09-27-2004 - Workshop
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CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER
WORKSHOP
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
6:00 P.M.
COMMUNITY CENTER
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Schmidt called the Workshop to order at 6:01 p.m. in the
Community Center.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Donald Schmidt
Councilman James Brown
Councilman Dennis Vincenzi
Councilwoman Harriet Rhodes
Councilwoman Judith Lichter
City Manager Kenneth Hooper
City Clerk Susan Wadsworth
Paralegal Robin Matusick
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MEE TING PURPOSE
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the Transportation
Impact Fee Study. (Attached).
City Manager Hooper presented the background information which
warranted the Traffic Impact Study and Analysis.
Jim Schira, B & H Consultants, made a Powerpoint Presentation
regarding the Traffic Impact Fee Study. (Attached)
Councilwoman Lichter feels this is a miraculous report and
complimented Mr. Schira. She questioned if this was ever thrown
out of court. Mr. Schira wasn't aware of any cases where an
impact fee was thrown out. People have challenged an impact fee,
which has gone to court, and as long as the information is
reasonable the courts have repeatedly found that they are valid.
City Manager Hooper commented on the Volusia impact fee being
challenged by the Home Builders Association and some cities
challenged whether it would be applicable to put within the
cities.
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Councilwoman Lichter commented on the taxpayers paying 1/3 of the
cost for several projects within the City which she feels has
been a source of conflict. New developments are paying for their
own.
Councilwoman Rhodes questioned the $1.68 million to do one mile
of road. Mr. Schira explained that is not just the cost of
building the road. That factors in the right-of-way acquisition,
survey, design, permitting, 7construction work itself and someone
to monitor the construction work.
City Manager Hooper commented on it costing $1.6 million for the
City to construct the roads in ParkTowne.
Councilwoman Rhodes questioned the difference in the impact fees
between the other cities and Edgewater. Mr. Schira elaborated on
why there may be differences. City Manager Hooper commented on
there being a competitive issue and some cities being sensitive
to it.
Councilman Vincenzi stated he liked the study and feels the more
impact fees the better. He then questioned when they were
proposing this a couple of months ago and the Home Builders
Association had their complaint, what was the dollar amount we
were thinking of imposing. City Manager Hooper stated they
proposed $500 for an interim until the study was done.
Councilman Vincenzi asked where the differential comes between
the County and the City. He noticed most of the County fees were
a couple hundred dollars more. Mr. Schira explained part of the
difference is in the distribution factor. He also commented on
trip lengths.
Councilman Brown feels if the City is going to have growth they
need to pay their way and not put the burden on the existing
taxpayers.
Councilwoman Lichter commented the amount of development being
done on u.s. #1 and this being a state road. She questioned if
these have been factored in. Mr. Schira stated if they are
building a home in Edgewater, regardless of which road they use
to get access to that home, if the study is adopted, the City
will charge them a transportation impact fee.
Councilwoman Lichter questioned if the roads within the new
developments will be turned over to the City or maintained by the
developer.
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City Manager Hooper explained they can be either way. Most of
the roads, if they are built to City standards, are turned over
to the City. The City's cost long term is maintenance if they
are given to the City.
City Manager Hooper asked Council for an okay to put this in
ordinance format and bring back at the second meeting in October.
They will send it to the Planning and Zoning Board for their
meeting in October and at the Council's second meeting they will
see the first reading, with the second reading being done the
first meeting in November.
It was the consensus of Council to move ahead with the ordinance.
Mayor Schmidt asked City Manager Hooper if he had any idea if
they would have put the $500 into effect, what we lost to this
point. City Manager Hooper estimated about $50,000.
City Manager Hooper made a presentation regarding what the City
has spent for Hurricane Charley and a portion of Hurricane
Frances. He further commented on the reimbursement the City will
receive from FEMA. He spoke of the storms lowering the amount
the City has in reserves. He spoke of FEMA paying for additional
help in City Hall. He also commented on the ad in the newspaper
describing what citizen should and shouldn't do and who would be
responsible for hauling away trees that are being taken down. He
further commented on the Public Information Officer.
Councilwoman Lichter questioned if Hurricane Jeanne is comparable
to the other two hurricanes. Finance Director Williams feels
those figures will be less than what the previous two storms
generated.
Councilwoman Lichter spoke of tree services taking down trees.
She wasn't sure if it was the homeowner's responsibility to have
who they hired take away the trees or if they were being picked
up by the City. City Manager Hooper stated if you hire somebody
that is in their charge to take it away. Councilwoman Lichter
spoke of this not happening. City Manager Hooper spoke of the
power company trimming trees and leaving the limbs.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned
at 6:33 p.m.
Minutes submitted by:
Lisa Bloomer
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City of Edgewater
Transportation Impact Fee Study
Prepared by:
B&H Consultants, Inc.
August 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CITY OF EDGEWATER
Transportation Impact Fee Study
Section
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I. INTRODUCTION.. ... ... ............ ................. ......... ........................... ....... ................... ... ... .......... ....... ... ...... I
2. IMPACT FEES - BACKGROUND INFORMATION ...........................................................................1
3. PURPOSE AND INTENT OF IMPACT FEES......................................................................................3
4. NATURE OF IMPACT FEES ................................................................................................................3
5. SUPPORT FOR IMPACT FEES ............................................................................................................4
6. LEVEL OF SERVICE ............................................................................................................................7
7. REVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES IN VOLUSIA COUNTY AND AREA
MUNICIPALITIES......................:................................................................................................. .........9
8. VOLUSIA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE PROGRAM ..........................................18
9. PROPOSED EDGEWATER LAND USE CATEGORIES ..................................................................19
10. TRIP GENERATION RATE ................................................................................................................22
II. PERCENT NEW TRlPS.......................................................................................................................22
12. DISTRIBUTION FACTOR.. ...... ............... ........................................... ...... ........ ..... ................ ........ ..... 23
13. AVERAGE TRIP LENGTH .................................................................................................................24
14. CONSTRUCTION COST...... ... ............. ...... ............................................ ................... ................ ... .......24
15. PROPOSED EDGEWATER TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES..................................................26
16. ESCALATION FACTOR .................................. ............... ...................... ............. ............ .............. ....... 30
17. EXEMPTIONS ................................................................. ............... ....... ...... .............. .......................... 30
18. CRED ITS........................................................................................................................................ ......30
19. DRAFT ORDINANCE ...................,......................................................................................................31
APPENDIX I VALIDATION REPORT....................................................................................................... I
APPENDIX II DRAFT ORD INANCE ...... ................................................................. ... ................... ... ........ II
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LIST OF TABLES
CITY OF EDGEWATER
Transportation Impact Fee Study
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CLASSIFICA TION OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARES ........................................................ 8
CITY OF ORMOND BEACH TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES................................ 10
CITY OF DELTONA TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES .............................................11
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES............................... 12
CITY OF APOPKA TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES................................................ 13
CITY OF MELBOURNE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES .......................................14
CITY OF OCOEE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES................................................... 15
CITY OF WINTER GARDEN TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES............................... 16
COMPARISON OF SELECTED FEES................................................................................ 17
LAND USE TYPE AND UNITS OF MEASURE ...............................................................20
PROPOSED CITY OF EDGEWATER TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES................. 26
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1. INTRODUCTION
On February 9, 2004, B&H Consultants, Inc. (B&H) was retained by the City of
Edgewater to prepare a Transportation Impact Fee Study (the Study) for the City of
Edgewater. The purpose of the Study was to establish a proposed schedule of land uses,
transportation impact fees applicable to those land uses, maps and exhibits indicating
near and long-term transportation improvements planned and anticipated for the City of
Edgewater.
B&H has also been retained by the cities of Port Orange and New Smyrna Beach to
prepare Transportation Impact Fee Studies for each of those cities. Combined, these three
studies will result in a regional transportation plan.
B&H, in cooperation with Leftwich Consulting Engineers, Inc. (Leftwich), developed
several traffic models for current and future conditions, using the transportation model
developed for the Florida Department of Transportation known as the Florida
Standardized Urban Transportation Model Structure (FSUTMS). This model is accepted
by Volusia County and other municipal, county and state agencies throughout Florida as
a tool to approximate the traffic impacts of development on the roadway transportation
network. Data sets were developed for the base year of 2000 and for future year
conditions in 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025. Validation of the base year data was
performed by Leftwich and a copy of the validation report is attached as Appendix I.
2. IMPACT FEES - BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Impact fees are a unique product of local government's home rule powers, and the
development of such fees has occurred in Florida via home rule ordinance rather than by
direct statutory authorization or mandate. Therefore, the characteristics and limitations of
impact fees are found in Florida case law rather than statute.
Impact fees have been found to be a valid exercise of a municipality's home rule powers
as established under Article VIII of the Florida Constitution. In addition, the Florida
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Growth Policy Act, in Chapter 163.3202(3) Florida Statutes provides that: "This section
shall be construed to encourage the use of innovative land development regulations
which include provisions such as transfer of development rights, incentive and
inclusionary zoning, planned-unit development, impact fees, and performance zoning n.
Further, Chapter 166.201 Florida Statutes provides that: "A municipality may raise, by
taxation and licenses authorized by the constitution or general law, or by user charges or
fees authorized by ordinance, amounts of money which are necessary for the conduct of
municipal government... "
The following section provides a discussion of the basis for determining impact fees
including the various fee criteria, certain legal requirements and a brief discussion of.
court decisions related to the issue of impact fees.
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3. PURPOSE AND INTENT OF IMPACT FEES
The purpose and intent of impact fees is to require that new development pay for its fair
share of public capital facilities. Impact fees are used by local governments to finance,
defray or reimburse all or a portion of the costs of public capital facilities which serve
such new development.
The amount of each impact fee must be calculated in a manner which ensures that the fee
is reasonably proportional to the impacts of new development on public facilities. The
City assumes responsibility for, and will fund utilizing general city revenues, all public
facility needs for existing development. Impact fees can not be used to fund
improvements necessary to correct existing deficiencies.
The Edgewater City Council has authorized this Transportation Impact Fee Study
because it has the responsibility for, and is committed to providing, transportation
facilities necessary to support new residential and non-residential development.
As new development projects are built, additional demands on the transportation system
are created. The new development projects must meet these demands by appropriate
contributions of funds, land or facilities in reasonable proportion to the demand each
project creates.
The purpose of the transportation impact fees recommended by this Study is to provide a
funding source for the necessary planning, design and construction of needed
transportation system improvement and expansion projects due to the demands of new
growth.
4. NATURE OF IMPACT FEES
In Florida, municipal transportation impact fees have been an acceptable means of
funding capital expenses associated with new growth for many years.
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Impact fees are sometimes erroneously thought of as a type of special assessment or a tax
on property. Neither of these comparisons is correct for the reasons discussed below.
A special assessment is a charge imposed on a property based on the predicted increase in
the value of the property due to a planned improvement being constructed on, adjacent to,
or in the vicinity of the property. The amount of a special assessment must be based
directly on the benefit received by each property due to the improvement(s) constructed.
In contrast, an impact fee is not based on the benefit received by a property, but rather is
based on the burden the property places on existing and proposed facilities.
An undeveloped parcel of land, adjacent to a new road construction project could be
subject to a special assessment for a proportionate share of the road construction cost.
The benefit received by the property is an increase in value due to the adjacent new road
project. That same undeveloped property however, would not be subject to a
transportation impact fee until development occurs on the property, because until
development occurs, there is no burden placed on the transportation system by the
undeveloped land.
A property tax is hased on property values and criteria that are not dependant on a
property's demand on,. or consumption of public services. Property taxes may be
collected on vacant land as well as on developed land. The funds received from property
taxes, as a general rule, can be used for any legal public purpose. Impact fees are based
on specific demands or burdens placed on public capital facilities, and are generally
collected only as those burdens occur due to development of the property. The funds
received from impact fees are generally used only for recovery of costs related to new
growth demands.
5. SUPPORT FOR IMPACT FEES
In the Florida Supreme Court decision, Contractors and Builders Association of Pinellas
County vs. City of Dunedin, Florida, regarding the validity of impact fees, certain
conditions were identified as necessary in order to have a valid impact fee.
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In addition to the Dunedin decision, there have been several other landmark cases
concerning impact fees in Florida. In the Hollywood, Inc. vs. Broward Countv case, a
challenge was made regarding the applicability of levying a system of fees for parks and
recreation. The County was collecting an impact fee for each residential unit constructed,
and after review of the challenge, the court upheld the imposition of the fee.
The major question associated with this case concerned whether the impact fee properly
and adequately correlated to the benefit received. This is what is referred to as the "Dual
Rational Nexus of Benefit Test".
As stated in the court's decision, a local government must show a reasonable connection
or correlation between the anticipated need for additional capital facilities and the growth
in population generated by the new development and the government must show a
reasonable connection between the expenditure of the funds collected and the benefits
accruing to the new development from those expenditures.
As developed under case law, in order to meet the "dual rational nexus test" and be able
to withstand legal challenge, the four characteristics of legally sufficient impact fees
levied by a local government are as follows:
1. The fee is levied on new development or expansion of existing development.
2. The fee is a one-time charge, although collectiortmay be spread out over time.
3. The fee is earmarked for capital outlay only; operating costs are excluded.
4. The fee represents a proportional share of the cost of the facilities needed to
serve the new development.
As noted above, impact fees are charges imposed by local governments against new or
expanded development. Such charges represent a total or partial paYment for the cost of
additional facilities or services made necessary as the result of that new development.
Rather than imposing the cost of these new facilities or services upon the general public,
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the purpose of impact fees is to shift the capital expense burden of growth from the
general public to the developer and new residents or businesses.
The City of Edgewater currently levies several different impact fees on new development
to offset the capital demands placed on various municipal systems by new development.
The City has enacted' impact fees for police, fire, water, wastewater and recreation
services. The City also collects school and County roadway impact fees. The County
roadway impact fees are used to improve the County roadway network and no local
roadway improvements are made using County roadway impact fee funds.
Over the past few years, the demands on the city's transportation network have increased,
and those demands will continue to increase with additional development. The City has
determined that a transportation impact fee charged to new development projects is
necessary and is an appropriate mechanism by which the demands on the local
transportation system caused by those new development projects can be offset.
The findings of this Study and the experience of other similarly situated cities support the
imposition of transportation impact fees to finance the creation or expansion of local
public transportation facilities, the demand for which is created by new development.
This Study finds that imposition of such fees is in the best interests of the general welfare
of the City of Edgewater and its residents, is equitable, and does not impose an unfair
burden on new development.
It is important to emphasize that any existing deficiencies in transportation facilities are
to be funded by revenues other than impact fees. Therefore, the revenue derived from the
transportation impact fee shall be used only for transportation studies, capital
improvements and other additions to the transportation network, the need for which are
reasonably determined to be caused by the impacts of new development.
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6. LEVEL OF SERVICE
It is the intent of the City that the City's transportation network be designed and operated
in a manner that will allow the various segments of the network to function at acceptable
levels of service. The term "level-of-service" (LOS) is used to define the service standard
associated with the different operating conditions that occur on a roadway. It defines
qualitative and quantitative characteristics for factors such as trip counts, travel speed,
travel time, traffic interruptions, freedom to maneuver, safety, driver comfort and
convenience and vehicle operating costs.
The LOS standards used for evaluating acceptable levels of congestion on streets and
roads in the Edgewater area are the same as those used by the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT). In this Study, when the term "roadway capacity" is used, the
reference is to the generalized maximum trip volumes that can be accommodated on a
given roadway based on the desired LOS. The average number of vehicles per day that
can be accommodated at a given LOS on a particular roadway is shown in generalized
tables in FDOT's Quality/Level of Service Handbook.
The Transportation Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan establishes LOS C as the
minimum level of service for Limited Access roads (1-95), and LOS D as the minimum
level of service for arterials and collectors. LOS D is therefore the minimum level of
service for all City roads classified as arterials or collectors. A list of arterial and collector
roads is provided in the Comprehensive Plan and is reproduced in this report as Table
6.1.
It is important to note that capital planning is an evolving process and the level of service
standards for the public facilities constitutes a projection of anticipated need for public
facilities, based upon present knowledge and judgment. Therefore, in recognition of
changing growth patterns and the dynamic nature of population growth, it is the intent of
this report that the level of service standards for the transportation facilities and the
impact fee imposed should be reviewed and adjusted periodically, to ensure that the
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impact fees continue to be imposed equitably and lawfully, based upon actual and
anticipated growth at the time of their imposition .or adjustment.
TABLE 6.1
City of Ed{!ewater
Classification of Maior Thorou{!hfares
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7. REVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES IN VOLUSIA
COUNTY AND AREA MUNICIPALITIES
At the time of this study, the City of Ormond Beach and the City of Deltona were the
only municipalities in Volusia County with an adopted municipal traffic impact fee
program.
The City of Ormond Beach describes local road impact fees in Article IV, Section 1-27 of
the Land Development Code. The amount of the local road impact fee is established by
ordinance annually, and the fee for any particular land use is calculated on the basis of an
equivalent living unit and gross floor area. The land use categories and associated factors
and impact fees for Ormond Beach are shown in Table 7.1.
The City ofDeltona's current transportation impact fee schedule is the result of a study in
2003 performed by Ghyabi & Associates, Inc. The City of DeItona's land use categories
and associated impact fees are included in this report for reference, and are listed in Table
7.2.
Because there are few municipalities in V olusia Country with existing traffic impact fees,
B&H gathered information on transportation impact fees charged by other central Florida
municipalities to establish a baseline against which to compare the proposed Edgewater
transportation impact fees. Impact fees from several cities were reviewed, and the fee
schedules for Winter Springs, Apopka, Melbourne, Ocoee and Winter Garden are
provided for reference as Tables 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 and 7.7.
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TABLE 7.1
City of Ormond Beach Transportation Impact Fees
land Use Type Impact Fee Factor Impact Fee *
Sinole Family 1.0 $120.00
Multi-Family 1.0 120.00
Mobil I Manufactured Home 1.0 120.00
Hotel I Motel 0.7 84.00
Office I Professional
General I Government Office 1.4 169.00
Medical Office 6.2 747.00
Banks with Drive- Thru 8.3 997.00
Banks with no Drive- Thru 5.4 649.00
Warehouse
Warehouse 0.6 74.00
Mini-Warehouse 0.6 74.00
Industrial 0.6 74.00
Retail
0- 99,000 sq. ft. 5.1 615.00
100,000 - 199,000 sq. ft. 4.9 , 591.00
200,000 - 299,999 sq. Ft. 3.7 446.00
CBD Sandwich Shop Type B 3.8 456.00
Restaurant Type AlC/D 5.4 649.00
Convenience Store 8.3 997.00
Institutional
Hospital'" 1.3 155.00
Nursing Home'" 0.4 49.00
Churches I Education 0.9 110.00
Day Care 2.25 270.00
Recreation
General Recreation"'* 0.35 43.00
Local Park 0.35 43.00
* fee shown is per unit for residential and hotel/motel, per 1 ,000 sq. ft. for all others
except as noted.
... per bed
*** per parking space
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TABLE 7.2
City of Deltona Transportation Impact Fees
ITE Land Use Units Impact Fee *
Code
210 Single Family DU $502.33
220 Apartment DU 489.04
230 Residential Condo I Townhouse DU 256.33
240 Mobile Home Park DU 177.40
310 Hotel Rooms 292.50
320 Motel Rooms 159.05
620 Nursing Home Beds 51.80
610 Hospital Sq.Ft. 0.57
710 Office under 10,000 sf Sq.Ft. 0.98
710 Office over 10,000 sf Sq.Ft. 0.52
714 Corporate headquarters building Sq.Ft. 0.33
720 Medical Office Sq.Ft. 1.28
911 Bank w/out Drive-through Sq. Ft. 1.03
912 Bank w/Drive-through Sq. Ft. 2.48
110 Light Industry Sq. Ft. 0.28
140 Manufacturing .Sq.Ft. 0.16
150 Warehouse Sq.Ft. 0.20
151 Mini-Warehouse Sq. Ft. 0.10
820 Retail, less than 10,000 sf Sq.Ft. 1.21
820 Retail, 10,000 - 99,999 sf Sq. Ft. 0.79
820 Retail, 100,000 - 1,000,000 sf Sq. Ft. 0.70
820 Retail, Greater than 1,000,000 sf Sq.Ft. 0.84
831 Quality Restaurant Sq. Ft. 1.83
832 High- Turnover Restaurant Sq. Ft. 2.40
834 Fast Food Restaurant Sq. Ft. 5.22
CBD Sandwich Shop Sq.Ft. 1.06
837 Quick lube Bays 871.89
840 Auto Carel Detailing Sq.Ft. 0.84
841 New and Used Car Sales Sq. Ft. 1.18
849 Tire Store / Auto Repair Bays 626.15
850 Supermarket Sq.Ft. 1.54
851 Convenience Store Sq. Ft. 3.89
853 Convenience Store w/Gas Pumps Sq.Ft. 3.31
Conv. Store w/Gas and Fast Food Sq. Ft. 6.24
862 Home Improvement Store Sq.Ft. 0.82
881 Pharmacy/Drugstore w/Drive Thru Sq.Ft. 0.66
890 Furniture Store Sq. Ft. 0.14
General Recreation Parking Space 174.15
411 City Park Parking Space 79.77
412 Major Park Parking Space 118.54
Major Sports Facility Parking Space 105.73
444 Movie Theater Screens 2,130.20
560 Church Sq. Ft. 0.27
565 Day Care Sq.Ft. 1.00
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TABLE 7.3
City of Winter Springs Transportation Impact Fees
ITE Land Use Units Impact Fee *
Code
110 General light industrial 1,000 SF $914.75
130 Industrial park 1,000 SF 762.75
150 Warehousing 1,000 SF 1,154.29
151 Mini-warehouse 1 SU 26.44
210 Single-family detached 1 CU 890.95
220 Low-rise apartment 1 CU 539.13
230 Low-rise residential condo 1 CU 504.53
240 Mobile home park 1 CU 505.56
252 Congregate Care 1 CU 155.31
320 Motel 1 RM 592.07
430 Golf course 1 AC 324.06
444 Movie theatre 1 SCR 15,610.92
492 Racquet club 1,000 SF 1,505.82
494 Bowling alley 1,000 SF 2,900.82
560 Church 1,000 SF 573.93
566 Day care center 1,000 SF 981.72
610 Hospital 1 BED 591.54
620 Nursing home 1 BED 121.76
630 Clinic 1,000 SF 2,219.69
710 General office building 1,000 SF 2,093.45
720 Medical/dental office building 1,000 SF 3,614.34
750 Office park 1,000 SF 1361.06
770 Business park 1,000 SF 1,346.85
812 Building materials/lumber store 1,000 SF 1,448.58
814 Specialty retail center 1,000 SF 1,689.68
815 Discount store 1,000 SF 963.66
816 Hardware/paint store 1,000 SF 1,125.20
817 Nursery/garden store 1,000 SF 1,048.88
820 Retail (C)
0--25,000 sq. ft. 1,000 SF 1,552.63
25,000--50,000 sq. ft. 1,000 SF 1,438.95
50,000--99,999 sq. ft. 1,000 SF 1,707.67
100,000--199,999 sq. ft. 1,000 SF 1,767.10
200,000--299,999 sq. ft. 1,000 SF 1,767.10
831 Quality restaurant 1,000 SF 5,178.58
832 High turnover sit-down restaurant 1,000 SF 3,954.79
833 Fast food restaurant w/o'drive-thru 1,000 SF 10,348.83
834 Fast food restaurant w/drive-thru 1,000 SF 8,894.02
840 Auto care center 1,000 SF 963.64
845/846 Service station w/convenience 1,000 SF 1,7 45.37
847 Self-service car wash 1 STL 1,677.78
848 Tire Store 1,000 SF 888.38
851 Conv. store (open 24 hrs.) (w/o gasoline pumps) 1,000 SF 1,522.43
853 Convenience store w/gasoline pumps 1,000 SF 1,970.52
890 Furniture store . 1,000 SF 140.37
911 Walk-in bank 1,000 SF 1,452.32
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City of Apopka Transportation Impact Fees
Land Use Units Il1:lpact Fee *
Single-family residential Unit $1,103.35
Condominium Unit 642.25
Planned unit development Unit 815.73
Multifamily residential Unit 669.23
Retirement community Unit 361.86
Mobile home Unit 527.88
Hotel/motel Unit 997.11
Office <100,000 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 2,201.36
Office 100,000--200,000 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 1,672.78
Office >>200,000 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 1,556.59
Hardware store 1,000 sq. ft. 2,948.30
Retail <50,000 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 4,533.42
Retail 50,000--99,999 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 3,023.28
Retail 100,000--199,999 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 3,014.45
Retail 200,000--299,999 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 2,980.74
Retail 300,000--399,999 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 2,567.78
Retail 400,000--499,999 sq: ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 2,338.36
Retail 500,000--999,999 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 2,207.98
Retail 1 ,000,000--1 ,250,000 sq. 1,000 sq. ft. 2,032.16
ft.
Retail >>1,250,000 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 1,997.02
Hospital 1,000 sq. ft. 2,251.83
Industrial 1,000 sq. ft. 940.16
Manufacturing 1,000 sq. ft. 519.00
Warehousing 1,000 sq. ft. 658.80
Restaurant 1,000 sq. ft. 8,006.81
Bank 1,000 sq. ft. 6,693.64
Golf course Acre 912.88
Bowling alley 1,000 sq. ft. 745.66
Service station Pump 4,281.42
Assembly 1,000 sq. ft. 1,038.94
Mini warehouse 1,000 sq. ft. 351.67
Day care 1,000 sq. ft. 2,516.27
New car sales 1,000 sq. ft. 1,784.79
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City of Melbourne Transportation Impact Fees
Land Use Units Impact Fee *
Single-family residential Unit $ 864.00
Apartment, multi-family Unit 585.00
Automobile service station Pump 9,601.00
Bank 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 10,769.00
Clinic 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 1,932.00
Day care center 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 3,218.00
Fast food restaurant w/ drive- 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 20,534.00
through window
House of worship 1,000 s.f. (GFA) . 756.00
General industrial 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 566.00
General office:
Up to 100,000 s.f. 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 1,547.00
100,001--200,000 s.f. 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 998.00
Over 200,000 s.f. 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 872.00
Hospital 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 1,362.00
Hotel Room 787.00
Manufacturing 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 312.00
Medical/dental office building 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 2,774.00
Mini-warehouse 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 211.00
Mobile home Unit 435.00
Motel Room 912.00
Nursing home Bed 234.00
Private junior college Student 108.00
Private school (K--12) Student 62.00
Private university/college Student 192.00
Sit-down restaurant 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 5,486.00
Specialty retail center 1,000 s.f. (GFA) 1,482.00
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City of Ocoee Transportation Impact Fees
Land Use Units Impact Fee *
RESIDENTIAL
Single Family Dwelling Unit $1,865.97
Apartment Dwelling Unit $1,292.73
Condominiumffownhouse Dwelling Unit $1,142.59
Mobile Home Dwelling Unit $937.86
LODGING
Hotel-Motel Occupied Room $1,618.93
OFFICE
Less than 100,000 SF 1,000 SF GLA $2,977.60
100,000 to 200,000 SF 1,000 SF GLA $2,307.67
Greater than 200,000 SF 1,000 SF GLA $2,049.77
Medical-Dental Office Building 1,000 SF GLA $6,151.89
RETAIL
Less than 50,000 SF 1,000 SF GLA $4,359.57
50,000 to 100,000 SF 1,000 SF GLA $2,885.07
100,000 to 199,999 SF 1,000 SF GLA $3,031.10
200,000 to 299,999 SF 1,000 SF GLA $3,404.55
300,000 to 399,000 SF 1,000 SF GLA $3,4 72.09
400,000 to 499,999 SF 1,000 SF GLA $3,450.15
500,000 to 999,999 SF 1,000 SF GLA $3,776.35
100,000,000 to 1,250,000 SF 1,000 SF GLA $3,920.93
Greater than 1,250,000,000 SF 1,000 SF GLA $3,776.19
Convenience Market with Gas Fueling Position $8,851.12
Pumps
Gasoline/Service Station Fueling Position $3,299.55
Restaurant, Fast Food 1,000 SF GLA $12,922.02
Restaurant, High Turnover (Sit 1,000 SF GLA $12,174.65
Down)
Restaurant, Quality 1,000 SF GLA $13,249.23
New Car Sales 1,000 SF GLA $4,991.75
Pharmacy/Drugstore 1,000 SF GLA $4,286.31
Quick Lubrication Vehicle Shop Servicing Positions $783.00
Wholesale Tire Store Service Bays $1,016.62
SERVICES
Drive-In Bank 1,000 SF GLA $4,886.08
Walk-In Bank 1,000 SF GLA $2,882.90
INSTITUTIONAL
Day Care Center 1,000 SF GLA $4,170.82
MEDICAL
Hospital 1,000 SF GLA $2,943.32
Nursing Home 1,000 SF GLA $279.42
INDUSTRIAL
Light Industrial 1,000 SF GLA $1,565.01
Manufacturing 1,000 SF GLA $857.73
Mini-Warehousing 1,000 SF GLA $387.54
Warehousing 1,000 SF GLA $1,113.70
PORT AND TERMINAL.
Truck Terminal 1,000 SF GLA $2,211.68
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City of Winter Garden Transportation Impact Fees
Land Use Units Impact Fee *
South of Turnpike North of Turnpike
Single-family residential Dwelling $2,183.00 $1,681.00
Multi Family Dwelling 1,512.00 1,164.00
Mobil Home Dwelling 1,097.00 845.00
Office 0-100,000 1,000 s.f. 3,921.00 3,019.00
Office 100,001--200,000 1,000 s.f. 2,922.00 2,250.00
Office 200,000 > 1,000 s.f. 2,420.00 1,863.00
Retail 0-50,000 1,000 s.f. 10,898.00 8,390.00
Retail 50,001 - 100,000 1,000 s.f. 7,060.00 5,435.00
Retail 100,001 - 200,000 1,000 s.f. 7,087.00 5,456.00
Retail 200,001 - 300,000 1,000 s.f. 7,157.00 5,510.00
Retail 300,001 - 400,000 1,000 s.f. 6,350.00 4,889.00
Retail 400,001 - 500,000 1,000 s.f. 5,809.00 4,472.00
Retail 500,001 - 1,000,000 1,000 s.f. 5,350.00 4,119.00
Retail 1 ,000,001 - 1,200,000 1,000 s.f. 4,774.00 3,675.00
Retail >1,200,000 1,000 s.f. 4,307.00 3,316.00
Hospital 1,000 s.f. 4,069.00 3,133.00
Industrial (Park) 1,000 s.f. 1,690.00 1,301.00
Manufacturing 1,000 s.f. 926.00 713.00
Warehousing 1,000 s.f. 1,203.00 926.00
Hotel/motel Room 1,806.00 1,390.00
Restaurant (Hi turnover / sit- 1,000 s.f. 13,382.00 10,302.00
down)
Bank 1,000 s.f. 15,721.00 12,102.00
Mini warehouse 1,000 s.f. 606.00 467.00
Day care 1,000 s.f. 5,382.00 4,143.00
Raquet Club 1,000 s.t. 2,037.00 1,568.00
Library 1,000 s.f. 13,095.00 10,081.00
New Car Sales 1,000 s.f. 3,631.00 2,795.00
Post Office 1,000 s.f. 10,479.00 8,064.00
School 1,000 s.f. 2,891.00 2,225.00
Drug Store 1,000 s.f. 8,739.00 6,728.00
Fast Food w/Drive Thru 1,000 s.f. 39,212.00 30,186.00
Medical/Dental Office 1,000 s.f. 8,761.00 6,745.00
Auto Care Center 1,000 s.f. 1,598.00 1,230.00
Quick Lube Center Bay(s) 4,031.00 3,103.00
Gas station w/Convenience Mart Pump 9,006.00 6,933.00
Gas station w/out Convenience Pump 9,326.00 7,179.00
Mart
Convenience Store w/gas pumps 1,000 s.f. 30,020.00 23,110.00
Convenience Store w/out gas 1,000 s.f. 40,830.00 31,432.00
pumps
Car wash and detailing Stall 583.00 449.00
Bowling Alley 1,000 s.f. 3,227.00 2,484.00
Movie Theater 1,000 s.f. 15,424.00 11,874.00
Business Park (to be used for all 1,000 s.f. 3,094.00 2,382.00
speculative heavy commercial or
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The table below provides a comparison of selected land uses and the associated fees
imposed by each of these cities.
TABLE 7.8
Comparison of Selected Fees
Land Use Ormond Deltona Winter Apopka Melbourne Ocoee Winter Edgewater
Beach Springs Garden I (Proposed)
Single $120.00 $502.33 $890.95 $1,103.35 $864.00 $1,865.97 $2,183.00 $1,370.00
Family
Apartment $120.00 $489.04 $539.13 $669.23 $585.00 $1,292.73 $1,512.00 $1,012.46
Hotel $84.00 $292.50 $592.07 $997.11 $787.00 $1,618.93 $1,806.00 $994.75
Industrial $74.00 $280.00 $914.75 $940.16 $566.00 $1,565.01 $1,690.00 $998.83
Mini- $74.00 $100.00 $26.44 $351.67 $211.00 $387.54 $606.00 $230.57
warehouse
Bank $997.00 $248.00 $3,660.47 $6,693.64 $10,769.00 $4,886.08 $15,721.00 $8,995.93
wi drive thru
Medical $747.00 $128.00 $3,614.34 $2,201.36 $2,774.00 $6,151.89 $8,761.00 $3,907.73
Office (office< 1 0 ksfi
Retail $615.00 $790.00 $1,707.67 $3,023.28 $1,482.00 $2,885.07 $7,060.00 $2,149.20
(0-99 ksf) (\ 0-\ 00 (50-\ 00 ksf) (50-\ 00 ksf) (no size limit) (50-100 ksf) (50-\00 ksf) (to-1OOksf)
ksf)
1 South ofTumpike
2 ksf= 1,000 sq. ft.
This table illustrates the wide variation in transportation impact fees among the different
municipalities. Because of this variation, it is difficult to draw any conclusions regarding
any "average" impact fees, and therefore, this Study uses these other impact fees more as
reference points than as guidelines. Because the City of Edgewater is contained within
. Volusia County, this Study made use of the Volusia County data, and the resulting
proposed transportation impact fees were compared to those charged by other
municipalities as a reasonableness check.
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8. VOLUSIA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE PROGRAM
In September of 2003, Volusia County's Roadway Impact Fee program was reviewed
and updated by TEl Engineers & Planners and Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc. The
County's Roadway Impact Fee program is based on information derived from local,
regional and national information resources, and provides a very good foundation upon
which to build the City of Edgewater's Transportation Impact Fee program.
This Study for the City of Edgewater makes use of certain data common to the Volusia
County Roadway Impact Fee program to provide, to the greatest extent feasible,
conformity between the County's existing transportation impact fee system and the City's
proposed transportation impact fee system. This conformity will reduce the potential for
confusion in the development community, and will minimize the likelihood for project
location decisions to be based primarily on transportation impact fee issues.
Volusia County has established a formula to calculate traffic impact fees to be charged by
the County for a variety of different types of development. This formula includes a
number of different factors, some of which vary by development type, and some of which
are fixed.
The formula developed for and used by Volusia County is:
Impact Fee = {(TGR+2) X (%NT) X (DF) X (ATL) X (CC+LM)}+WCL
In this formula, the various factors are defined as:
trip generation rate (this rate varies by land use)
percent of all trips that are new trips generated by a land use
distribution factor of trips using the thoroughfare network
average trip length on the thoroughfare system
average road construction cost per lane mile
weighted capacity per lane mile
TGR =
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9. PROPOSED EDGEW ATER LAND USE CATEGORIES
For the City of Edgewater, this Study developed a list of land use types that fonn the
basis of the schedule of City of Edgewater transportation impact fees. The recommended
list of land use types for the City of Edgewater's transportation impact fee program is
based on similar land uses adopted by Volusia County. In discussions with City staff, it
was noted that additional land use types that were not addressed by the County were
needed in Edgewater and these have been included in the recommended list.
The list of land uses is intended to address the most common types of development
anticipated to occur in the City, but is not intended to be all-inclusive. The recommended
list ofland use types is shown in Table 9.1.
There may be instances when a proposed land use type does not fit neatly into any of the
types on the list. Also, some developers may feel that the prescribed impact fee
associated with their development type is higher than it should be.
In its enacting ordinance and/or policies and procedures, the City will prescribe the
methods to be used to calculate an alternate impact fee for land uses that are not
specifically listed. Usually, this is done by applying the fee for the land use that most
closely matches the one in question.
In addition, proVisions will be made for ~he developer of any particular property to
produce site and condition-specific data and analysis in support of a revise i'mpact fee.
This data will be reviewed by the City, and if it is found to be acceptable, may be used as
the basis for a revised site-specific impact fee.
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TABLE 9.1
Land Use Type and Units of Measure
ITE
Code Use Unit
Residential
210 Single Family DU
220 Apartment DU
230 Residential Condominium/ Townhouse DU
240 Mobile Home Park DU
310 Hotel Rooms
320 Motel Rooms
620 Nursing Home Beds
Office and Financial
610 Hospital 1,000 sf
710 Office under 10,000 sf 1,000 sf
710 Office over 10,000 sf 1,000 sf
714 Corporate headquarters building 1,000 sf
720 Medical Office 1,000 sf
750 Office Park 1,000 sf
760 Research Center 1,000 sf
770 Business Park 1,000 sf
911 Bank w/out Drive-through 1,000 sf
912 Bank w/Drive-through 1,000 sf
Industrial
110 Light Industry 1,000 sf
130 Industrial Park 1,000 sf .
140 Manufacturing 1,000 sf
150 Warehouse 1,000 sf
151 Mini-Warehouse 1,000 sf
Retail
812 Building Materials and Lumber Store 1,000 sf
816 Hardware/Paint Store 1,000 sf
820 Retail, less than 10,000 sf 1,000 sf
820 Retail, 10,000 - 99,999 sf 1,000 sf
820 Retail, 100,000 - 1,000,000 sf 1,000 sf
820 Retail, Greater than 1,000,000 sf 1,000 sf
831 Quality Restaurant 1,000 sf
832 High-Turnover Restaurant. 1,000 sf
834 Fast Food Restaurant 1,000 sf
CBD Sandwich Shop 1,000 sf
836 Bar / Lounge / Drinking Place 1,000 sf
837 Quick lube Bays
840 Auto Carel Detailing 1,000 sf
841 New and Used Car Sales 1,000 sf
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TABLE 9.1 (cont'd)
Land Use Type and Units of Measure
ITE
Code Use Unit
Retail
847 Car Wash 1,000 sf
849 Tire Store / Auto Repair Bays
850 Supermarket 1,000 sf
851 Convenience Store 1,000 sf
853 Convenience Store w/Gas Pumps 1,000 sf
Convenience Store w/Gas and Fast 1,000 sf
Food
862 Home Improvement Store 1,000 sf
881 Pharmacy/Drugstore w/Drive Through 1,000 sf
890 Furniture Store 1,000 sf
Recreational
General Recreation Parking
Space
411 City Park Parking
Space
412 Major Park Parking
Space
416 Campground / RV park space
420 Marina slip
Major Sports Facility Parking
Space
Miscellaneous
444 Movie Theater Screens
560 Church 1,000 sf
565 Day Care 1,000 sf
Airport Hanger 1,000 sf
Veterinary Clinic 1,000 sf
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10. TRIP GENERATION RATE
A "trip" is one of the factors used in the calculation of a transportation impact fee. Every
trip has an origin and a destination, defined as the "trip-ends". Using this logic, a round
trip from home to work and back results in four trip-ends. That is, in the morning there is
an origin at home and a destination at the workplace, and at the end of the day, there is an
origin at the workplace and a destination at home. To avoid overcounting, trip-ends are
divided by two to generate the number of "trips" associated with a specific land use. In
this case, the four trip-ends are associated with two trips... one from home to work, and
one from work to home.
In this Study, trip generation rates are based on information contained in the sixth edition
of the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation manuals and on local studies
related to specific municipalities and counties. The Trip Generation manuals provide trip
generation rate characteristics for a number of different land use types. This information,
along with generation rate characteristics identified in other professional reference
literature and studies of communities throughout the United States provides information
that is representative of the trip generation characteristics of various land uses in the City
of Edgewater.
11. PERCENT NEW TRIPS
There is very little data available through ITE with regard to the percent of new trips
generated by a particular land use. For this Study, the percent-new-trips data was
reviewed from traffic impact fee ordinances for other central Florida counties and
municipalities, and was found to be generally consistent with the information presented
in the Volusia County study.
For this reason, and to maintain conformity with the Volusia County model, this Study is
based on the new trip percentages used in the Volusia County study. The Volusia County
data was developed using information from national and local traffic studies. As noted
above, this information tends to be relatively uniform, and for that reason, the calculation
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of Edgewater-specific new trip percentages would not be a cost effective task. The
percent new trips factors used to calculate the proposed transportation impact fees for
various land use categories are shown in Table 15.1.
12. DISTRIBUTION FACTOR
In the development of a transportation impact fee, the distribution of trips on city, county
and state roads must be accounted for. In the case of the City of Edgewater, the traffic
impact fee that is to be collected will be used, in most cases, for improvements to the
city's transportation network. City traffic impact fee funds will not, as a general rule, be
used to fund improvements to county or state transportation facilities. The City may elect
however, to use its traffic impact fee funds as matching funds to combine with state or
county funds. This could be done to accelerate state or county roadway projects to make
improvements that affect the ability of the City to manage growth within the municipal
limits.
To determine the distribution of trips made on the city's street network as opposed to
county and state roads with precision, a local travel study would need to be performed.
As part of the local traffic study, drivers would be stopped at several locations in the City
and would be asked to answer a questionnaire regarding their origin and destination as
well as the route they plan to take for their trip. This is a very time and labor intensive
project, and is outside the scope of this Study.
The V olusia County study determined that 29.7 % of all vehicle miles traveled in V olusia
County take place on the interstate system. This leaves 70.3% of the total traveled miles
in the County distributed over all other local roads. For the purpose of this Study, it was
estimated that approximately 40% of all traveled miles in the Edgewaterarea take place
on City of Edgewater local roads and this was factored into the calculation of
transportation impact fees for Edgewater.
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As with the percent new trips, there is very little data available through ITE with regard
to the average trip length associated with a particular land use. Again, to maintain
conformity with the Volusia County model, this Study makes use of the trip length data
identified in the Volusia County study, but with certain adjustments. Typically, trip
lengths within a municipality are somewhat shorter than corresponding trip lengths found
in the unincorporated county. This is due primarily to the more compact and urban nature
of a city.
The trip-making characteristics found through several origin/destination studies indicates
that the trip lengths used in the Volusia County study should be adjusted downward to
more accurately reflect actual conditions in a municipal area. This adjustment generally
ranges from 55% to 70% of the county-wide trip length data, and although the Volusia
County data is used as a basis, it is recommended that a conservative adjustment factor of
75% be applied to the county trip length data.
This 25% reduction has been applied to the trip lengths used to develop the proposed City
of Edgewater transportation impact fees. The adjusted trip lengths used to calculate the
proposed transportation impact fees for various land use categories are shown in Table
15.1.
14. CONSTRUCTION COST
For any given type of new development, the associated traffic impact fee should be based
on the costs of all aspects of road construction (right-of-way, design/permitting,
construction/inspection) necessary to support the anticipated increase in traffic due to that
new development.
The construction cost factor used in the impact fee equation should reflect the total cost
of construction of roadway projects in the area in the recent past, and should also reflect
anticipated costs for planned roadway projects.
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Discussions with City of Edgewater staff revealed that the City of Edgewater has not
constructed any major roadway projects in the last five years and has not yet budgeted for
any new, major transportation facilities in the next five years.
. The V olusia County Traffic Engineering department was contacted to determine the
availability of detailed information regarding recent and planned County roadway
projects. In addition, the cost information compiled for the September 2003 Volusia
County Roadway Impact Fee Update study was examined.
Since the City has no cost data upon which to base an estimate of future construction
costs, this Study relied on cost data from the Volusia County study as well as cost
information from the City of Deltona and other central Florida counties and
. municipalities.
The cost information available from the V olusia County study is the most pertinent to the
City of Edgewater since it is based on historic (as far back as 1997) and proposed (as far
forward as 2020) road construction project costs in the immediate area. The Volusia
County construction cost information indicates that the average cost per lane mile for
county road projects is approximately $1,268,000, and the average cost per lane mile for
state road projects is approximately $2,351,000. Of the total lane miles represented,
approximately 62% were county roads, and approximately 38% were state roads.
When these percentages are applied to the total lane miles of county and state roads to
derive a weighted cost for each, the weighted cost per lane mile for county roads is found
to be approximately $786,200 and the weighted cost per lane mile for state roads is found
to be approximately $893,400. Combined, these result in a weighted average cost per lane
mile for all roads of approximately $1,680,000. For comparison, in Lake County the
weighted average cost per lane mile for all roads is approximately $1,703,000.
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These weighted average costs are within 2% of each other, and this close correlation
reinforces the applicability of the V olusia County cost figures as a basis for development
of the City of Edgewater's transportation impact fee.
15. PROPOSED EDGEWATER TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES
For several reasons, it would be prudent for the City of Edgewater to adopt an impact fee
schedule based on the weighted average construction cost of $1 ,680,000 per lane mile.
First, the weighted average cost of building roads in V olusia County should be used in
the impact fee equation without regard for whether the road being built is a municipal,
county or state road. Basing the City's transportation impact fee on construction costs
that do not include county and state roads does not accurately account for the significant
amount of existing and future traffic impact on those roads. In this manner, the
transportation impact fee will be based on historical data that includes municipal, county
and state roads, and accurately reflects the average cost of new road construction without
regard to the ownership of the road.
Second, by usmg the weighted average cost of all road construction, the City
acknowledges that funds generated by transportation impact fees are insufficient to
completely address the costs of new facilities made necessary by growth, and recognizes
that other additional sources of funds will be required in order to fully finance necessary
transportation network improvements.
Last, by usmg the weighted average construction cost to calculate the City of
Edgewater's Transportation impact fee, the City will have a clearer ability to use its
. impact fee funds to assist with the construction of county or state roads as the City deems
appropriate. If state and county road costs are not included in the impact fee construction
cost component, the City would be susceptible to a court challenge if it wanted to use
transportation impact fee funds on county or state road projects that benefit the City.
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the City as growth continues to impact area roads.
For these reasons, it is recommended that the City of Edgewater transportation impact fee
be calculated based on the weighted average construction cost of $1,680,000 per lane
mile.
All of the above factors are taken into account in the calculation of the Proposed City of
Edgewater Transportation Impact Fees as shown in Table 15.1.
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PROPOSED CITY OF EDGEWATER TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES
(Fee based on weighted average construction cost of$1,680,000 per lane mile)
ITE Use Unit Trip Trip % New FEE PER
Code Rate Length. Trips unit (or)
1,000 s.f.
Residential
210 Single Family DU 9.21 4.53 100.00 $1,370.00
220 Apartment DU 6.46 4.77 100.00 $1,012.46
230 Residential Condominium/ Townhouse DU 5.94 3.45 100.00 $673.83
240 Mobile Home Park DU 4.86 3.32 100.00 $530.21
310 Hotel Rooms 8.72 4.78 72.65 $994.75
320 Motel Rooms 6.28 3.47 77.63 $554.74
620 Nursing Home Beds 2.65 2.00 88.50 $153.86
Office and Financial
610 Hospital 1,000 sf 15.78 3.92 81.60 $1,659.64
710 Office under 10,000 sf 1,000 sf 19.45 4.18 93.62 $2,499.54
710 Office over 10,000 sf 1,000 sf 12.72 4.04 94.35 $1,593.15
714 Corporate headquarters building 1,000 sf 7.72 3.37 93.00 $793.94
720 Medical Office 1,000 -sf 36.48 3.72 87.70 $3,907.73
750 Office Park 1,000 sf 15.01 5.63 82.00 $2,274.51
760 Research Center 1,000 sf 7.11 4.77 87.00 $967.4 7
770 Business Park 1,000 sf 16.87 4.69 81.80 $2,125.24
911 Bank w/out Drive-through 1,000 sf 153.98 1.71 35.80 $3,092.80
912 Bank w/Drive-through 1 ,000 sf 291.04 1.83 51.52 $8,995.93
Industrial
110 Light Industry 1,000 sf 6.98 4.68 93.20 $998.83
130 Industrial Park 1,000 sf 8.26 4.99 92.00 $1,244.10
140 Manufacturing 1,000 sf 3.82 4.68 93.60 $548.57
150 Warehouse 1 ,000 sf 4.95 4.59 92.00 $686.00
151 Mini-Warehouse 1,000 sf 2.52 2.99 93.20 $230.57
Retail
812 Building Materials and Lumber Store 1,000 sf 32.88 4.16 69.80 $3,134.68
816 Hardware/Paint Store 1,000 sf 51.29 6.56 74.00 $8,169.88
820 Retail, less than 10,000 sf 1,000 sf 144.40 1.39 51.25 $3,367.33
820 Retail, 10,000 - 99,999 sf 1,000 sf 73.50 1.47 60.50 $2,149.20
820 Retail, 100,000 - 1,000,000 sf 1,000 sf 27.67 2.17 84.00 $1,654.35
820 Retail, Greater than 1,000,000 sf 1,000 sf , 29.18 2.81 86.00 $2,312.90
831 Quality Restaurant 1,000 sf 95.63 2.22 77.80 $5,419.87
832 High- Turnover Restaurant 1,000 sf 148.84 2.11 75.35 $7,770.62
834 Fast Food Restaurant 1,000 sf 552.12 1.43 58.04 $15,089.85
CBD Sandwich Shop 1,000 sf 19.30 4.05 100.00 $2,569.17
836 Bar / Lounge / Drinking Place 1,000 sf 130.34 3.17 72.00 $9,776.66
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PROPOSED CITY OF EDGEWATER TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES
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ITE Use Unit Trip Trip % New FEE PER
Code Rate Length Trips unit (or)
1,000 s.f.
Retail
837 Quick lube Bays 41.69 2.56 71.13 $2,490.77
840 Auto Carel Detailing 1,000 sf 35.76 2.39 74.32 $2,084.09
841 New and Used Car Sales 1,000 sf 37.20 3.21 78.80 $3,088.52
847 Car Wash 1,000 sf 129.60 1.66 69.00 $4,867.28
849 Tire Store I Auto Repair Bays 30.55 2.09 70.70 $1,484.14
850 Supermarket 1,000 sf 112.18 1.67 53.00 $3,267.69
851 Convenience Store 1,000 sf 755.56 1.02 40.66 $10,305.17
853 Convenience Store w/Gas Pumps 1,000 sf 793.28 1.18 28.63 $8,808.25
Convenience Store w/Gas and Fast
Food 1,000 sf 940.20 1.91 32.67 $19,238.37
862 Home Improvement Store 1,000 sf 38.13 3.09 50.00 $1,934.52
881 Pharmacy/DruQstore wiD rive ThrouQh 1 ,000 sf 89.89 1.74 41.33 $2,116.93
890 Furniture Store 1,000 sf 4.81 4.06 59.12 $379.44
Recreational
Parking
General Recreation Space 3.02 4.43 95.00 $417.07
Parking
411 City Park Space 14.23 2.84 96.67 $1,282.03
Parking
412 Major Park Space 2.11 4.05 100.00 $280.88
416 Campground I RV park Space 3.90 4.55 77.00 $448.20
420 Marina Slip 2.97 5.77 94.67 $533.33
Parking
Major Sports Facility Space 2.10 3.63 100.00 $250.58
Miscellaneous
444 Movie Theater Screens 124.48 1.89 82.12 $6,334.22
560 Church 1,000 sf 9.11 2.97 90.00 $799.42
565 Day Care 1,000 sf 75.13 1.55 73.32 $2,800.18
Airport Hanger 1,000 sf 4.96 8.36 92:00 $1,251.97
Veterinary Clinic 1,000 sf 32.80 1.77 70.00 $1,334.52
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As right-of-way, construction and other associated costs change over time, the
transportation impact fees established by the City of Edgewater should be examined to
determine whether adjustments to the fees are necessary to keep pace with the overall
cost of road building.
Often, cities address this issue only once every few years, and this can lead to significant
changes in the fee from one year to another. A more uniform approach is to adjust the fee
by a small amount each year, thereby reducing the probability of "sticker shock" in any
given year. This annual adjustment can be included as part of the implementing ordinance
or a separate resolution, and the transportation impact fees would then be automatically
adjusted by a certain amount each year. If at any time, the City decides to change the
adjustment rate, the change can be made via an ordinance revision or a new resolution.
Based on recent trends in construction costs and right-of-way costs, it would be
appropriate to set the initial annual adjustment factor at 5%, and then review the
adjustment factor periodically against then-current land costs as recorded by the V olusia
County Property Appraiser, and Construction Cost Index figures published by the
Engineering News Record.
17. EXEMPTIONS
The City may elect to offer full or partial exemption from transportation impact fees to
developments providing affordable housing, jobs, or other benefits determined
appropriate by the City: This determination will be made on a case-by-case basis, and
each such decision will be confirmed by the City Council.
18. CREDITS
The City of Edgewater applies all available fuel tax sharing funds to road maintenance
projects, and this policy is anticipated to continue for the foreseeable future. Because gas
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Study does not take into account any gas tax credit in the calculation of the impact fee.
19. DRAFT ORDINANCE
To implement the proposed transportation impact fees, the City of Edgewater will need to
enact a Transportation Impact Fee ordinance. This ordinance will establish the
transportation impact fee fund and will contain language satisfying the other various legal
requirements to allow the City to implement such an impact fee.
The Transportation Impact Fee structure can be contained within the ordinance itself or it
may be established by separate resolution of the City Council. The proposed
Transportation Impact Fee ordinance contained in Appendix II establishes the fee
structure within the body of the ordinance. If the City of Edgewater wishes to establish
the fee structure by separate resolution instead, the ordinance will need to be modified
accordingly.
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Validation for Port Orange, Edgewater, and New Smyrna
Prepared for:
B & H Consultants, Inc.
522 Whiskey Creek Ct.
Ocoee, Florida 34761
Prepared by:
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LIST OF TABLES.................................... ................. ..................................................................... i i
LIST OF FI GURES ........................................................................................................................ i i
1.0 INTRa D U CTI ON .........................................................................................;.................... I
2.0 TRANSPORT A nON MODELING PROCESS .............................:.................................. 3
3.0 TRIP D ISTRIB UTI ON MODEL............................................... ................ ......................... 5
4.0 MODE CHOICE MO DEL............. .......................................................... ...... ............ ......... 6
5.0 HIGHWAY ASSIGNMENT MODEL ...............................................................................8
6.0 MODEL REFINEMENT.. ........... ................ ....... ......:... ................ ... ............. .... ........ ........... 8
7.0 MODEL VALIDA TION SUMMARy............................................................................... 9
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Trip Distribution Summary.....................................:.................................................................. 5
2 Auto Occupancy Rates............................................................................................................... 7
3 System-Wide Statistics for the Original CFRPM III ................................................................. 8
4 System-Wide Statistics for the Updated CFRPM III ................................................................. 9
5 Percent Root Mean Square Error for the Original CFRPM III ................................................ 10
6 Percent Root Mean Square Error for the Updated CFRPM IlL.............................................. 10
LIST OF FIGURES
Geographic Area Covered by the CFRPM III ........................................................................... 2
2 CFRPM III Model Chain.................. .................................................. ....................................... 4
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This report, entitled "Validation for Port Orange, Edgewater, and New Smyrna", documents the
base year model development and the model validation results. The Central Florida Regional
Planning Model Version 3 (CFRPM III) was used for this analysis.
1.1 Background of the CFRPM III
The CFRPM III includes the geographic area covered by District Five (Orange, Osceola,
Seminole, Volusia, Brevard, Flagler, Sumter, Lake, and the Northeastern portion of Polk County,
See Figure I). Also in Figure I, are the municipalities New Smyrna, Port Orange, and
Edgewater.Version III of the CFRPM includes the year 2000 highway and transit network.
Transit networks are included for LYNX, VOTRAN, Space Coast, and Suntran transit systems.
A truck model is also included for the district for heavy and light trucks.
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The model chain is depicted in Figure 2. Validation for the model was performed using the
Nested Logic Multi-Path Multi-Period Transit process. The modules are:
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EXT - External Trip Model
GEN - Trip Generation Model
HNET - Highway Network Building
HPATH - Build Highway Paths
DISTRIB - Trip Distribution Model
TNET - Transit Network Building
TPA TH - Build Transit Paths
MODE - Mode Choice Model
T ASSIGN - Transit Assignment
HASSIGN - Highway and Truck Assignment
TEV AL - Evaluate Transit Systems
HEV AL - Evaluate Highway Systems
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3.0 TRIP DISTRIBUTION MODEL
Trip lengths from each end of the urban areas were reviewed for their ability to interact with a
larger district-wide network.
Table 1 shows the trip lengths and the trip distribution summary results from the model.
Table 1
Trip Distribution Summary
Average
Year Trip
2000 Length
Trip Purpose Trips (Minutes)
Home Based Work (HBW) 1,605,434 22.175
Home Based Shopping (HBSH) 1,451,084 21.394
Home Based Social/Recreation (HBSR) 1,018,235 17.181
Home Based Other (HBO) 2,873,377 17.513
Non-Home Based (NHB) 3,306,597 16.099
Light Truck Internal-Internal (L Tll) 310,627 15.656
Heavy Truck Internal-Internal (HTll) 135,804 14.828
Taxi (T AXJ) 805,914 16.775
External-Internal (EJ) 301,154 39.249
Airport Tourist (APT-T) 58,452 42.910
Airport Resident (APT-R) 16,873 59.586
Airport External-Internal (APT-EI) 9,634 71.940
Orange County Convention Center Tourist (OCCC-T) 10,121 31.224
Orange County Convention Center Resident (OCCC-R) 8,684 56.628
Orange County Convention Center External-Internal (OCCC-EJ) 10,345 65.618
Universal Orlando Tourist (UNI- T) 71,945 32.192
Universal Orlando Resident (UNI-R) 11,751 55.5 80
Universal Orlando External-Internal (UNI-EJ) 12,154 72.284
Sea World Tourist (SEW-T) 15837 30.903
Sea World Resident (SEW-R) 5,053 57.453
Sea World External-Internal (SEW-EJ) 4,530 69.857
Disney World Tourist (OIS- T) 205,071 36.691
Disney World Resident (DlS-R) 13,681 65.607
Disney World External-Internal (OIS-EJ) 10,764 67.066
Kennedv Soace Center Tourist (KSC- T) 11,487 88.694
Kennedv Soace Center Resident (KSC-R) 977 86.477
Kennedy Soace Center External-Internal (KSC-EI) 1,222 100.882
Port Canaveral Tourist (PC- T) 11,170 79.484
Port Canaveral Resident (PC-R) 3,639 83.857
Port Canaveral External-Internal (PC-EI) '3,765 93.982
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The Mode Choice Model determines the modal splits for the trips in the model. Auto Occupancy
rates determine the number of vehicles in the network. Trip production provides person trips that
are split into auto and transit person trips. Auto person trips are multiplied by the inverse of the
vehicle occupancy by purpose to obtain vehicle trips. The nested logic mode choice model is
used for home-based work and non-work trips. The Auto Occupancy for the special attraction
trips is applied using values derived from the non-residential surveys. These rates were updated
and expanded from the survey data for District Five. The rates used for this model are shown in
Table 2.
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Auto Occupancy Rates
Auto Vehicle
Trip Purpose Occupancy Factor Occupancy
Home Based Work .893 1.12
Home Based Shopping .666 1.50
Home Based Social Recreational .613 1.63
Home Based Other .589 1.70
Non-Home Based .747 1.34
Airport Tourist .483 2.07
Airport Resident .633 1.58
Airport External-Internal .571 1.75
Universal Orlando Tourist .569 3.72
Universal Orlando Resident JI8 3.15
Universal Orlando External-Internal .264 3.79
MOM Studios Tourist .248 4.04
MOM Studios Resident J04 3.29
MOM Studios External-Internal .29] 3.44
Animal Kinf!dom Tourist .257 3.89
Animal Kingdom Resident .308 3.25
Animal Kinf!dom External-Internal J26 3.07
EPCOT Tourist .248 4.04
EPCOT Resident .266 3.76
EPCOT External-Internal .230 4J5
Magic Kinf!dom Tourist .254 3.94
Maf!ic Kingdom Resident .258 3.87
Magic Kingdom External-Internal JI3 3.]9
Orange County Convention Center Tourist J92 2.55
Oranf!e County Convention Center Resident .465 2.]5
Orange County Convention Center External-Internal .4] 7 2.40
Sea World Tourist .3 ]0 3.23
Sea World Resident J44 2.9]
Sea World External-Internal .302 3Jl
Typhoon Laf!oon Tourist .256 3.90
Typhoon Laf!oon Resident .352 2.84
Typhoon Lagoon External-Internal .266 3.76
Pleasure IslandlDowntown Disnev Tourist .334 2.99
Pleasure IslandlDowntown Disnev Resident .392 2.55
Pleasure Island/Downtown Disnev External-Internal .322 3.11
Blizzard Beach Tourist .218 4.58
Blizzard Beach Resident .258 3.87
Blizzard Beach External-Internal .203 4.92
Kennedy Space Center Tourist .263 3.74
Kennedy Space Center Resident .325 2.89
Kennedy Space Center External-Internal .250 3.77
Port Canaveral Tourist .283 2.75
Port Canaveral Resident .353 2.55
Port Canaveral External-Internal .337 3.14
Disnev Tourist .2]9 4.57
Disney Resident .256 3.91
Disney External-Internal .232 4.3]
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table files which are subsequently used in the highway and transit assignment models.
5.0 HIGHWAY ASSIGNMENT MODEL
The highway assignment model for the CFRPM III assigns four (4) trip purposes onto the
highway network. These purposes are as follows:
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MODEL REFINEMENT
The CFRPM III was reviewed for Port Orange, Edgewater, and New Smyrna to help match 2000
year model values to 2000 link count functional class, number of lanes, area type, and centroid
locations were reviewed and changed if needed to better reflect the existing network. Tables 3
and 4 show the system-wide statistics for the Original and Updated Models.
Table 3
System-Wide Statistics for the Original CFRPM III
Original CFRPM III
Statistic Study Area Edgewater Port Orange New Smyrna
Number of Links 18,620 264 207 226
System Miles 6,602.45 139.72 86.29 87.38
Lane Miles 16,076.79 330.87 217.29 203.16
Directional Miles 11,819.76 245.05 156.93 161.46
VMT Using Miles 30,507,044 278,425 352,973 242,585
VMT Using Counts 30,107,736 284,772 380,042 236,705
VMT V IC 1.01 0.98 0.93 1.02
VHT Using Voluines 971,375 5,711 9,218 5,182
VHT Using Counts 948,888 6,141 10,383 5,270
VHT V IC 1.02 0.93 0.89 0.98
Volumes All Links 246,851,248 2,108,160 2,538,845 1,956,442
A verage Volume 13,257.32 7,985.45 12,264.95 8,656.82
VMT all Links 84,290,936 1,223,107 1,121,976 819,563
VHT All Links 2,671,728 24,795 26,110 17,919
OriginaISpeed(~H) 35.52 40.43 36.87 36.28
Congest Speed (~H) 32.3 8 40.20 36.03 36.01
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System-Wide Statistics for the Updated CFRPM III
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Statistic Study Area Edgewater Port Orange New Smyrna
Number of Links 18,620 264 207 226
System Miles 6,602.45 139.72 86.29 87.38
Lane Miles 16,076.79 330.87 217.29 203.16
Directional Miles 11,819.76 245.05 156.93 161.46
VMT Using Miles 30,566,230 281,932 359,96 I 246,237
VMT Using Counts 30, I 04,464 284,772 380,042 235,608
VMT V IC 1.02' 0.99 0.95 1.05
VHT Using Volumes 974,245 5,768 9,505 5,245
VHT Using Counts 950,601 6,112 10,353 5,206
VHT V IC 1.02 0.94 0.92 1.01
Volumes All Links 247,527,872 2,114,973 2,536,388 1,945,410
A verage Volume 13,293.66 8,011.26 12,253.08 8,608.0 I
VMT all Links 84,365,336 1,228,428 1,124,633 824,520
VHT All Links 2,682,514 24,832 26,219 17,944
Original Speed (MPH) 35.53 40.49 37.12 36.36
Congest Speed (MPH) 32.33 40.26 36.24 36.08
The facility types and area types have been updated and reviewed. Centroid-connectors have
been moved to appropriate locations. Counts and loads have been reviewed. Adjustments made
on the overall Percent Root Mean Square Error (% RMSE) on areas were statistically better.
Therefore, this model is ready for future model runs.
7.0 MODEL VALIDATION SUMMARY
One key factor used in determining whether a model is validated or not is how close the model
volume replicates the actual count. The % RMSE is a statistical analysis that is utilized to
determine the accuracy of the model volume to the actual count. The lower the error percentage
the better the model. Tables 5 and 6 show the Original and Updated model runs for the Port
Orange, Edgewater, and New Smyrna areas.
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Percent Root Mean Square Error for the Original CFRPM III
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Count Range Study Area Edgewater Port Orange Smyrna Rangel
0- 5000 53.265 49.973 40.687 48.482 45 - 55
5000 - 10000 38.551 18.645 34.794 18.583 35 - 45
10000 - 20000 24.830 13.413 26.513 12.414 27 - 35
20000- 30000 19.736 0.000 24.295 0.000 24 - 27
30000 - 40000 15.118 0.000 0.000 0.000 22 - 24
40000 - 50000 21.334 0.000 0.000 0.000 20 - 22
50000 - 60000 13.106 0.000 0.000 0.000 18 - 20
60000 - 70000 12.858 0.000 0.000 0.000 17 - 18
70000 - 80000 10.197 0.000 0.000 0.000 16 - 17
80000 - 90000 9.113 0.000 0.000 0.000 15 - 16
90000 - 100000 II. 790 0.000 0.000 0.000 14 - 15
100000 - 400000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 o - 14
o - 400000 30.832 23.291 33.416 24.913 32 - 39
(I) This is the minimum acceptable range for the % RMSE values. Values less than this
for a given range indicate an even better validation result.
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Percent Root Mean Square Error for the Updated CFRPM III
Minimum
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Count Range Study Area Edgewater Port Orange Smyrna Rangel
0- 5000 53.346 46.761 38.526 48.439 45 - 55
5000 - 10000 38.140 15.3 80 27.052 14.056 35 - 45
10000 - 20000 24.956 14.730 22.837 13.616 27 - 35
20000 - 30000 20.207 0.000 25.157 0.000 24 - 27
30000 - 40000 15.818 0.000 0.000 0.000 22 - 24
40000 - 50000 21.382 0.000 0.000 0.000 20 - 22
50000 - 60000 12.997 0.000 0.000 0.000 18 - 20
60000 - 70000 11.427 0.000 0.000 0.000 17 - 18
70000 - 80000 8.254 0.000 0.000 0.000 16 - 17
80000 - 90000 7.155 0.000 0.000 0.000 15 - 16
90000 - 100000 16.120 0.000 0.000 0.000 14 - 15
100000 - 400000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0- 14
0-400000 30.861 22.425 28.264 24.387 32 - 39
(2) This is the minimum acceptable range for the % RMSE values. Values less than this for
a given range indicate an even better validation result.
Validation for Pon Orange. Edgewater. and New Smyrna
Leftwich Consulting Engineers. Inc.
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As can be seen from Table 6, the % RMSE is better each of the urban areas. The % RMSE in the
original CFRPM III for Edgewater, Port Orange, and New Smyrna was 23.291,33.416,24.913,
respectively. In the updated CFRPM III in Edgewater, Port Orange, and New Smyrna, the %
RMSE was 22.425, 28.264, 24.387, respectively. Therefore, the change made to the highway
system helped the model results. This model is ready to provide future projection in the urban
areas.
Validalion for Port Orange, Edgewaler, and New Smyrna
Leftwich Consulting Engineers, Inc.
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ARTICLE 1. TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE
Sec. 1-80. Short title; statutory authority; applicability of article
(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the City of Edgewater Road Impact
Fee Ordinance.
(b) The planning for new and expanded roads needed to serve new growth and
development that generate additional traffic and the implementation of these needs
through the comprehensive planning process are the responsibility of the city under F.S. 9
163.3161 et seq., F.S. ch. 166, and various special acts relating to the power of the city
undertaking zoning, planning and development activities, and is in the best interest of the
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the city. This article is adopted pursuant to
F.S. ch. 166, and the City Charter.
(c) Applicability. This article shall apply throughout the City of Edgewater.
Sec. 1-90. Purpose and intent
(1) The purpose of this article is to enable the city to allow growth and development to
proceed in compliance with the adopted comprehensive plan and to regulate growth and
development so as to require it to share in the burdens of growth by paying its pro rata
share for the reasonably anticipated costs of needed roadway improvements.
(2) This article is intended to implement and be consistent with the city's Comprehensive
Plan.
(3) It is not the purpose of this article to collect fees from growth and development in
excess of the cost of the reasonably anticipated improvements to the road network needed
to serve the new growth and development. It is specifically acknowledged that this article
has approached the problem of determining the road impact fee in a conservative and
reasonable manner. This article will only partially recoup the governmental expenditures
associated with growth. Existing development will still be required to pay a fair share of
the cost of needed improvements to the road network.
Sec. 1-100. Definitions and rules of construction
(a) For the purposes of administration and enforcement of this article, unless otherwise
stated in this article, the following rules of construction shall apply to the text of this
article:
(1) In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this article and
any caption, illustration, summary table or illustrative table, the text shall control.
(2) The word "shall" is always mandatory and not discretionary; the word "may" is
permiSSive.
(3) Words used in the present tense shall include the future; and words in the singular
number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the context clearly
indicates the contrary.
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(4) The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for," "designed for," "maintained for" or
"occupied for."
(5) The word "person" includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a
governmental entity or agency; an incorporated association or any other similar entity.
(6) The word "includes" shall not limit a term to the specific example but is intended to
extend its meaning to all other instances or circumstances of a like kind or character.
(7) Any road right-of-way used to define transportation impact fee zone boundaries may
be considered to be within any zone it bounds for purposes of using these funds.
(8) The land use types listed shall have the same meaning as under the Zoning Ordinance
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of the city, Ordinance No.lli.s.~Ba::~;E.J3;, Edgewater, Florida, Code of Ordinances.
(b) The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a
different meaning.
Accessory use means any use or attached or detached structure clearly incidental,
subordinate and related to the principal use or structure and located on the same lot with
such principal use or structure.
Apartment means a rental dwelling unit that is located within the same building with at
least two other dwelling units. Sites included in this land use are triplexes and all types of
apartment buildings. The apartments in this land use include both low-rise or "walk-up"
dwellings and high-rise.
Applicant means any person applying for or who has been granted a permit to proceed
with a project.
Average trip length means the average length in miles of external trips.
Building means any structure with an impervious roof built for the support, shelter or
enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind, which has enclosing walls
for 50 percent or more of its perimeter. The term "building" shall be construed as if
followed by the words "or part thereof."
Building area means the area included within surrounding exterior walls, or exterior
walls and fire walls.
Building permit means the documentation required by the municipal building code
authorizing construction or alteration of any building.
Capacity means the maximum number of vehicles for a given time period which a road
can safely and efficiently carry; usually expressed in terms of vehicles per day.
Capital improvement includes transportation planning, preliminary engineering,
engineering studies, design and construction plan preparation, land surveys, right-of-way
acquisition, engineering, permitting and construction of all the necessary features for any
road construction project including, but not limited to:
(l) Construction of new through lanes.
(2) Construction of new turn lanes.
(3) Construction of new bridges.
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(4) Construction of new drainage facilities and utilities in conjunction with new roadway
construction.
(5) Purchase and installation of traffic signalization (including new signalization and
upgrading signalization).
(6) Construction of curbs, medians, shoulders, sidewalks and bike paths.
(7) Relocating utilities to accommodate new roadway construction.
Certificate of occupancy means the official document or permit issued by the city
evidencing the completion of construction of a building in accordance with all applicable
codes and its legal entitlement to permanent occupancy and use.
Collecting agency means the local governmental authority having jurisdiction to
authorize the making of any material change of any structure, including the construction,
enlargement, alteration or repair of buildings, or the local governmental authority having
jurisdiction to authorize rezoning or special exceptions that make material changes in the
use or appearance of land without making material changes of any structures on the land.
Dwelling means one or more rooms in a building forming a separate and independent
housekeeping establishment, arranged, designed or intended to be used or occupied by
one family, and having no enclosed space or cooking or sanitary facilities in common
with any other dwelling unit with no ingress or egress through any other dwelling unit,
and containing permanent provisions for sleeping facilities, sanitary facilities and not
more than one kitchen facility.
Dwelling, manufactured means a dwelling fabricated in a manufacturing facility and
bearing a seal certifying it is constructed to standards as adopted under the authority of
F.S. 9 553.35 et seq. and rules adopted by the Florida Department of Community Affairs
under Chapter 9B-1 et seq., Florida Administrative Code.
Dwelling, mobile home means a single-family dwelling fabricated in a manufacturing
facility, having a width of more than 8 1/2 feet and a length of more than 40 feet, and
bearing a seal certifying it is constructed either to the Federal Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Standards Code or to obsolete ANSI 119.1 Mobile Home Design
and Construction Standards.
Dwelling, single-family means a building containing only one dwelling. This term
includes a manufactured or mobile home dwelling.
Expansion. Expansion of the capacity of a road applies to all road and intersection
capacity enhancements and includes extensions, widening, intersection improvements,
upgrading signalization and improving pavement conditions.
External trip means and refers to any trip that has either its origin or destination at the
development site and that impacts the major road network.
Fee payer means any person or entity who pays a transportation impact fee or hislher
successor in interest with the right or entitlement to any refund of previously paid
development impact fees which is required by this article and which has been expressly
transferred or assigned to the successor in interest. In the absence of an express transfer
or assignment or entitlement to any refund or previously paid development impact fees,
the right or entitlement shall be deemed "not to run with the land."
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Frontage road and marginal-access road mean a minor street which parallels and is
adjacent to an arterial, thoroughfare or state road, and which provides access to abutting
properties and protection from through traffic.
Hotel means a place of lodging that provides sleeping accommodations, restaurants,
cocktail lounges, meeting and banquet rooms or convention facilities, and other retail and
service shops. Some of the sites included in this land use category are actually large
motels providing the facilities of a hotel.
Land development activity generating traffic means the carrying out of any building
activity or the making of any material change in the use or appearance of any structure or
land that attracts or produces vehicular trips over and above that produced by the existing
use of the land.
Lot means an area of land which abuts a street and which either complies with or is
exempt from the City Subdivision Regulations and is sufficient in size to meet the
minimum area and width requirements for its classification.
Major sports facility means a stadium or racetrack for major sports events with a
permanent seating capacity of at least 5,000 spectators. Further, a major sports facility is
characterized by infrequent use such that there are no more than 30 days of use per year
where the facility is at, or above, ten percent occupancy. Actual fee for this land use
category, provided it meets the definition, is based on the rate of frequency of use
(greater than ten percent occupancy) on an annual basis.
Mobile home park means an area of land under one ownership where designated spaces
for mobile home dwellings are rented. The overall operation is managed on a full- or
part-time basis and provides various services and facilities for common use.
Motel means a place of lodging that provides sleeping accommodations and often a
restaurant. Motels generally offer free on-site parking and provide little or no meeting
space.
Multiple-family dwelling means a building containing three or more dwellings intended to
be occupied primarily by permanent residents.
Off-site improvements means road improvements, other than those referenced in the
definition of site-related improvements, located outside of the boundaries of the parcel
proposed for development, which are required to serve the development's external trips.
Percent of new trips means the number of new trips generated by the land development
activity.
Site-related improvements means capital improvements and right-of-way dedications for
direct access improvements to the development in question. Direct access improvements
includes, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Site driveways and roads;
(2) Right- and left-turn lanes leading to those driveways and roads;
(3) Traffic control measures for those driveways and roads;
(4) Acceleration/deceleration lanes;
(5) Frontage roads;
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(6) Median openings/closings; and
(7) Roads necessary to provide direct access to the development.
Square foot, for the purpose of the fee schedule, subsection 1-1 04( f)(1), means total
square footage of a building area, excluding overhangs.
Thoroughfare system means any roadway that has been designated as either ~n arterial or
collector in the Transportation Element of the city's Comprehensive Plan.
Thoroughfare system plan means the thoroughfare plan as set out and included in the
Comprehensive Plan.
Traffic generation statement means a documentation of proposed trip generation rates
submitted prior to and as a part of a traffic impact analysis. This documentation shall
include actual traffic generation information from a representative sampling of existing
similar developments.
Transportation impact fee and fee mean the fee required to be paid in accordance with
this article.
Trip means a one-way movement of vehicular travel from an origin (one trip end) to a
destination (the other trip end).
Sec. 1-101. Interpretation of article; enforcement; penalty
(a) Interpretation. The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to effectively
carry out its purposes in the interest of public health, safety, welfare and convenience.
(b) Methods of enforcement. The city shall withhold any certificate of occupancy or any
final inspection approval for construction applicable to this article until the required fee
has been paid.
(c) Penalty. A violation of this article shall be punishable according to applicable
municipal codes.
(d) Building permits not to be issued to persons failing to pay fee. No building permit
shall be issued by the municipality to any person who, while required by this article to
pay a transportation impact fee, has failed to pay such fee.
Sec. 1-102. Conflicting provisions
(a) Effect on conflicting regulations. If any provision of this article is in conflict with a
provision of any other municipal ordinance, resolution or regulation, then this article shall
prevail to the extent of such conflict.
(b) Repeal of conflicting regulations. All ordinances or parts of ordinances, and
resolutions or parts of resolutions, in conflict with this article are hereby repealed, to the
extent of said conflict.
Sec. 1-103. Reserved
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Sec. 1-104. Imposition of fee
(a) Applicability of fee.
(1) Any person who makes or causes the making of an improvement to land which will
generate additional traffic and which requires the issuance of a building permit, or any
person who changes the use of any building to one which will generate additional traffic,
shall be required to pay a transportation impact fee in the manner and amount set forth in
this section.
(2) No person shall undertake construction of an improvement for which the fee imposed
by this article is applicable without having paid the proper transportation impact fee
imposed by this article. No person shall change the use or allow a change in use of any
building where the fee imposed by this article is applicable without having paid the
proper transportation impact fee imposed by this article.
(b) Payment of fee required prior to issuance of certificate of occupancy, occupational
license or use permit. No county or municipal certificate of occupancy, occupational
license or use permit for which a complete application is submitted after lli~Ji..~]Z[?AT;e,
for any activity requiring payment of an impact fee pursuant to this article shall be issued
unless and until the transportation impact fee required by this article has been paid. The
obligation of a person to pay the fee imposed by this article shall not be extinguished by
the inadvertent failure of the city to collect the fee at the time required.
(c) Methods of determination. The transportation impact fee for any development activity
generating traffic in the city shall be determined either by using the fee schedule set forth
in subsection (f)(1) of this section, or by using the method set forth in section 1-104.
(d) Presumption of maximum impact. Development is presumed to have the maximum
impact on the road network. The proposed development activity for which an application
for a building permit has been filed shall be presumed by the city engineer or his designee
to generate the maximum number of average daily vehicle trips, vehicle miles of travel
and lane miles of travel.
(e) Transportation impact fee formula. The following formula shall be used to determine
the impact fee per unit of development:
Impact Fee = (ll2)*(TGR)*(%NT)*(DF)*(ATL)*(CC/LM)(WCL
Where:
TGR = trip generation rate assigned to each land use
NT = new trips generated by the land use
OF = distribution factor of trips utilizing the thoroughfare network
ATL = average trip length utilizing the thoroughfare network
CC = average road construction cost
LM = lane miles
WCL = weighted capacity per lane mile
(f) Fee schedule. The following fee schedule has been prepared based upon the formula
presented in subsection (e) of this section using in part the roadway impact fee update,
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dated September 25,2003 prepared for Volusia County by TEl Engineers and Planners,
and the Transportation Impact Fee Study dated August 2004 prepared for the City of
Edgewater by B&H Consultants, Inc.
(1) The transportation impact fee schedule is as follows:
ITE Use Unit Trip Trip % New FEE PER
Code Rate Length Trips unit (or)
1,000 s. f.
Residential
210 SinQle Family DU 9.21 4.53 100.00 $1,370.00
220 Apartment DU 6.46 4.77 100.00 $1,012.46
230 Residential Condominium/ Townhouse DU 5.94 3.45 100.00 $673.83
240 Mobile Home Park DU 4.86 3.32 100.00 $530.21
310 Hotel Rooms 8.72 4.78 72.65 $994.75
320 Motel Rooms 6.28 3.47 77.63 $554.74
620 NursinQ Home Beds 2.65 2.00 88.50 $153.86
Office and Financial
610 Hospital 1,000 sf 15.78 3.92 81.60 $1,659.64
710 Office under 10,000 sf 1,000 sf 19.45 4.18 93.62 $2,499.54
710 Office over 10,000 sf 1,000 sf 12.72 4.04 94.35 $1,593.15
714 Corporate headquarters buildina 1,000 sf 7.72 3.37 93.00 $793.94
720 Medical Office 1,000 sf 36.48 3.72 87.70 $3,907.73
750 Office Park 1,000 sf 15.01 5.63 82.00 $2,274.51
760 Research Center 1,000 sf 7.11 4.77 87.00 $967.47
770 Business Park 1,000 sf 16.87 4.69 81.80 $2,125.24
911 Bank w/out Drive-throuQh 1,000 sf 153.98 1.71 35.80 $3,092.80
912 Bank w/Drive-throuQh . 1,000 sf 291.04 1.83 51.52 $8,995.93
Industrial
110 LiQht Industry 1,000 sf 6.98 4.68 93.20 $998.83
130 Industrial Park 1,000 sf 8.26 4.99 92.00 $1,244.10
140 Manufacturinq 1,000 sf 3.82 4.68 93.60 $548.57
150 Warehouse 1,000 sf 4.95 4.59 92.00 $686.00
151 Mini-Warehouse 1,000 sf 2.52 2.99 93.20 $230.57
Retail
812 Buildinq Materials and Lumber Store 1,000 sf 32.88 4.16 69.80 $3,134.68
816 Hardware/Paint Store 1,000 sf 51.29 6.56 74.00 $8,169.88
820 Retail, less than 10,000 sf 1,000 sf 144.40 1.39 51.25 $3,367.33
820 Retail, 10,000 - 99,999 sf 1,000 sf 73.50 1.47 60.50 $2,149.20
820 Retail, 100,000 - 1,000,000 sf 1,000 sf 27.67 2.17 84.00 $1,654.35
820 Retail, Greater than 1,000,000 sf 1,000 sf 29.18 2.81 86.00 $2,312.90
831 Quality Restaurant 1,000 sf 95.63 2.22 77.80 $5,419.87
832 Hiqh- Turnover Restaurant 1,000 sf 148.84 2.11 75.35 $7,770.62
834 Fast Food Restaurant 1,000 sf 552.12 1.43 58.04 $15,089.85
CBD Sandwich Shop 1,000 sf 19.30 4.05 100.00 $2,569.17
836 Bar / Lounqe / Drinkinq Place 1,000 sf 130.34 3.17 72.00 $9,776.66
837 Quick lube Bays 41.69 2.56 71.13 $2,490.77
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841 New and Used Car Sales 1,000 sf 37.20 3.21 78.80 $3,088.52
847 Car Wash 1,000 sf 129.60 1.66 69.00 $4,867.28
849 Tire Store / Auto Repair Bays 30.55 2.09 70.70 $1,484.14
850 Supermarket 1,000 sf 112.18 1.67 53.00 $3,267.69
851 Convenience Store 1,000 sf 755.56 1.02 40.66 $10,305.17
853 Convenience Store w/Gas Pumps 1,000 sf 793.28 1.18 28.63 $8,808.25
Convenience Store w/Gas and Fast
Food 1,000 sf 940.20 1.91 32.67 $19,238.37
862 Home Improvement Store 1,000 sf 38.13 3.09 50.00 $1,934.52
881 Pharmacy/Drugstore w/Drive Throuqh 1,000 sf 89.89 1.74 41.33 $2,116.93
890 Furniture Store 1,000 sf 4.81 4.06 59.12 $379.44
Recreational
Parking
General Recreation . Space 3.02 4.43 95.00 $417.07
Parking
411 City Park Space 14.23 2.84 96.67 $1,282.03
Parking
412 Maior Park Space 2.11 4.05 100.00 $280.88
416 Campqround / RV park space 3.90 4.55 77.00 $448.20
420 Marina slip 2.97 5.77 94.67 $533.33
Parking
Maior Sports Facility Space 2.10 3.63 100.00 $250.58
Miscellaneous
444 Movie Theater Screens 124.48 1.89 82.12 $6,334.22
560 Church 1,000 sf 9.11 2.97 90.00 $799.42
565 Dav Care 1,000 sf 75.13 1.55 73.32 $2,800.18
Airoort Hanger 1,000 sf 4.96 8.36 92.00 $1,251.97
Veterinary Clinic 1,000 sf 32.80 1.77 70.00 $1,334.52
(2) Credits for completed and accepted non-site-related improvements shall be
determined for each application, and shall be deducted from the transportation impact
fees listed in the transportation road impact fee schedule, at the time transportation
impact fees are to be paid. The value of non-site-related improvements for which credits
may be allowed shall be determined by the director of development services.
(3) Credits for the present value of future gas or motor fuel tax payments utilized to fund
capacity expansion of the thoroughfare road systems are included in the calculations of
the fee schedule set out in this section.
(4) The fees charged for a building with more than one use shall be for that use having
the highest traffic generation rate except for church buildings with mixed uses or
buildings with residential and non-residential mixed uses. If the church building has more
than one use, the separate uses are to be identified and appropriately charged according to
the fee schedule. If a building has residential and non-residential uses, the square footage
of the building identified as residential will be charged based on the number of dwelling
units, and then, the square footage identified as non-residential shall be charged for that
use having the highest traffic generation rate.
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(5) If the type of development activity for which a building permit is applied is not
specified on the fee schedule set out in this section, the city shall use the fee applicable to
the most nearly comparable type of land use on the fee schedule. The city shall be guided
in the selection of a comparable type by the report titled "Institute of Transportation
Engineers, Trip Generation: An Information Report" (sixth or any subsequent editions). If
the city determines that there is no comparable type of land use on the fee schedule set
out in this section, then the fee shall be determined by using traffic generation statistics
contained in the report titled "Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation: An
Information Report" (sixty-sixth or any subsequent edition), average trip length and
percent of new trips based upon the best data available to the city and by applying the
formula set forth in subsection (e) of this section.
(6) In the case of an expansion of an existing use on the same lot or an adjoining lot
(which may be intersected by an easement or right~of-way) requiring the issuance of a
building permit, the impact fee shall be based upon the net increase in the impact fee for
the new as compared to the previous use. Provided, however, the impact fee shall be
reduced by 50 percent from the amount of the fee that would otherwise be due and
payable for an expansion to an existing use. The city shall be guided in this determination
by the report titled "Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation: An
Information Report" (sixth or any subsequent edition).
(7) In the event the impact fee rate for a particular land use is changed subsequent to the
issuance of a building permit and before the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the
impact fee shall be the amount in effect on the date payment is received. Provided
further, that an initial application for a site plan development order has been filed with the
relevant local government on or before tli~-g~r-;l!~!!1g and provided that the project
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developer has applied for a building permit on or before lNS:gB1'1J?':'~'Pij, a project shall
not be subject to the transportation impact fee. In the event the actions of other agencies
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preclude applying for a building permit by JNS:&Rt~:Q.AE~, the developer may present
evidence to the city commission that the building permit application has been delayed
through no fault of its own.
(8) The transportation impact fee on a shopping center shall be computed using one
retail-commercial rate for all stores except the out-parcels, which shall be calculated
using the rate for that land use from the transportation impact fee schedule.
(9) If an affidavit is filed by.the owner of real property with the county or municipality
certifying that a farm building on a farm is exempt from issuance of a building permit
under Florida law, then the building shall also be exempt from impact fee charges.
(10) Road construction and right-of-way credits issued by the city can be transferred
between lots with identical land uses.
Sec. 1-104.1 Independent calculation
(1). Any person may determine their transportation impact fee by providing independent
traffic documentation that their impact on the thoroughfare system is less than the
transportation impact fee as determined under subsection (1)(1) of section 1-104. The
documentation submitted shall show the basis upon which the transportation impact fee
has been calculated, which shall conform to the following factors:
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i. The trip generation rate, trip length and the percent of new trips shall be documented
together. In no event shall they be documented separately. All other variables in the
transportation impact fee formula cannot be altered, but shall be based upon data current
at the time this fee shall be due. Petitioners requesting to undertake an independent
calculation may substitute the trip generation rate and the percent of new trips and trip
length in the transportation impact fee formula with data obtained from approved traffic
surveys and actual traffic counts generated by approved traffic study sites.
ii. The unit of measure used for trip generation in the independent calculation must be
identical to the one used in the transportation impact fee formula, in order to measure
accurately the project's impact on the thoroughfare system.
iii. If a single business or shopping center is studied, at least two sites within the City of
Edgewater must be tested. The results of each site must be added together and averaged
to obtain an alternative trip generation rate, trip length and percentofnew trips. The
results can be substituted in the transportation impact fee formula. If the study results
indicate a lower fee, the charges will be adjusted accordingly.
iv. If no suitable alternative site is available as determined by the city staff, the applicant
may pay the transportation impact fee, and employ a licensed engineer to conduct a
traffic study on the project site within six months after the enterprise is open for business.
The traffic study time frame and monitoring points must be approved by the city staff.
Only the trip generation rate, trip length and the percent of new trips can be used in the
analysis. Once the results of each sampling point are added together and averaged they
may be substituted in the transportation impact fee formula. The results will be used to
determine an appropriate impact fee. If the traffic study results indicate a lower fee and
accepted by the city staff, the difference will be refunded to the applicant. All refunds are
subject to section 1-107. This documentation shall be prepared and presented by licensed
engineers. Specific actions such as the number of manual or automated counts, number of
personal surveys, location of the sampling stations and the layout of the study sites will
be negotiated by the applicant and city staff.
Sec. 1-105. Payment
(a) Time of payment; lien.
(1) The person applying for the issuance ofa building permit shall pay the transportation
impact fee prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, or the occupancy of the
building. The city shall issue an impact fee statement to the applicant for a building
permit. Such impact fee statement shall set forth the amount of the impact fee due.
The obligation for payment of the impact fee shall run with the land. However, this
section shall not be construed to relieve an applicant of responsibility or liability for
payment of the impact fees imposed by this article.
In the event the impact fee is not paid prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy
for the affected impact construction, the city may collect the impact fee, together with
interest, as provided in section 1-1 05( d).
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If no building permit is required upon a change of use of a building, the fee imposed by
this article shall be payable at such time as the person making such change shall be
required to apply for an occupational license.
(2) All fees due under this article shall become a lien at the time of the issuance of the
building permit or in the case of a change of use on the issuance of an occupational
license, as the case may be, such fees shall be due, and shall remain a lien, coequal with
the lien of all state, district, county and municipal taxes, superior in dignity to all other
liens, titles and claims, until paid. Such lien shall be upon the land on which an
improvement is made requiring the payment of fees and shall be for the amount of the fee
required, as well as for all penalties and interest due under the provisions of this article.
(b) Method of payment. Payment of transportation impact fees shall be made to the City
of Edgewater.
(c) Disposition of funds. All funds collected shall be promptly transferred for deposit into
a transportation impact fee trust fund and used solely for the purposes specified in this
article.
(d) Interest and administrative; penalty.
(1) Interest at the rate set by law for judgments shall be due on all fees due under this
article from the time such fee was due according to the terms of subsection (a) of this
section. The inclusion in this article of provisions concerning interest due shall be
deemed to be cumulative of the city's rights already existing as a matter oflaw to
prejudgment interest upon sums which are certain and due and payable at a specific time.
Accordingly, the requirement for the payment of interest shall be deemed to apply
retroactively to all fees which have previously become due under the terms of this article;
and nothing in this article shall be construed in derogation of such right otherwise
existing at law.
(2) There shall be due and payable to the city an administrative penalty of five percent
per month to a maximum of 25 percent of all fees unpaid at the time they were due
according to the terms of this article. Such administrative penalty shall accrue monthly on
the anniversary of the date when such fee should have been paid. In the case of fees
previously due under the terms of this article, such penalty shall accrue at the rate of five
percent per month to a maximum of25 percent with the first monthly penalty accruing
one month following the effective date of the ordinance from which this subsection (e) is
derived.
The city attorney or a duly authorized representative may execute, serve upon the owner
by certified mail and record a notice of nonpayment in the official records of the county,
which shall contain the legal description of the property and the amount of the impact fee
liability. Said notice shall thereupon operate as a lien against such property for the
amount of the impact fee, together with interest, penalties, and the costs and fees for
collection, coequal with the lien of all state, county, district and municipal taxes.
Sec. 1-106. Trust funds; use of funds
(a) Trust funds. There are hereby established a separate transportation impact fee trust
fund. Subsequent to the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived,
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should any parcel or area of land located within a zone be annexed into the city, the
boundaries shall be deemed amended as of the 'date of annexation so as to include the
land annexed within the zone of such municipality. Such amendment of zones shall be for
the purposes of this article only and shall not affect any prior payment of fees or
expenditure of funds attributable to the annexed property.
(b) Use of funds; administrative fee.
(1) Funds collected from transportation impact fees shall be used for the purpose of
capita1.improvements to and expansion of transportation facilities associated with the
thoroughfare system plan. Such improvements shall be of the type made necessary by
new development. Final determination of projects to be funded using transportation
impact fee revenues shall be made by the city council. .
(2) No funds shall be used for periodic or routine maintenance as defined in F.S. S
334.03.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this subsection, funds shall be used
exclusively for capital improvements or expansion within the municipal boundaries.
Funds shall be deemed expended in the order in which they are collected.
(4) The city shall, each fiscal year, prepare a preliminary capital improvement road
program to be funded from each transportation impact fee trust fund.
(5) The city shall be entitled to retain an amount not to exceed five percent of all impact
fee funds it collects as an administrative fee to offset the actual administrative costs
associated with the collection of the funds and administering this article.
Sec. 1-107. Refunds
If it is determined by the city that fee assessments collected pursuant to this article have
not been spent or encumbered or expended by the end of the calendar quarter
immediately following ten years from the date the fee was received, or if the
development for which the fees were paid was never begun, then such funds shall be
eligible for refund to the then-present owner in accordance with the following
procedures:
(I) The then-present owner must petition the city council for the refund within one year
following the end of the calendar quarter immediately following nine years from the date
on which the fee was received by the city.
(2) The petition must be submitted to the city and must contain:
a. A notarized sworn statement that the petitioner is the current owner of the property;
b. A copy of the dated receipt issued for payment of the fee;
c. A certified copy of the latest recorded deed;
d. A copy of the most recent ad valorem tax bill; and
e. Such other information which may be reasonably necessary to ascertain current
ownership of the property.
(3) Within 60 days from the date of receipt of a petition for refund, the city shall advise
the petitioner of the status of the fee requested for refund. For the purpose of determining
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whether fees have been spent or encumbered, the first money placed in a trust fund
account shall be deemed to be the first money taken out of that account when
withdrawals have been made.
(4) When the money requested is still in the trust fund account and has not been spent or
encumbered by the end of the calendar quarter immediately following ten years from the
date the fees were paid, the money shall be returned.
Sec. 1-108. Exemptions and credits
(a) Exemptions. The following activities shall be exempted from payment of the
transportation impact fee:
(1) All land development activities which have received a building permit prior to the
effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, except as provided for
in other sections of this article.
(2) Alterations or expansions of an existing building where no additional units are
created, and where no additional vehicular trips will be produced over and above that
produced by the existing use.
(3) The construction of an accessory building which will not produce additional vehicular
trips over and above that which is produced by the principal building or use of the land.
(4) The replacement of a building with a new building, provided that no additional trips
will be produced over and above those produced by the original use of the land.
(5) City-owned and city-operated buildings, structures or uses used solely for general
governmental purposes.
(b) Credits.
(1) No credit shall be given for site-related improvements, except as provided for in
subsection (2) of this subsection (b).
(2) All roadway improvements and/or right-of-way dedications required under a city
development order or approval which are included within the roads contemplated in
section 1-106(b)(1), except for those improvements deemed site-related, shall be credited
against transportation road impact fees. In addition, any person who constructs or
contributes land, money or services for any road improvements (whether site-related or
not) contemplated in section 1-106(b)(1) which are included within the most recently
adopted five-year work program shall be entitled to credits against transportation impact
fees imposed pursuant to this article in accordance with subsection (3) of this subsection
(b).
(3) Credits shall apply to the person making the contribution. Such person shall have the
right to transfer all or a portion of the available credits. Any transfers of this type which
occur shall be filed with growth management services group at the time of or prior to the
approval of a development order on a form provided by the city. The costs utilized in
computing credits shall be reasonable, but not to exceed the actual, costs of the
improvements constructed or contributed. The person seeking determination of the credit
shall present cost estimates and property appraisals prepared by qualified professionals to
be utilized by the public works department and development services department in
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determining the amount of credits. The city retains the right to prepare its own cost
estimate for its use in determining the credit allowed by this subsection.
Sec. 1-109. Periodic review
(a) This article shall be reviewed by the city council no less than once every four years.
(b) The components of the transportation road impact fee formula shall be reviewed by
the city commission no less than once every four years.
(c) Failure of the city to undertake such a review shall result in the continued use and
application of the existing fee schedule and other data.
Sec. 1-110. Administrative review; procedures
(a) A fee payer shall have the right of administrative review of any decision relating to:
(1) A determination that a development activity is required to pay an impact fee under
this article;
(2) A determination of the amount of the impact fee; or
(3) A determination regarding the amount or application of a credit to be applied against
the impact fee.
The administrative review shall be in the form of an administrative review de novo of the
decision.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the administrative review must be
requested by the fee payer within 45 calendar days (including Sundays and legal
holidays) from the date of issuance of the impact fee statement or the date of the decision
sought to be reviewed, whichever shall last occur. Failure to request administrative
review within the time provided in this subsection will be deemed a waiver of that right.
(c) A written request for administrative review must be filed with City Manager. The
request shall contain the following:
(1) The name and address of the fee payer;
(2) The telephone number at which the fee payer may be reached during daytime hours;
(3) The legal description of the property in question;
(4) If issued, the date the building permit/impact fee statement was issued and the
building permit/impact fee statement number;
(5) Ifpaid, the impact fee receipt number and date of payment;
(6) A brief description of the nature of the land development activity to be undertaken
pursuant to the building permit/impact fee statement; and
(7) A statement of the reasons why the fee payer is requesting the administrative review,
including any supporting information and site or construction plan, if appropriate.
(d) Within 15 calendar days of receipt ofa request for administrative review, the decision
of the City Manager shall be final and shall be binding upon the fee payer and the city.
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(e) The detennination of the City Manager may be reviewed by the city commission in
accordance with section 1-111. '
Sec. 1-111. Final administrative review; hearings
(a) A fee payer who is aggrieved by a detennination of the City Manager shall have the
right to request a review hearing before the city commission.
(b) A review hearing shall be limited to a detennination of whether the City Manager
correctly applied this article to the facts and circumstances of the fee payer's case.
(c) A review hearing shall be requested by the fee payer by filing a written request for
same with the City Manager, within 30 calendar days after the detennination is made by
the director. Failure to request a hearing within the time provided shall be deemed a
waiver of such right.
(d) The written request for review hearing to be filed with the City Manager shall contain
the following:
(1) The name of the party seeking review, and the address if a fee payer;
(2) The legal description of the property in question;
(3) If issued, the date the building pennitlimpact fee statement was issued and the
building pennitlimpact fee statement number;
(4) Ifpaid, the impact fee receipt number and date of payment; and
(5) A brief description of the nature of the land development activity being undertaken
pursuant to the building pennitlimpact fee statement.
(e) Upon receipt of a request for review hearing, the City Manager shall schedule a
hearing before the council at a regular meeting or special meeting called for the purpose
of conducting the hearing. The city shall provide the fee payer with reasonable written
notice of the time and place of the hearing. A review hearing shall be held within 45 days
of the date the request for hearing was filed.
(1) The review hearing shall be held by the Council and shall be conducted in a manner
designed to obtain all infonnation and evidence relevant to the requested hearing. Fonnal
rules of civil procedure and evidence shall not be applicable; however, the hearing shall
be conducted in a fair and impartial manner with each party having an opportunity to be
heard and to present evidence.