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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/16/2014 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 171, 2014, ADOPTINAgenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 16, 2014 City Council STAFF Ginny Sawyer, Policy and Project Manager Laurie Kadrich, Community Development & Neighborhood Services Dir SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 171, 2014, Adopting the 2014 Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Schedule. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 2, 2014, adopts the 2014 Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Schedule (Regional Road Fee) as determined by the Intergovernmental Agreement with Larimer County. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, December 2, 2014 (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 171, 2014 (PDF) Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 2, 2014 City Council STAFF Ginny Sawyer, Policy and Project Manager Laurie Kadrich, Community Development & Neighborhood Services Dir SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 171, 2014, Adopting the 2014 Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Schedule. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to adopt the 2014 Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Schedule (Regional Road Fee) as determined by the Intergovernmental Agreement with Larimer County. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION In 2000, the City and Larimer County entered into an IGA agreeing that the City would collect a Regional Road Fee on behalf of Larimer County. The fee is collected at the time a building permit is issued. The Regional Road Fee helps generate revenue for road improvements that are necessitated by new development. The fees are only used on capacity related improvements that are of mutual benefit to both the City and the Larimer County. The Larimer County Land Use Code specifies that its Regional Transportation Capital Expansion Fees must be updated to reflect changes in road construction costs during the previous year. The methodology for adjustments is based on a two-year moving average calculated from the Colorado Construction Cost Index data compiled by Colorado Department of Transportation. Larimer County’s procedure for fee adjustments is to update the two-year moving average using the most recent prior year construction cost index data and calculate new adjusted fees. If the change is less than 5% the new fees become effective without further action by the Board of County Commissioners (BCC). If the increase exceeds 5% the County’s Land Use Code specifies that the BCC review and approve the fee change. The County typically adjusts and adopts new fees in July of each year. The 2014 Fee Table is included as Exhibit A to the Ordinance. Part of the operational changes agreed to early this year was for the City to bring the Regional Road Fee changes along with the City fee changes that are customarily brought to Council in December. The County is aware of the lag time in this process. The change in fee for a regional single family detached home will be a $7 increase (2.5% increase). Under the City Code, changes in the amount of the County fee do not take effect in the City until the City Council approves a new fee schedule. Council is asked to adopt the latest Regional Road Impact Fee schedule. ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 2 FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS The fees are collected on behalf of Larimer County and the program. Revenues from the fees will pass through City accounts and will not affect City revenue limits under Article X, Section 20. The City does retain a 2% administration fee. Adoption will result in an increase to development fee payers. - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 171, 2014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ADOPTING THE 2014 LARIMER COUNTY TRANSPORATION CAPITAL EXPANSION FEE SCHEDULE WHEREAS, the City and Larimer County (the “County”) have heretofore entered into an intergovernmental agreement whereby the City collects a transportation capital expansion fee on behalf of Larimer County at the time of issuance of building permits, which fee is to be utilized to general revenue for road improvements that are necessitated by such new development; and WHEREAS, the City and the County have established a procedure for the City Council to consider the Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee changes to reflect increases in construction costs, along with the City fee changes in December; and WHEREAS, the proposed change in the Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee for a single family detached home in the new fee schedule is an increase of $7.00; and WHEREAS, pursuant to City Code Section 7.5-82(c)(1), the new Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee schedule must be adopted by the City Council by ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that the 2014 Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Schedule be adopted. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the 2014 Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Schedule (also known as the Regional Road Fee Schedule) attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference is hereby adopted and approved. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of December, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of December, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk - 2 - Passed and adopted on final reading on the 16th day of December, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk 2014 Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Schedule Effective July 1, 2014 Land Use Type Unit of County Regional Total * Measure Per Unit Residential Single Family Detached 1 Dwelling $2,924 $ 284 $ 3,208 Cabin (30% of single family detached) 1 Dwelling $ 877 $ 86 $ 963 Accessory Living Area - Attached 1 Dwelling no fee no fee no fee Accessory Living Area - Detached 1 Dwelling $2,053 $ 198 $2,251 Extended Family (3 yr permit) 1 Dwelling $ 439 $ 43 $482 Farmstead Accessory Living 1 Dwelling $2,924 $ 284 $3,208 Hotel/Motel 1 Room $2,724 $ 264 $2,988 Mobile Home Park 1 Site $1,526 $ 149 $1,675 Multi-Family 1 Dwelling $2,053 $ 198 $2,251 * Transportation Capital Expansion Fee is calculated by multiplying unit by total $ per unit Retail/Commercial Auto Sales (& Specialty Retail) 1,000 sq ft $5,317 $ 513 $5,830 Auto Service/Repair/Tire Store 1,000 sq ft $3,255 $ 314 $3,569 Bank 1,000 sq ft $17,071 $1,648 $18,719 Building Materials/Hardware/Nursery 1,000 sq ft $7,420 $ 716 $8,136 Convenience Store 1,000 sq ft $43,560 $4,206 $47,766 Discount Store 1,000 sq ft $5,364 $ 519 $5,883 Furniture Store 1,000 sq ft $1,168 $ 112 $1,280 General Retail <100,000 sq ft 1,000 sq ft $10,633 $ 1,028 $11,661 General Retail 100,000-500,000 sq ft 1,000 sq ft $7,541 $ 728 $8,269 General Retail 500,001-1,000,000 sq ft 1,000 sq ft $6,229 $ 602 $6,831 General Retail > 1 million sq ft 1,000 sq ft $5,008 $ 482 $5,490 Movie Theater 1,000 sq ft $18,030 $1,740 $19,770 Restaurant, Fast Food 1,000 sq ft $25,461 $2,457 $27,918 Restaurant, Sit-Down 1,000 sq ft $8,773 $ 846 $9,619 * Transportation Capital Expansion Fee is calculated by multiplying unit by total $ per unit Office/Institutional Church/Synagogue 1,000 sq ft $2,639 $ 258 $2,897 Day Care Center 1,000 sq ft $5,507 $ 535 $6,042 Elementary/Secondary School 1,000 sq ft $2,099 $ 204 $2,303 Hospital 1,000 sq ft $5,091 $ 492 $5,583 Medical Office 1,000 sq ft $10,462 $ 1,015 $11,477 Nursing Home 1,000 sq ft $1,796 $ 176 $1,972 Office, General <100,000 sq ft 1,000 sq ft $4,739 $ 462 $5,201 Office, General >200,000 sq ft 1,000 sq ft $3,682 $ 361 $4,043 Office, General 100,000 - 200,000 sq ft 1,000 sq ft $4,043 $ 392 $4,435 Industrial General Light Industrial/Industrial Park 1,000 sq ft $2,475 $ 241 $2,716 Mini-Warehouse 1,000 sq ft $ 889 $ 87 $976 Warehouse 1,000 sq ft $1,763 $ 171 $1,934 Larimer County Engineering Dept. 200 West Oak Street, Suite 3000 Fort Collins, CO 80521 970-498-5700 www.larimer.org/engineering EXHIBIT A