TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 6/22/2026
FROM: City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 5 - A
SUBJECT:
Title
Public Hearing - Ordinance No. 12-2026, Amending and Updating the City’s Fire/Rescue, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, and Law Enforcement Impact Fees and Creating a Municipal Impact Fee Based on the 2026 Impact Fee Study Prepared by Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc., at second and final reading.
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LOCATION:
Citywide
COST:
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SOURCE OF FUNDS:
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ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Planning and Development Services/Finance
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
“I move to approve Ordinance No. 12-2026, amending Chapter 94, Impact Fees, to update the Fire/Rescue, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, and Law Enforcement Impact Fees and create a Municipal Impact Fee, at second and final reading.”
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BACKGROUND:
Background
The City retained Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. to prepare the 2026 Impact Fee Study to evaluate the City’s current impact fee program and determine whether the existing fees adequately address the costs associated with new growth.
The study recommends updates to the existing Fire/Rescue, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, and Law Enforcement impact fees and the creation of a new Municipal Impact Fee. As part of the update, the Transportation Impact Fee is being renamed the “Complete Streets Impact Fee” to better reflect the types of transportation infrastructure and multimodal improvements funded through the impact fee program. The proposed fees are intended to ensure that new residential and non-residential development contributes a proportionate share toward the capital facilities and infrastructure required to accommodate future growth while maintaining adopted levels of service.
In conjunction with the study, the City completed a Demonstrated Need Analysis and conducted publicly noticed workshops on June 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. and June 17, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. to evaluate whether extraordinary circumstances exist pursuant to Section 163.31801, Florida Statutes, which authorizes local governments to exceed the statutory limitations on impact fee increases when supported by appropriate findings and public outreach.
The City Commission approved Ordinance No. 12-2026 at first reading on June 15, 2026, by a vote of 6-1. During Commission discussion, a Commissioner requested consideration of a four-year phase-in of the calculated impact fees rather than the two-year phase-in proposed by staff. As a result, staff has included a four-year phase-in alternative for Commission consideration at second reading.
The ordinance includes a two-year implementation schedule, with the first phase becoming effective October 1, 2026, and the second and final phase becoming effective October 1, 2027. A four-year implementation alternative has also been provided for Commission consideration.
Ordinance No. 12-2026 amends Chapter 94, “Impact Fees,” of the Code of Ordinances to implement the recommendations of the 2026 Impact Fee Study and establish updated impact fees for future development. Staff recommends approval at second and final reading.
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