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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 6 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, IMPACT FEES
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This public hearing will consider proposed changes to the text of Article 6, Impact Fees, Land Development Regulations, Martin County Code, and changes to the schedule of Impact Fees, Figure 6.1, consistent with changes to Florida Statutes.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Clyde Dulin, AICP
Title: Comprehensive Planning Administrator
REQUESTED BY: Board of County Commissioners
PRESET: 1:30 PM
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
On December 5, 2023 the Board adopted an Impact Fee Study conducted by Alfred Benesh & Company (formerly Tindale-Oliver). Following adoption of the Impact Fee Study, staff worked with Benesh and a legal consultant, Tyson Smith with White & Smith, LLC Planning and Law Group to draft changes to Article 6 of the Land Development Regulations. Revisions to the text of Article 6 and Figure 6.1., the schedule of Impact Fees, are proposed consistent with Florida Statutes.
The draft changes were presented to the Local Planning Agency on August 15, 2024. The Local Planning Agency considered the proposed changes and recommended approval. The LPA motion also recommended revisiting the impact fee credit for new development that may have more impact than the existing development on an existing lot.
ISSUES:
The proposed changes to Article 6, Division 1 will bring the text into compliance with Section 163.31801, F.S. known as the Florida Impact Fee Act. The proposed changes to Figure 6.1, the Impact Fee Schedule show decreases for some land uses and increases to most of the land uses in the schedule.
Florida Statues restrict impact fee increases to a maximum of 50 percent above the existing impact fees in the community. Additionally, Florida Statutes require impact fee increases to occur incremental...
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