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AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET
Meeting Date: January 18, 2005
Item # , q
Contact Name:
Contact Number:
Chief Richard Firstner
407 -905-3100/2000
Reviewed By:
Department Director: ~irstner
City Manager: _
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Subject: Fire Impact Fees
Background Summary:
Ordinance No. 2000-21, which raised the fire impact fees, does not adequately cover the
anticipated capital needs required by growth.
Issue:
The current Fire Department impact fee structure will not support future growth that is anticipated in
the City.
Recommendations
The Mayor and City Commission adopt an ordinance to increase the Fire Impact Fees as defined in
the attached Fire Impact Fee Ordinance Amendment.
Attachments:
Fire Impact Fee Comparison
Section Six: Fire/EMS Services
Impact Fee Adjustment Summary
Fire Department Impact Fee Revision slide presentation
Fire Impact Fees Ordinance
Financial Impact:
The current Fire impact fee structure is insufficient to support new service delivery requirements
created by new growth within the City. Without the increase in impact fees, others sources of
revenue will be required to purchase a Fire Station and firefighting equipment to serve the
northwest and northeast districts of the city, as well as any increase in service required due to new
growth.
Type of Item:
[8] Public Hearing
[8] Ordinance First Reading
o Ordinance First Reading
o Resolution
o Commission Approval
o Discussion & Direction
For Clerk's Deot Use:
o Consent Agenda
o Public Hearing
o Regular Agenda
D Original Document/Contract Attached for Execution by City Clerk
o Original Document/Contract Held by Department for Execution
Reviewed by City Attorney
Reviewed by Finance Dept.
Reviewed by ( )
D N/A
D N/A
D N/A
Commissioners
Danny Howell. District 1
Scott Anderson, District 2
Rusty Johnson. District 3
Nancy J. Parker, District 4
Mayor
S. Scott Vandergrift
City Manager
Robert Frank
STAFF REPORT
TO:
The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM:
Richard Firstner, Fire Chief
DATE:
January 11,2005
RE:
Fire Impact Fees
ISSUE
The current Fire Department impact fee structure will not support future growth that is anticipated in
the City. Ordinance No. 2000-21, which raised the fire impact fees, did not adequately cover the
anticipated service delivery requirements.
BACKGROUNDIDISCUSSION
The required increase in impact fees are based on the assumption that the Joint Planning Area will
increase in population from 39,000 to 78,000 by the year 2020. This represents an increase in
residential dwelling units by 12,288, and non-residential square footage by 10,982,880. The fee
calculation was based on a fire service delivery rate of 60% to residential properties and 40% to non-
residential properties. The total capital and existing debt service is estimated at $13,762,500.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Commissioners adopt an ordinance to
increase the Fire Department impact fees from:
Residential: $0.182 per square foot
Non-residential: $0.284 per square foot
to
Residential: $672.00 Flat Fee per structure
Non-residential: $0.50 per square foot
SECTION SIX: FIRE/EMS SERVICES
6.1 Operational Background
The Ocoee Fire Department operates from three stations, Station One located on
Bluford AYe. in the center of the City, Station Three located on Maguire Rd.
coyering the area south of State Road 50, and Station Four located on Clarke Rd.
coyering the northeast area. Station One is a four bay station housing fiye (5)
personnel that man a pumper and rescue vehicle. The station also houses three (3)
Chief officers and three (3) clerical staff, for a total of 11 personnel per day. Station
One which was constructed circa 1974 is approximately 24 years old, and is
approximately a 8,100 square foot facility that houses a pumper, rescue yehicle,
rescue boat, disaster trailer, equipment, communications, liying quarters and
administrative offices.
Station Three and Station Four are identical facilities constructed in 1997 and
occupied in January of 1998. Both stations are 6,100 square foot facilities with three
bays, a police substation, living quarters and storage areas. Both stations house
four (4) personnel with the ability to accommodate two additional personnel at a
later date. Station Three houses a first run pumper, and a reserye pumper. Station
Four houses a aerial/pumper and a woods truck.
Fire Station One is currently being utilized to its capacity accommodating the
maximum number of personnel and vehicles for which it was designed. Two (2) Fire
Inspectors are currently being housed in the City Hall building located adjacent to
Fire Station One due to lack of space in Fire Department facilities. A office trailer is
currently being leased to ease the overcrowding of Fire Station One and
accommodate administrative personnel until Fire Station One can be relocated.
The Fire Department normally operates on three shifts with 13 personnel on duty
24 hours and off duty 48 hours. The Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, Support Chief,
two Fire Inspectors, two full time and one part time clerical personnel normally
work 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each weekday. The current total headcount in the Fire
Department is 47.
On a typical call for seryice, one pumper and rescue yehicle with a full complement
of six firefighters are deployed. On structure fires, accidents with entrapment and
commercial fire alarms, two pumpers and a rescue yehicle with a complement of 10
firefighters and a chief officer are normally dispatched. The Ocoee Fire Department
maintains mutual aid agreements with all surrounding fire departments in the
Central Florida area, and a two year joint response agreement with Orange County
for unincorporated areas adjacent to the City limits.
All fire department personnel are certified as Emergency Medical Technicians
(EMT) and are trained in Basic Life Support (BLS). The department has a dual
response with Health Central Ambulance seryice who proyide Advanced Life
Support (ALS) and emergency transportation to medical facilities.
The Department is also actiye in fire preyention activities and regularly inspect
commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-family buildings to ensure that Fire
Codes and safety conditions are adequately maintained. Public education is
proyided by both firefighters and inspectors to local schools and civic organizations
to promote fire safety awareness through fire station tours, school programs, adult
education classes and presentations.
6.2 Service Activity
Fire Department activity leye1s haye been steadily increasing over the last seyera1
years as a result of additional deyelopment and population. As shown in Table I,
the total annual Calls For Seryice (CFS) for fire and Emergency Medical Seryices
(EMS) combined haye increased dramatically at a rate equal to the oyerall
population growth. Much of this increased actiyity is due to additional requests for
emergency medical seryices, primarily to residential areas. Department activity
currently is averaging 240 CFS per month.
Table
CALL SUMMARY
IMPACT FEE STUDY
1997
Ocoee 1972
Orange County 731
Winter Garden 99
Windermere 83
Total 2885
1996
1995
2165
1829
384
369
98
76
84
106
2731
2380
In order to ascertain the relatiye incidence of seryice activity provided to residential
ys. Non-residential users, historical CFS must be examined to determine the
general location and type of call receiyed. The Fire Department maintains this data
on an annual basis as additionally summarized in Table II. These amounts include
institutional and goyernmental CFS, although their incidence is not belieyed to
significantly affect re1atiye percentages. All calls for roadway and miscellaneous
assistance have been split in what is historically belieyed to represent their re1atiye
incidence by location.
Table II
Residential I Commercial Distribution
Residential
1943 (67.35%)
2003 (73.34%)
1816 (76.30%)
Commercial
942 (32.65%)
728 (26.66%)
564 (23.70%)
Using the last three years data as most representatiye of anticipated trends, an
ayerage split of 72.33% residential ys. 27.67% non-residential is belieyed to fairly
allocate total CFS for the projection purposes of this study.
6.3 Personnel Levels
The Ocoee Fire Department is presently authorized to proyide a total of 39
firefighters, 7 full time and 1 part time administratiye positions. Table III
identifies the historical personnel allocation of the Fire Department which has been
authorized on an annual fiscal year basis from 1995 through 1998.
Table III
Historical Personnel Levels
Year Firefie-hters Inspectors Administration Clerical
1995 30 2 1 1
1996 39 2 2 2
1997 39 2 3 2.5
1998 39 2 3 2.5
As shown, the Fire Department has recently added positions to keep up with
additional community growth experienced during the 1995 - 1998 period. The
addition of nine firefighters has enabled the Department to open an additional
station and meet recommended ISO guidelines.
Unlike the Police Department, which can improye seryice 1eye1s with incremental
increases in personnel, the Fire Department must add personnel in groups of three
to staff each shift equally. Additionally, the effectiyeness of this additional
personnel is largely related to the ayai1ability of large pieces of firefighting
apparatus. Unless firefighters are deployed in appropriate teams to man the
equipment properly, personal safety issues can become a problem, taking into
consideration OSHA standards.
Solely on the basis of the population projected to the horizon year, the City would
need to add at least 12 firefighters during the study period to maintain current
staffing ratios. Thus, at the appropriate time when the fourth fire station is added,
it would be required for Ocoee Fire Department to be expanded so that eyery shift
was staffed with 19 firefighters. Such a staffing approach would permit a much
greater utilization of existing firefighting and EMS equipment and maintain service
levels at historical rates within the community.
6.4 Service Standards
In addition to proyiding adequate personnel to handle various seryice requests, the
Fire Department must be within 1.5 miles of it's seryice area to respond to these
calls within a specified time period to maintain ISO property insurance ratings in
the community. As a practical matter, this response time standard (5 minutes) is
also based upon recognized industry standards not only haying to do with property
protection, but also medical standards. In each case, it is necessary to reach
property and persons within this time frame to maximize the effectiyeness of fire
suppression actiyities and/or emergency medical care.
Based upon recent experience, the Fire Department can maintain the 5 - minute
response standard within current City limits, with the possible exception of the
northwest sector of the community. This area of the City is anticipated to absorb the
majority of low-density residential and industrial growth during the ten-year study
period. Accordingly, a fourth fire station will need to be proyided in this area to
maintain seryice standards for new deyelopment.
Other seryice standards in addition to personnel, equipment, and response times
are commonly used to determine the adequacy of fire/EMS seryices. One typical
determinant is the ability of the Fire Department to suppress yarious types and
potential intensities of fires based upon building risk factors. A single family
residential fire, for example, would be easier to contain than a large scale shopping
center fire. Different risk 1eye1s are assigned to a range of building classifications
based upon use, bulk, height, and building standards. These, in turn, are related to
the ability of the community to deploy appropriate personnel, equipment, and water
capacity to the fire location.
6.5 Facilities and Equipment Inventory
The existing capital inyestment made by the City of Ocoee to support its Fire
Department includes land, buildings, furnishings, yehicles, and equipment. As with
any asset, the indiyidua1 items which make up the total capital goods of the Fire
Department have yarying usefu11iyes and ya1ues. Since impact fee rates must be
based upon the current costs of goods which need to be added to the capital facilities
and equipment of the community, it is necessary to estimate the replacement costs
of existing capital items to proyide a common basis for comparison. Table IV
reflects the current inyentory of the Ocoee Fire Department.
Table IV
INVENTORY FOR IMPACT FEE STUDY
Item
(Buildings and Property)
Fire Station One
Fire Station Three
Fire Station Four
Maguire Rd. property
(Furniture and Equipment)
Station One Furniture
Station Three Furniture
Station Four Furniture
(Apparatus and Vehicles)
Engine One
Engine Two
Engine Three
Engine Four
Rescue One
Squad One
Rescue Boat
Fire Chief Vehicle
Asst. Chief Vehicle
Support Chief Vehicle
Inspector One Vehicle
Inspector Two Vehicle
Disaster Trailer
(Tools and Equipment)
Engine One
Engine Two
Engine Three
Engine Four
Rescue One
Squad One
Cost
350,000.00
1,050,000.00
940,000.00
315,000.00
27,368.03
36,789.68
36,678.13
250,000.00
116,000.00
250.000.00
340,000.00
84,000.00
96,000.00
18,000.00
14,000.00
28,000.00
14,000.00
12,000.00
9,000.00
8,256.00
29,540.86
2,990.00
24,593.20
31,790.12
19,931.00
23,523.00
(Radios)
Mobile
Portable
Headsets
Chargers
Batteries
23,650.00
70,308.00
4,731.00
2,508.00
1,143.90
(Other)
Disaster Trailer Equipment
Air Compressor
Uniforms
Computers
Hose
Bunker Gear
21,563.45
23,740.00
28,995.90
52,600.00
47,245.00
80,376.55
TOTAL:
4,484,321.55
6.6 Future Needs
Unlike the Police Department, which can largely proyide increased equipment on an
incremental basis, the Fire Department must project its needs based upon a specific
list of capital facilities and equipment which will enable it to maintain adequate
seryice leye1s. In order to ascertain the anticipated capital expenditures which will
be required, an analysis of future needs is appropriate.
These needs are based upon the growth trends outlined in the City's Comprehensiye
Plan as preyiously summarized in this study. The actual spatial location of
deyelopment and rate of growth, howeyer, will largely dictate the need to deploy
personnel and equipment in a manner which maintains Leye1 of Service standards.
The City will need to monitor the timing of needed capital facilities based upon
actual growth patterns experienced.
There is a need to relocate Fire Station One to a central location in the City. The
facility will require approximately 10,000 to 12,000 square feet to accommodate
response crews and administratiye personnel. Anticipated growth along the SR 50
corridor will require increased staffing at Fire Station One to maintain seryice
standards for this new deyelopment. Specialized equipment and apparatus located
at Fire Station One, such as the Heavy Rescue Unit, the Marine Rescue Boat,
Disaster Trailer, and Reserve Engine will benefit all districts within the City,
serying as a "hub" to provide back-up for all other Fire Stations within the City.
Table V details the projected time line of relocating Fire Station One, as it appears
in the Fiye Year Capital Improyement Program.
Table V
Fire Station One Relocation
Item
Year
Est. Cost
Land acquisition
Design
Construction
Furnishing
FY 98-99
FY 98-99
FY 99-00
FY 00-01
200,000
160,000
1,600,000
90,000
As preyiously identified, there is an absolute need to provide a fourth station in the
northwest sector of Ocoee to maintain adequate ISO response distances within this
area. Based upon the projected deye10pment which is anticipated to occur within the
next ten years, practically all of the existing acreage in this area, within the current
City limits, is expected to be subdiyided for low density residential growth.
Additionally, a limited amount of commercial and industrial growth is anticipated
to occur along the Western Beltway corridor.
The station itself will initially be designed to accommodate a minimum complement
of new yehicles, staff, and equipment. This would include one pumper, one rescue
transport yehicle, and living quarters for four (4) firefighters on each shift (12 total)
including associated furnishings and equipment. Related site improyements such as
parking, driyeways, water, sewer, drainage, and landscaping would also need to be
provided at the time of construction. In addition to the fire station a training facility
is planned for the Fire Station Two site. This will be comprised of a training tower,
smoke building, burn building, apparatus yard and classrooms. The training facility
is required for maintaining ISO ratings, and to proyide the Fire Department the
ability to train within the City limits. Table VI details the projected time line for
Fire Station Two facilities.
Table VI
Fire Station Two Facilities
Item
Year
Est. Cost
Land Acquisition
Construction
Furnishing
Pumper
Training Facility
FY 99-00
FY 01-02
FY 01-02
FY 01-02
FY 02-03
350,000
900,000
50,000
428,000
200,000
Timing of the acquisition of land and subsequent building construction/equipment
purchases are dependent upon growth rates and reyenues ayailab1e. It is in the best
interests of the community to acquire an appropriate site as quickly as possible to
minimize costs. Construction of the station should be timed within the middle of the
planning period if at a1 possible rather than at the end of the study period to ensure
that adequate fire seryices are maintained during the deye10pment cycle. Since all
projected impact fee funds might not be collected by the time of actual construction,
it may be necessary for the City to loan moneys to the trust fund temporarily until
reyenues match actual costs.
Eyen though Fire Station Two more spatially benefits the northwest sector of the
community, the addition of personnel and equipment to the oyerall Fire Department
benefits the community as a whole due to operational considerations. Personnel and
equipment from any of the four stations may be moyed up to coyer another area
within the City when it's regularly assigned crew is committed on another
emergency. For this reason, impact fees generated within any area of the City will
ultimately benefit from proportionate increases in fire and emergency protection
serVIces.
In summary, the anticipated future ten-year capital facility and equipment needs of
the Ocoee Fire Department required by new growth will largely be accommodated
by the construction and equipping of a new fire station in the northwest sector of
the community. Relocation of the main fire station to accommodate an increase in
personnel will also be necessary. The addition of these improyements, equipment,
and personnel will ensure that existing 1eye1 of service standards will be maintained
as new deyelopment occurs throughout the community.
CITY OF OCOEE
FIRE IMPACT FEE COMPARISON
Local Government Fire Remarks:
Development Type Fee/SQ. Ft.
Ocoee.Existing Residential $0.182/sQ. ft.
Non-Residential $0.284/sQ. ft.
Development Type Fee/Sq. Ft.
Ocoee.Proposed Residential $672/unit
Non-Residential $0.50/sq. ft.
Residential Not Sprinkler Unital
Type Sprinkler Protected Measure
Protected
Single Family $172 $129 Dwelling
unit Idu)
Apartment $172 $129 du
Altamonte Springs Condominium $172 $129 du
Mobile Home $172 $129 du
Hotel $313 $234.75 1000 gross
sq. ft.
Motel $313 $234.75 1000 gross
sa ft.
Non-Residential: See Attachment B
Apopka None
Casselberry None
Kissimmee None
Development Type Fee
Lake Mary Residential $175/unit
Commercial/Non- $0.129/sq. ft.
Residential
Fire impact lee also includes EMS
Land Use Fee Cost
Residential $175.79
Mt. Dora Non-Residential Per 1000 sq. ft.
Commercial $106.71
Institutional $1818.42
Industrial $1553.52
Orlando None
Type of Fee/Unit of Measure
Construction
Oviedo Residential $205/du
$0.25/sq ft-gross
floor area
Winter Type Rate
Springs Residential $174.41/unit
Commercial $0.326/so. ft.
Structure Fee/Unit of Fire includes Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Winter Garden Measure
Residential $340/Unit
Non-Residential $0.61/sQ. ft.
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CITY OF OCOEE
FIRE IMPACT FEE COMPARISON
Local Government Fire Remarks:
Fire also includes Rescue Services
Land Use Fee/Unit of Measure
Single Family $148.69/Unit
Detached
Multi-Family $127.17/Unit
Mobile Home $148.69/Unit
Hotel/Motel 172.13/Room ($6041
bide. Max)
Orange County Offices/Institutional $229.87/1,000 sq. ft.
($6041 blda. Max)
Industrial $43.30/1,000 sq. ft.
($6041 blda. Max)
Storage $22.38/1,000 sq. ft.
($6041 bide. Max)
Retail 178.02/1,000 sq. ft.
($6041 bide. Max)
Osceola County None
Fire impact fee includes Rescue
Land Use Imoact Fee Rate
Residential
Sinale Family $ 172/du
Aoartment $ 172/du
Seminole County Condominium $172/du
Mobile Home $172/du
Hotel/Motel $313/1000 gross
sq. ft.
Commercial (non-residential)
For Fire/Rescue Impact Fee Table, see Attachment H
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Ocoee Fire Department
Impact Fee Adjustment
Summary
Existing]P A Population:
39,000
Z020]P A Population Estimate:
78,000
New Residential Dwelling Units:
u,z88
New Non~Residential Square Footage:
10,982,880
Service Call Ratio:
60% Residential
40% N on~ Residential
New Facilities Required:
$3,320,000
New Vehicles Required:
$842,500
Existing Debt Service:
$9,600,000
Total Capital and Debt Service:
$13,76Z,s00
Current Residential Impact Fee:
$0.182 per square foot
Current Non~Residential Impact Fee:
$0.284 per square foot
Proposed Residential Impact Fee:
$672.00 flat rate
Proposed Non~Residentia1 Impact Fee:
$0.50 per square foot
City ofOcoee
Fire Department
Impact Fee Revision
January 18, 2005
2005 Impact Fee Assumptions
· Existing JP A Population 39,000
· 2020 JP A Estimate 78,000
· New Dwelling Units 12,288
· New Non-Residential SF 10,982,880
· Residential vs.Non-ResidentiaI60% - 40%
calls for service ratio
Impact Fee Calculation
· The adjustment to the Impact Fees are based
on the following requirements:
- New Facilities
- New Vehicles
- Existing Debt Service
New Growth Factor
· Additional facilities and vehicles that will
be enjoyed by both existing residents and
new growth will be discounted by 50%,
based on the JP A population growth that
will double.
· Discounted facilities and vehicles are
indicated by an asterisk (*)
Additional Facilities Required by New
Growth
· Fire Station (Northwest District)
- Land Development: $1,000,000
- Construction: $1,200,000
- Training Facility: * $500,000*
- Furniture: $150,000
- Design: $120,000
- Pumper: $275,000
- Rescue Truck: $75,000
- Total: $3,320,000
Additional Equipment Required by New
Growth
· Vehicles (All Districts)
- 1 Pumper*
- 2 Rescue Trucks *
- 4 Ambulances *
- 1 Tower Truck*
- Total:
$137,500*
$75,000*
$230,000*
$400,000*
$842,500
2005 Fire Department Impact Fee adjustment
is based on the following estimates
· Vehicles
· New Fire Station
· Existing Debt Service
$842,500
$3,320,000
$9,600,000
· Total Capital and Debt Service
$13,762,500
2005 Impact Fees
· Residential Dwelling Unit Calculations
· $13,762,500 X .60 == $8,257,500
· Divided by 12,288 DU
· Flat Fee == $672.00 (based on 2,000 sf average)
· Non-Residential Square Foot Calculations
· $13,762,500 X .40 == $5,505,000
· Divided by 10,982,880 additional square feet ==
$0.50
Current Impact Fees
Vs.
Proposed Impact Fees
· Current
· Proposed
· Residential: $0.182 sf
· Residential: $672.00
flat fee
· Non-Residential:
$0.50 sf
· Non-Residential:
$0.284 sf
Fee Comparison
Residential
· Ocoee
· Winter Garden
· St. Cloud
· Lake Co.
· Oviedo
· Lake Mary
· Winter Springs
· Eustis
· Kissimmee
$672.00
$340.00
$283.00
$246.00
$236.00
$175.00
$174.41
$146.72
None
Fee Comparison
Non-Residential
. Eustis .204 to 1.634 per square foot
. Oviedo .272 to 1.576 per square foot
. Lake Co. .822 per square foot
. Winter Garden .61 per square foot
. St. Cloud .53 per square foot
. Ocoee .50 per square foot
. Winter Springs .276 to .326 per square foot
. Lake Mary .129 per square foot
. Kissimmee None
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
RELATING TO FIRE IMPACT FEES; AMENDING
SECTION 87-28.C OF ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 87 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OCOEE
RELATING TO INTENT, PURPOSE AND BASIS;
AMENDING SECTION 87-30 OF ARTICLE III OF
CHAPTER 87 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF OCOEE RELATING TO FEE SCHEDULE;
CHANGING THE CALCULATION OF THE FIRE IMPACT
FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS FROM ONE
BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE TO A FLAT RATE PER
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT; INCREASING THE
FIRE IMPACT FEE PER SQUARE FOOT FOR
NONRESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority to adopt this
Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 166,
Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Ocoee desires to change the calculation
of the fire impact fee for residential dwelling units from one based on square footage to a flat rate
per residential dwelling unit and increase the fire impact fee per square foot for nonresidential
structures, provided, however, that the existing fees shall apply to any new buildings for which a
building permit application has been submitted to the City on or prior to the effective date of this
Ordinance and for which a building permit is issued within ninety (90) days from the date of
adoption of this Ordinance; and
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WHEREAS, the City has conducted an updated study regarding impact fees and
according to this study has made a determination as to the necessary uniform fire impact fees for
new residential dwelling units and new nonresidential structures within the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Authoritv. The City Commission of Ocoee has the authority to adopt this
Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 166,
Florida Statutes.
SECTION 2. Amendment to Section 87-28.C Section 87-28.C of Article III of Chapter
87 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows
(with deletions stricken and additions underlined):
C. This article is based upon a study by the Ocoee Fire Department
and Planning Department . as undated in connection with the adontion of
this ordinance. of the anticipated growth in the City of Ocoee and a
projection of the equipment and facilities necessary to serve the
anticipated growth.
SECTION 3. Amendment to Section 87-30 Section 87-30 of Article III of Chapter 87
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows
(with deletions stricken and additions underlined):
~ 87-30. Fee schedule.
A. The following fire impact fees are hereby assessed by the city and shall be
collected by the city prior to issuance of a building permit or any other
development permit for the construction of any structure to be used fef as a
residential or nonresidential dwelling or nonresidential structure:
(1)
Residential: $0.182 $672.00 per Dwellimz: Unit square foot.
(2)
Nonresidential: $0.281 $0.50 per square foot.
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B. The fees imposed for residential and nonresidential construction are a
result of the city's fee calculation study which was designed to ensure that the
impact fees imposed are rationally related to the benefit received by the applicant.
C. In the event that an applicant believes the impact of the construction will
be less than that set forth above, the applicant may, at his option, submit evidence
to the City Commission in support of an alternative assessment. Based upon
convincing and competent evidence, the City Commission may adjust the impact
fee as appropriate for the particular property.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto.
SECTION 5. Codification. It is the intention of the City Commission ofthe City that the
provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the
City; and that sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the word
"ordinance" may be changed to "chapter," "section," "article," or such other appropriate word or
phrase in order to accomplish such intentions; and regardless of whether such inclusion in the
Code is accomplished, sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the
correction of typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the City
Manager, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or recodified copy of same with the
City Clerk.
SECTION 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
passage and adoption, provided, however, that the existing fees shall apply to any new buildings
for which a building permit application has been submitted to the City on or prior to the effective
date of this Ordinance and for which a building permit is issued within ninety (90) days from the
date of adoption of this Ordinance.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this _ day of
ATTEST:
Beth Eikenberry, City Clerk
(SEAL)
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA;
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGALITY this _ day of ,2005.
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
By:
City Attorney
006.330576.3
,2005.
APPROVED:
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor
ADVERTISED , 2005 AND
, 2005
READ FIRST TIME , 2005
READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
,2005
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO.
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