmiIaet Fee 8e1iedule Far Meriwafl Pæks: P1ffStlafit to ilia aslJtiH!j3tioas ift
the Meriwaa eoHlflreheasi','a pial! aacl demagrRflhie data pra\'icleà !!y CoHlffiURity
Plar_'1iHg f.ssoeiatiea of 8oailiwest Iàahø, develepraeat iHlfl&e! fees for parks, !!ef-are
pl'6portioaate ahara aàjulJtfI!eal:s, are set forth ia ilie fullowiag taÐle:
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lmfIaet Fee Siagle F&fHily Multi Family
Deseriptioa $tPefseft $/RelJiàeRee $/Resicleace
Neigli!!eFfleocl parks $-4GBS ~ ~
Co_aity parks ~ ~ ~
+etal ~ ~ ~
GI~ Adjusted Development Impact Fee:
The Development Impact Fee shall be adiusted so that the impact fee imposed does
not exceed a proportionate share of the costs incurred or to be incurred bv the Citv of
Meridian in the provision of svstem improvements to serve new development. The
fee paver's proportionate share is the cost attributable to the new development after
consideration of the factors set forth in Idaho Code section 67-8207. The adjustments
are as follows and are included in the Summary of Impact Fees at section 10-7-15 of
this chapter:
Homeowner's proportionate share = the portion of their tax dollars used to develop
city parks. Meridian average residential value x Meridian levy rate x percentage of
city actual tax dollars spent on park development - prøpøf1:ieaate share.
City's proportionate share = the tax dollars the city council will commit to develop
parks.
II G. Individual Project Assessment: An individual project assessment of park impact
fees is permitted in situations where the fee payer can demonstrate by clear and
convincing evidence established through verified studies, data, and other relevant
information submitted by the developer that the established impact fee is
inappropriate.
I. Written application for individual project assessment shall be made to the fee
administrator at any time prior to receiving building permits or other necessary
approvals. Late applications for an individual project assessment of park impact fees
maybe considered for a period of sixty (60) days after the receipt of the building
permit only if the fee payer makes a showing that the facts supporting such
application were not known or discoverable prior to receipt of the building permit and
that undue hardship would result if said application is not considered.
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2. The fee administrator shall render a written decision regarding the individual
project assessment of park impact fees within thirty (30) days of the date a complete
application for individual project assessment is submitted. The decision shall address
the evidence submitted by the developer, and include an explanation of the
calculation of the impact fee and other relevant factors. The decision of the fee
administrator shall establish the park impact fee for the project in question for so long
as there is no material change to the project as identified in the individual assessment
application. The decision of the fee administrator shall be forwarded to the council for
action. The council may accept, reject or revise the fee administrator's decision
regarding individual project assessment and shall provide written findings of fact and
conclusions oflaw.
3. Appeals of the fee administrator's determination of individual project assessment
shall be made to the city council by the filing of an appeal with the city clerk no later
than ten (10) days following the date ofthe decision of the fee administrator.
I.H. Certification: Certification of the park impact fee schedule for a particular project
may be applied for in the following manner:
I. Written application may be made to the fee administrator not later than sixty (60)
days after preliminary plat approval by the city council. Late applications for
certification of the park impact fee schedule will not be considered unless the fee
payer makes a showing that the facts supporting such application were not known or
discoverable until after the time had run and that undue hardship would result if said
application is not considered.
2. The fee administrator shall provide the applicant, upon request, with a written park
impact fee schedule for the particular project within thirty (30) days of the date of
application. The certified schedule provided by the fee administrator shall be based
upon the comprehensive plan, shall include an explanation of the calculation of the
impact fee, including an explanation of factors considered under Idaho Code section
67-8207, shall identity the system improvement(s) for which the impact fee is
intended to be used, and shall establish the park impact fee for the project in question
so long as there is no material change to the project as identified in the individual
assessment application.
3. The certification of the park impact fee schedule may be appealed to the city
council as provided in section 10-7-16 of this chapter.
Section 2. That Title 10, Chapter 7, Section 15, of the Meridian City Code is amended to
read as follows:
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10-7-15: SUMMARY OF IMPACT FEES:
Development Impact Fee Schedule For Meridian Parks: Pursuant to the assumptions
in the Meridian comprehensive plan and demographic data provided bv Communitv
Planning Association of Southwest Idaho, development impact fees for parks.
including administrative surcharge and proportionate share adjustments. are set forth
in the following table:
IHiflaet Fee Single-Family Multi-Family
Description $tPefseft $/Residence $/Residence
NeigliÐerhoaà parks $-4GBS ~ ~
Ca_flity parks ~ ~ ~
Park and Recreation
Development Cast $1113.40 $1014.60
CIP surcharge $20.00 $20.00
~ ~ ~ ~
Homeowner proportionate H-%-see I 0- 7 - ~ ~
share adiustment 13(F) ($36.22) ($36.22)
Adjustment for City share af ~ ~ ~
development costs 30% ($334.02) ($304.38}
Total Parks and Recreation ~ ~
Impact Fee $763.16 $694.00
Section 3.
That pursuant to the affirmative vote of one-half (1/2) plus one (1)
of the Members of the full Council, the rule requiring two (2) separate readings by title
and one (I) reading in full be, and the same is hereby, dispensed with, and accordingly,
this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon the 30th day after its passage and
approval, provided that in the interim it has been published.
~ ASSED by the City Council of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this 5'!:. day of
17 , 2005.
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APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this £'#- day of
~-C ,2005.
APPROVED:
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