HomeMy WebLinkAbout148 - 12/01/2015 - AMENDING CITY CODE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNTS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EXPANSION FEES CONTAINED IN CH ORDINANCE NO. 148, 2015
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO INCREASE THE
AMOUNTS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EXPANSION FEES
CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 7.5 OF THE CITY CODE SO AS TO REFLECT
INFLATION IN ASSOCIATED COSTS OF SERVICES
WHEREAS, the City is a home rule municipality having the full right of self-government
in local and municipal matters under the provisions of Article XX, Section 6 of the Colorado
Constitution; and
WHEREAS, among the City's home rule powers and authority is the power to regulate,
as a matter of purely local concern, the development of real property within the City and the
authority to fund and construct, as matters of purely location concern, public improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City's comprehensive plan shows that the rate of future growth and
development in Fort Collins will require a substantial expansion in community park, police, fire,
and general government facilities, and related capital equipment, if its level of service standards
for such facilities are to be maintained; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that new development should contribute its
proportionate share of providing such capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has broad legislative. discretion in determining the
appropriate funding mechanisms for financing the construction of public facilities in the City;
and
WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, the City Council has adopted Ordinance No. 051,
1996, establishing certain capital improvement expansion fees; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 7.5-18 provides for annual adjustment in all capital
improvement expansion fees for inflation, corresponding to the increases reflected in the Denver-
Boulder Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers, now known as the Denver-Boulder-
Greeley Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (the "CPI"); and
WHEREAS, in September 1968, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 038, 1968,
which established the original Neighborhood Parkland Fee to fund the acquisition and
development of parkland, which ordinance has since been amended on several occasions to
adjust the fee and to refine related procedures and requirements; and
WHEREAS, with the adoption in August 1993 of Ordinance No. 082, 1993, the City
Council directed the City Manager to annually review the Neighborhood Parkland Fee and
submit to the Council proposed inflation-related increases based on the CPI; and
WHEREAS, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' most recent CPI, staff anticipates
the Index will reflect an inflation increase of 1.0 percent since the last annual adjustment,
effective January 1, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City has historically used the Engineering News Record as a reference to
determine whether the Street Oversizing Capital Improvement Expansion Fee should be
increased to account for rising construction costs; and
WHEREAS, based on the Engineering News record, the cost of constructing street
improvements has not changed significantly since the last adjustment of the Street Oversizing
Capital Improvement Expansion Fee; and
WHEREAS, for the foregoing reasons, the City Council has determined that it is
necessary in the interests of the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, that the
Capital Improvement Expansion Fees, including the Neighborhood Parkland Fee, be increased to
reflect inflation as determined by the CPI.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes any and all. determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That effective January 1, 2016, the fee schedule in Section 7.5-28(a) of the
Code of the City of Fort Collins, establishing the Community Parkland Capital Improvement
Expansion Fee, is hereby amended to read as follows:
700 s . ft. and under $1,069.00
701 to 1,200 s . ft. 1,373.00
1,201 to 1,700 s . ft. 1,516.00
1,701 to 2,200 s . ft. 1,580.00
2,201 s . ft. and over 1,692.00
Section 3. That effective January 1, 2016, the fee schedule in Section 7.5-29(a) of the
Code of the City of Fort Collins, establishing the Police Capital Improvement Expansion Fee, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
700 s . ft. and under $ 137.00
701 to 1,200 s . ft. 173.00
1,201 to 1,700 s . ft. 192.00
1,701 to 2,200 s . ft. 200.00
2,201 s . ft. and over 214.00
Commercial buildings 165.00
(per 1,000 sq ft.)
Industrial buildings 40.00
(per 1,000 s . ft.)
Section 4. That effective January 1, 2016, the fee schedule in Section 7.5-30(a) of the
Code of the City of Fort Collins, establishing the Fire Protection Capital Improvement Expansion
Fee, is hereby amended to read as follows:
700 s . ft. and under $ 272.00
701 to 1,200 s . ft. 346.00
1,201 to 1,700 s . ft. 384.00
1,701 to 2,200 sq. ft. 399.00
2,201 s . ft. and over 427.00
Commercial buildings 329.00
(per 1,000 sq ft.)
Industrial buildings 78.00
(per 1,000 s . ft.)
Section 5. That effective January 1, 2016, the fee schedule in Section 7.5-31(a) of the
Code of the City of Fort Collins, establishing the General Government Capital Improvement
Expansion Fee, is hereby amended to read as follows:
700 s . ft. and under $ 321.00
701 to 1,200 s . ft. 410.00
1,201 to 1,700 s . ft. 452.00
1,701 to 2,200 s . ft. 473.00 '
2,201 s . ft. and over 507.00
Commercial buildings 780.00
(per 1,000 sq ft.)
Industrial buildings 183.00
(per 1,000 s . ft.)
Section 6. That effective January 1, 2016, the fee schedule in Section 7.5-71(b) of the
Code of the City of Fort Collins, establishing the Neighborhood Parkland Fee, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
700 s . ft. and under $1,262.00
701 to 1,200 s . ft. 1,619.00
1,201 to 1,700 s . ft. 1,788.00
1,701 to 2,200 s . ft. 1,863.00
2,201 s . ft. and over 1,996.00
Section 7. That except as expressly amended in this Ordinance, all other provisions
in City Code Sections 7.5-28(a), 7.5-29(a), 7.5-30(a), 7.5-31(a), and 7.5-3,1(b) shall remain
unchanged and in full force and effect.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
November, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of December, A.D.
2015.
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