File #: ORD 2025-001-3    Name: Coconut Creek Impact Fee Study - Chapter 13 Code Amendment (Second Reading)
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/24/2025 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 2/13/2025 Final action: 2/13/2025
Title: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE IMPACT FEE STUDY ENTITLED, "CITY OF COCONUT CREEK IMPACT FEE STUDY" DATED JANUARY 15, 2025, PREPARED BY BENESCH, INC.; AMENDING THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 13, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ARTICLE I, "ADMINISTRATION, REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES," DIVISION 5, "IMPACT FEES," BY DELETING SECTIONS 13-118 THROUGH 13-126 RELATING TO IMPACT FEES, IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND CREATING A NEW SECTION 13-118, "FIRE-RESCUE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT FEES," TO ADOPT A NEW IMPACT FEE PROGRAM FOR FIRE-RESCUE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES; AND BY AMENDING CHAPTER 13, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ARTICLE II, "SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS," DIVISION 5, "SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS," TO DELETE SECTION 13-267, "PUBLIC SITES AND OPEN SPACES," IN ITS ENTIRETY TO DELETE DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. (SECOND READING)(PUBLIC HEARING)
Indexes: Amendment, Impact Fees, Land Development Code, Ordinance, Public Hearing, Second Reading, Sustainable Development
Code sections: Chapter 13 - Land Development Code
Attachments: 1. ORDINANCE 2025-001-Impact Fee Study & Code Amendment (2nd Reading), 2. BACKUP-Summary-Impact Fee Study and Fees, 3. BACKUP-City of Coconut Creek Impact Fee Study, 4. BACKUP-Fire Impact Fee Comparison Chart, 5. BACKUP-Law Enforcement Impact Fee Comparison Chart, 6. BACKUP-Business Impact Estimate-Impact Fees, 7. BACKUP-Consultant-City Presentation Impact Fee Study and Ordinance, 8. MINUTES-2024-1113 PZ Meeting
Related files: ORD 2025-001-2, ORD 2025-001-1
AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE IMPACT FEE STUDY ENTITLED, "CITY OF COCONUT CREEK IMPACT FEE STUDY" DATED JANUARY 15, 2025, PREPARED BY BENESCH, INC.; AMENDING THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 13, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ARTICLE I, "ADMINISTRATION, REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES," DIVISION 5, "IMPACT FEES," BY DELETING SECTIONS 13-118 THROUGH 13-126 RELATING TO IMPACT FEES, IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND CREATING A NEW SECTION 13-118, "FIRE-RESCUE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT FEES," TO ADOPT A NEW IMPACT FEE PROGRAM FOR FIRE-RESCUE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES; AND BY AMENDING CHAPTER 13, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ARTICLE II, "SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS," DIVISION 5, "SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS," TO DELETE SECTION 13-267, "PUBLIC SITES AND OPEN SPACES," IN ITS ENTIRETY TO DELETE DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. (SECOND READING)(PUBLIC HEARING)

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BACKGROUND:
This item was approved on First Reading at the January 23, 2025, City Commission Meeting.
This is a request to adopt the City of Coconut Creek Impact Fee Study, dated January 15, 2025, and amend the City's Land Development Code to update the Fire-Rescue and Law Enforcement Impact Fees and create a new impact fee for Parks and Recreation Facilities.
The City of Coconut Creek manages a development impact fee program to ensure that new developments contribute their fair share of the costs to fund capital improvements necessary to maintain adequate levels of service, consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Florida Law.
The City's consultant, Benesch, Inc. (formerly known as Tindale & Oliver, Inc.), was tasked with preparing an impact fee study to evaluate and recommend revisions to the City's current fire-rescue and police impact fees, and parks and recreation dedication requirements for residential developments. Because of the complexity of the issue and the required timeliness of the data, the City in...

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