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Home My WebLink About121 - 11/20/2012 - AMENDING THE CITY CODE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNTS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EXPANSION FEES CONTAINED I ORDINANCE NO, 121 , 2012 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 home rule powers of the City is the power to regulate, as a matter of purely local concern, the development of real property within the City; 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 adopted Ordinance No . 051 , 1996, establishing certain capital improvement expansion fees ; and WHEREAS , City Code Section 7 . 5 - 18 provides for annual fee increases in the capital improvement expansion fees corresponding to the increases in the Denver-Boulder-Greeley Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers ; and WHEREAS , in September 1968 , 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 Denver-Boulder-Greeley Consumer Price Index; and WHEREAS , the City Code calls for the annual adjustment of all Capital Improvement Expansion Fees, including the Neighborhood Parkland Fee, for inflation; and WHEREAS , based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent Denver-Boulder-Greeley Consumer Price index for all urban consumers, staff anticipates that the Index will reflect an inflation increase of 1 . 8 percent since the last annual adjustment of the fees in 2012, effective January 1 , 2013 . 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 increased 1 . 6 percent 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 and the Street Oversizing Fee, be increased as set forth below. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AS FOLLOWS : Section 1 . That 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 sq. ft. and under $ 1 ,041 . 00 701 to 1 ,200 sq. ft. 15477 , 00 1 ,201 to 1 ,700 sq. ft. 1 ,735 . 00 1 ,701 to 2,200 sq. ft. 1 ,996 . 00 2,201 sq. ft. and over 2 ,428 . 00 Section 2 . That 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 sq. ft. and under $ 75 . 00 701 to 1 ,200 sq. ft. 109 . 00 1 ,201 to 1 ,700 sq. ft. 129 . 00 1 ,701 to 2,200 sq. ft. 148 . 00 2,201 sq. ft. and over 180. 00 Commercial buildings (per 1 ,000 sq ft.) 160 . 00 Industrial buildings (per 1 ,000 sq. ft. ) 44 . 00 -2 - Section 3 . That 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 sq. ft. and under $ 112 . 00 701 to 1 ,200 sq. ft. 160 . 00 1 ,201 to 1 ,700 sq. ft. 186 . 00 1 ,701 to 2,200 sq. ft. 215 . 00 2 ,201 sq. ft. and over 262 . 00 Commercial buildings (per 1 ,000 sq ft) 229 . 00 Industrial buildings (per 1 ,000 sq. ft. ) 63 . 00 Section 4 . That 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 sq. ft. and under $ 142 . 00 701 to 1 ,200 sq. ft. 201 . 00 1 ,201 to 1 ,700 sq. ft. 235 . 00 1 ,701 to 2,200 sq. ft. 272 . 00 2,201 sq. ft. and over 330. 00 Commercial buildings (per 1 ,000 sq. ft. ) 257 . 00 Industrial buildings (per 1 ,000 sq. ft. ) 71 . 00 Section 5 . That Section 7 . 5 -71 (b) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, regarding the Neighborhood Parkland Fee is hereby amended to read as follows : Sec. 7.51 -71 . Collection of neighborhood parkland fee. (b) The amount of the fee established in this Section shall be determined for each dwelling unit as follows : 700 sq. ft. and under $ 937 . 00 701 to 1 ,200 sq. ft. 1 ,325 . 00 1 ,201 to 1 ,700 sq. ft. 1 , 559 . 00 1 ,701 to 2,200 sq. ft. 11791 , 00 2 ,201 sq. ft. and over 29181 , 00 -3 - Section 6 . That Section 7 . 5 -32 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, regarding the Street Oversizing Capital Improvement Fee is hereby amended to read as follows : STREET OVERSIZING CAPITAL EXPANSION FEE SCHEDULE Average Weekday Transportation Vehicle Trips Impact Fee Rate Residential (per housing unit) SF Detached 9. 57 3 , 112 per D.U. MF and Other Housing 6. 59 21143 per D.U. Hotel/Motel 9 . 02 2,931 per room Apartment 6.65 2, 162 per D.U. Retirement Community 2. 81 914 per D.U. Assisted Living 4. 52 1 ,470 per D.U. Congregate Care Facility 2.02 657 per D.U. Residential Condominium 5 . 81 1 ,889 per D.U. Duplex 7. 18 25335 per D.U. Townhome 5 . 86 15905 per D.U. Mobile Home 4.99 15623 per D.U. Non Residential (per 1 ,000 sq. ft.) Community/Shopping Center 1000K GLA 32 .09 6 . 08 /sq. ft. 500K GLA 38 .65 7 .32 /sq. ft. 200K GLA 54. 50 10 . 32 /sq. ft. 50K GLA 91 .65 11 .93 /sq. ft. Movie theater 78 .06 14.78 /sq. ft. Fitness/racquet club 14 .03 2. 86 /sq. ft. Day care 79 .26 6 . 30 /sq. ft. Government office 68 .93 14.04 /sq. ft. Building materials/lumber 45 . 16 8 . 55 /sq. ft. Specialty retail 44 . 32 8 . 39 /sq. ft. Discount superstore 53 . 15 10.06 /sq. ft. Nursery (garden center) 36 .08 7. 35 /sq. ft. Sit-down restaurant 127 . 15 16 . 55 /sq. ft. Fast food with drive-up 496 . 12 39 .46 /sq. ft. Car sales 33 .34 6 . 79 /sq. ft. Service station 168 . 56/pump 13 ,407. 17/pump Wholesale tire store 20. 36 4. 15 /sq. ft. Self-service car wash 5 . 79/stall 460. 53 /stall Supermarket 102 .24 13 .31 /sq. ft. Convenience market with gas 542 . 60 43 . 16/sq. ft. Pharmacy/drugstore 88 . 16 7 .01 /sq. ft. Furniture store 5 .06 1 .61 /sq. ft. -4- i Supermarket 102.24 13.31/sq. ft. Convenience market with gas 542.60 43.16/sq. ft. Pharmacy/drugstore 88.16 7.01/sq. ft. Furniture store 5.06 1.61/sq. ft. Bank 80.87 5.98/sq. ft. Drive-in bank 148.15 11.78/sq. ft. Insurance building 11.45 2.33/sq. ft. Manufacturing 3.82 1.22/sq. ft. Warehousing 3.56 1.13/sq. ft. Light industrial 6.97 2.22/sq. ft. Mini-warehouse 2.50 0.80/sq. ft. Business park 12.76 4.06/sq. ft. General Office 200K GLA 11.54 3.67/sq. ft. 50K GLA 16.31 5.19/sq. ft. 1 OK GLA 24.39 7.76/sq. ft. Recreational 3.64/ac 1,158.09/acre City park 3.66/ac 1,1 64.46/acre Golf course 5.04/ac 1,603.52/acre Elementary school 1.29/student 410.42/student Private school (K-8) 2.48/student 789.03/student Church/synagogue 9.11 2.90/sq. ft. Library 56.24 4.47/sq. ft. Hospital 16.50 5.25/sq. ft. Nursing home 2.37/bed 754.03/bed Medical clinic 31.45 10.01/sq. ft. *Notes: I. Rate calculation for each item based on the product of Number of Weekday Trips, Trip Adjustment Factor, and Cost Per Unit of Trip. 2. Italicized building types indicate that high pass-by trip adjustment factor is used when calculating SOS rate. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of November, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of November. A.D. 2012. OC9�0'L��;9 ATTEST: I City Clerk -5- Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of November, A.D. 2012. i G\TY OFr� Mayor P 7"' ATTEST: City Clerk C2 PO