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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: The Code of the City of Sanford, Florida,
is hereby amended by adding Chapter 28 Article VI "Impact Fees",
as follows:
"Chapter 28 Article VI - Impact Fees.
Section 28-137: SHORT TITLE, AUTHORITY, AND
APPLICABILITY.
A. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as
Sanford Impact Fee Ordinance.
B. The City Commission has authority to adopt this
Chapter pursuant to Article VIII of the 1968 Florida
Constitution, and Chapters 163 and 166 of the Florida Statutes,
and the Charter of the City of Sanford, Florida.
C. Planning for new capital improvements needed to
serve new growth and development that generate the need for
additional improvements and the implementation of these plans
through the comprehensive planning process, is a responsibility
of theCity under Section 163.3161 et seq., Florida Statutes, and
is in the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of the
citizens of the City.
Section 28-138: INTENT AND PURPOSE
A. The City Commmission has determined and recognized
through adoption of this and prior impact fee ordinances, that
new growth and development which the City will experience will
necessitate extensive improvements, capital facilities and
infrastructure, including water and sewer systems and plants. In
order to finance the necessary new capital improvements, several
combined methods of financing shall be employed, one of which
will impose a regulatory impact fee on new growth and development
which does not exceed the reasonably anticipated costs of the
capital expenditures required to serve future growth and new
development by providing for needed plant capacity and
infrastructure additions.
B. Implementing a regulatory scheme that requires new
development to pay an Impact Fee that does not exceed the
reasonably anticipated capital costs incurred to serve new growth
and development is the responsibility of the City in order to
carry out the policy and intent of its Comprehensive Plan, as
amended and adopted under Section 163.3161 et seq., Florida
Statutes, and is in the best interest of the health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of the City.
C. The purpose of this Chapter is to enable the City
of Sanford to allow growth and development to proceed in the City
in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan, and to regulate growth
and developoment so as to require growth and development to share
in the burdens of growth by paying for the reasonably anticipated
capital costs attributable to growth and new development.
D. It is not the purpose of this Chapter to collect
fees from growth and development in excess of the cost of the
reasonably anticipated capital requirements needed to serve the
new growth and development. The City Commission hereby finds
that this Chapter has approached the problem of determining
impact fees in a conservative and reasonable manner. This
Chapter will result in only partial recoupment of the capital
expenditures attributable to future growth and new development.
Impact fees will not be utilized to correct any existing
deficiencies in any fashion whatsoever.
E. Absent an Impact Agreement pursuant to Section 9(B)
of this Chapter it shall be the policy of the City of Sanford to
collect the impact fees assessed by this Chapter in lieu of any
off-site improvements.
F. The Technical Data, Findings and Conclusions herein
are based on the Cityof Sanford Comprehensive Plan and the
Water/Sewer Impact Fee Study of 1986.
Section 28-139: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
For the purposes of administration and enforcement of
this Chapter, unless otherwise stated in this Chapter, the
following rules of construction shall apply:
A. In case of any difference of meaning or implication
between the text of this Chapter and any caption, illustration,
summary table or illustrative table, the text shall control.
B. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not
discretionary; and the word "may" is permissive.
C. Words used in the present tense shall include the
future and words used in the singular number shall include the
plural and the plural the singular, unless the context clearly
indicates the contrary.
D. The word "person" includes an individual, a
corporation, a partnership, an incorporated association, or any
other similar entity.
E. Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary,
where a regulation involves two (2) or more items, conditions,
provisions, or events connected by the conjunction "and", "or" or
"either...or", the conjunction shall be interpreted as follows:
(1) "And" indicates that all the connected terms,
conditions, provisions or events shall apply.
(2) "Or" indicates that the connected items,
conditions, provisions or events may apply singly or in any
combination.
(3) "Either...or" indicates that the connected items,
conditions, provisions or events shall apply singly but not in
combination.
F. The word "include(s)" shall not limit a term to the
specific example, but is intended to extend its meaning to all
other instances or circumstances of like kind or ~haracter.
Section 28-140: DEFINITIONS
The following terms in this Ordinance shall have the
meanings specified herein.
A. Adopted Definitions: There is hereby adopted by
reference those definitions contained within the Water/Sewer
Impact Fee Study, 1986, by Conklin, Porter & Holmes Engineers,
Inc. to the extent same are not inconsistent with this Chapter or
the definitions provided herein.
B. Applicant: The person who applies for a building
permit.
C. Building Permit: An official document or
certificate issued by the City authorizing the commencement of
construction of any structure.
D. Capital Improvement: Includes the planning of,
engineering for, acquisition of land or equipment, and the
construction of improvements for water and sewer plants and
infrastructure.
E. Encumbered: Committed in capital improvements for
a specified improvement on a specified time schedule not in
excess of five (5) years, or committed by contract or interlocal
governmental agreement for improvement construction or
acquisition such that the City is obligated to expend the
committed or encumbered funds.
F. Impact Fee Component: That portion of the impact
fee attributable to water or sewer systems.
G. Impact Generating Land Development Activity: Is
land dvelopment designed or intended to permit a use of the land
which will contain more dwelling units or plumbing fixtures than
the then existing use of the land in a manner that requires new
water or sewer service/capacity.
H. Off Site Improvement: Improvements located outside
of the boundaries of the parcel proposed for development. Water
and/or sewer system improvements which shall be required to
connect to existing City water or sewer systems, including right-
of-way or easements, lift stations, and drainage improvements
shall be considered on site improvements for purposes of this
Chapter, regardless of the actual location.
Section 28-141: ADOPTION OF IMPACT FEE STUDY
The City Commission hereby adopts by reference the
study entitled "Water/Sewer Impact Fee Study" dated September 15,
1986, as prepared by Conklin, Porter & Holmes Engineers, Inc.,
Sanford, Florida, as it relates to the computation and allocation
of the capital costs of new improvements to be borne by new users
of such improvements.
Section 28-142: IMPACT FEE IMPOSED
A. There is hereby imposed upon all impact-generating
land development activity as herein defined an impact fee due at
the time of issuance of a building permit, and no building permit
shall be issued until said impact fee shall have been paid except
as otherwise herein provided. The fee shall be determined in
accordance with the following schedules. If the building permit
is for less than the entire contemplated development, the fee
shall be computed for the amount of development covered by the
permit. The obligations for payment of impact fees shall run with
the land.
B. Any person who shall initiate any new impact-
generating land development activity shall, except as otherwise
provided for herein, pay an impact fee as determined by the
following schedules.:
Water System Impact Fees
Equivalent Residential Connection (ERC) = 300 Gallons per Day
(GPD)
Residential -
$650/Unit - Single family structure, or multi-family unit
containing 3 bedrooms or more.
$487.50/Unit - Multi-family unit or Mobile Home unit con-
containing less than 3 bedrooms. (This
category is based on judgment/assumption,
estimation that such family units on average
require 75% = 225 GPD of the water and sewer
service of an average single family unit.
Commercial -
$650/ERU - Fixture unit schedule from Southern Plumbing Code
will be u~ed. One ERU will be charged for con-
nection and up to 20 fixture units. For projects
having more than 20 fixture units the Impact Fee
will be determined by increments of 25% based on
multiples of 5 fixture unit base for the first
ERU. (Example 25 fixture units will be rated
as 1.25 ERU; 26 fixture units will be rated as
1.5 ERU.)
Sewage System Impact Fee
Equivalent Residential Connections = 270 Gallons per Day (GPD)
Residential -
$1700/Unit Single family structure, or multi-family unit
containing 3 bedrooms or more.
$1275/Unit - Multi-family unit or Mobile Home unit con-
taining less than 3 bedrooms. (This category
is based on judgment/assumption/estimation that
such family units on average require 75% of
water service of an average single family unit.
Commercial Industrial - Institutional
$1700/Unit - Fixture unit schedule from Southern Plumbing
Code will be used. One ERU will be charged for
connection and up t'o 20 fixture units. For
projects having more than 20 fixture units the
Impact Fee will be determined by increments of
25% based on multiples of 5 fixture units above
the 20 fixture unit base for the first ERU.
(Example - 25 fixture units will be rated as
1.25 ERU; 26 fixture units will be rated as 1.5
ERU.)
C. Any developer who, prior to the effective date of
this Chapter agreed as a condition of development approval to pay
impact fees, shall be responsible for the payment of the fees
under the terms of such agreement. Any portion of impact fees
agreed to be paid pursuant to a prior agreement that are greater
than the fees established in this Ordinance shall be refunded.
Any impact fees paid since November 11, 1985, that are greater
than fees established by this Ordinance shall be refunded upon
request of the payer or current owner if the property was
subsequently transferred.
D. In the event that an applicant for building permit
contends that the land use for which the building permit is
proposed is not within the above categories or fits within a
different category from that determined by the Utility
Department, the Utility Director or his designee shall make a
determination as to the appropriate land use designation. Such
determination may be appealed to the City Commission.
E. Where new development involves the redevelopment of
land such that existing impact generating development is removed
or substantially altered the new development impact fees shall be
computed on the additional or new impacts only. Impact fees
shall be computed for the existing development and such sum shall
then be subtracted from the impact fees calculated for the new
development. It being the City's intent to collect impact fees
for only that additional impact generated by redevelopment over
and above the impact attributable to the existing development.
Section 28-143: ALTERNATIVE IMPACT FEE CALCULATION
AUTHORIZED
In the event an applicant believes that the cost of
improvements needed to serve his proposed development is less
than the fee established in Section 25-6 of this Chapter, the
applicant may submit an alternative fee calculation to the
Director of Engineering and Planning or his designee pursuant to
the provisions of this Section. If the Director of Engineering
and Planning or his designee finds that the data, information
assumptions formulae and methodology used by the applicant to
calculate the alternative impact fee satisfy the requirements of
this Chapter, the alternative impact fee shall be deemed the
impact fee due and owing for the proposed development.
Section 28-144: PROCEDURE FOR REVIEW OF ALTERNATIVE
IMPACT FEE CALCULATION
A. The alternative impact fee calculations shall be
based on data, information, assumptions, formulae and methodology
contained in this Chapter and the studies referred to in Sections
28-138(f) and 28-~'B,1 herein, or independent sources, provided
that:
(1) the independent source is accepted standard source
of engineering and planning data or information, or
(2) the independent source is a local study carried
out by a qualified planner or engineer pursuant to an accepted
methodology of planning or engineering, or
(3) where different data information, assumptions,
formulae or methodology are employed such differences shall be
specifically identified and justified.
B. An alternative impact fee calculation shall be
undertaken through the submission of an Application for Review of
an Alternative Impact Fee calculation for the impact fee
component for which an alternative impact fee calculation is
requested. A developer may submit such an application for any
proposed land development activity for which it concludes the
nature, timing, or location of the proposed development make it
likely to generate impacts costing substantially more to remedy
than the amount of the fee that would be generated by the use of
the fee schedules included in this Chapter.
C. Within twenty (20) days of receipt of an
application for Review of an Alternative Impact Fee calculation
the Director of Engineering and Planning, or his designee, shall
determine if the application is complete. If the Director of
Engineering and Planning, or his designee, determines that the
application is not complete, he shall send a written statement
specifying the deficiencies by mail to the person submitting the
application. The application shall be deemed complete if no
deficiencies are specified. the Director of Engineering and
Planning, or his designee, shall take no further action on the
application until it is deemed complete.
D. When the Director of Engineering and Planning, or
his designee, determines the application is complete, he shall
review it and render a written decision in thirty (30) days on
whether the fee should be modified, and if so, what the amount
should be.
E. If the Director of Engineering and Planning, or his
designele, finds that the data, information, assumptions, formulae
and methodology used by the applicant to compute the Alternative
Impact Fee calculation satisfies the requirements of this
Chapter, the fee determined in the Alternative Impact Fee
calculation shall be deemed the fee due and owing for the
proposed land development activity. This adjustment in the fee
shall be set forth in a Fee Agreement which shall be entered into
pursuant to Section 28-145.
F. A determination by the Director of Engineering and
Planning, or his designee, that the alternative impact fee
calculation does not satisfy the requirements of this section may
be appealed to the City Commission.
Section 28-145: PRESUMPTIONS, AGREEMENT AND SECURITY
REQUIREMENTS
A. The proposed development shall be presumed to
generate the maximum impact generated by the development in
accordance with the approved site plan and requested building
permits.
B. In lieu of the payment of fees as calculated in
Sections 28-142 or 28-143 of this Chapter, any applicant may
propose to enter into an impact agreement with the City designed
to establish just and equitable fees or their equivalent and
standards of service appropriate to the circumstances of the
specific development proposed. Such an agreement may include,
but shall not be limited to, provisions which:
(1) modify the presumption of maximum impact set forth
in subsection (a) of this Section and provide an impact fee which
may differ from that set forth in Section 28-142 of this Chapter
by specifying the nature of the proposed development for the
purposes of computing actual impact, provided that the agreement
shall establish legally enforceable means for ensuring that the
impact will not exceed the impact generated by the agreed upon
development;
(2) permit the construction of specific improvements
in lieu of or with a credit against the impact fees assessable
and/or pursuant to a payback schedule, allow the developer to
recover the actual cost of such improvements in excess of the
amount which would have been assessed by this Chapter as
subsequent users of such improvements obtain building permits and
pay impact fees;
(3) permit a schedule and method for payment of the
fees in a manner appropriate to the particular circumstances of
the proposed development in lieu of the requirements for payment
of the fees as set forth in Section 28-142, provided that
security is posted ensuring payment of the fees, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, which security may be in the
form of a cash bond, surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit,
negotiable certificate of deposit or escrow account, or lien or
mortgage on lands to be covered by the building permit.
C. Any agreement proposed by an applicant pursuant to
this subsection shall be presented to and approved by the City
Commission prior to the issuance of a building permit. Any such
agreement may provide for execution by mortgagees, lienholders or
contract purchasers in addition to the landowner, and may permit
any party to record such agreement in the Offical Records of
Seminole County. The City Commission shall approve such an
agreement only if it finds that the agreement will apportion the
burden of expenditure for new facilities in a just and equitable
manner, consistent with the principles set forth in Contractors &
Builders Association v. City of Dunedin, 329 So.2d 314 (Fla.
1976), Hollywood, Inc. v. Broward County, 431 So. 2d 352 (Fla.
1983) and Home Builders and Contractors Association of Palm Beach
County, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach
County, 446 So.2d 140 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), cert. denied 451So.2d
848 (Fla. 1984).
Section 28-146: CREDITS
A. An applicant shall be entitled to a credit against
any impact fee assessed pursuant to this Chapter in an amount
equal to the cost of off-site improvements or contributions of
land, money or services for off-site improvements contributed or
previously contributed, paid for or committed to by the applicant
or his predecessor in interest as a condition of any development
permit issued by City of Sanford for the same development or for
excess capacity created by the applicant or his predecessor in
interest where such excess capacity is provided at the request of
the City and credit for same is agreed to by the City in advance
of the creation of the excess capacity and provided for in an
impact fee agreement. On-site facilities constructed for
effluent disposal up to the capacity needed for the development
shall not be considered as a credit, but capacity over and above
the needed capacity shall entitle the applicant to a credit with
the amount proportional to the approved extra cost. The cost of
such improvments shall be based on the following criteria.
(1) the actual cost, or estimated cost of off-site
improvements based on recent bid information of the City of
Sanford; and
(2) the appraised fair market land value of the
contributed parcel as of the date of building permit, agreement
to contribute, or contribution, whichever is earlier, as
determined by an M.A.I. appraiser selected and paid for by the
applicant. In the event the Director of Engineering and Planning
or his designee disagrees with the appraised value, he may engage
another appraiser and the value shall be an amount equal to the
average of the two appraisals.
(3) Any credit issued shall take into account as an
offset to said credit an amount equal to the impact fee imposed
by Section 28-142 for all building permits issued to date for the
same development as if this Chapter had been effect at the time
of issuance of said permits.
B. Improvements required by previous development
permits shall not be given a credit unless they meet the
requirements of subsection A. above.
C. Credit for contributions, payments, construction or
dedications of any impact fee component shall not be transferable
to another component. Credit shall be transferable only within
the same component and within the same development.
D. The credit determination shall be made by the
Director of Engineering and Planning or his designee upon
application. The application shall include:
(1) A drawing and legal description of the contributed
or to be contributed land or improvement.
(2) An appraisal of the contributed or to be
contributed land fixing value of the land as of the date of
issuance of earliest building permit, actual contribution or
agreement to contribute, whichever is earliest.
(3) The actual cost, with appropriate documentation,
or projected cost, with appropriate documentation, of any
improvement contributed or to be constructed and contributed.
E. If the application for credit is approved by the
Utility Director or his designee, a Credit Agreement shall be
prepared and signed by the applicant and the City. It shall
specifically outline the contribution, payment, construction or
land dedication, the time by which it shall be completed,
dedicated, or paid, and any extensions thereof, and the dollar
credit the applicant shall receive for the contribution, payment,
construction or land.
F. A determination by the Utility Director, or his
designee, as to an application for credit may be appealed to the
City Commission.
Section 28-147: VESTED RIGHTS
A. A developer or successor in interest of land which
has received a development permit may petition the City
Commission for a vested rights determination which would exempt
the petitioner from the provisions of this Chapter. Such
petition shall be evaluated by the City Attorney's Office and a
recommendation thereon submitted to the City Commission based on
the following criteria:
(1) There exists a valid, unexpired governmental act
of authorizing the specific development for which a determination
is sought;
(2) Expenditures or obligations made or incurred in
reliance upon the authorizing act that are reasonably equivalent
to the fees required by this Chapter;
(3) That it would be inequitable to deny the
petitioner the opportunity to complete the previously approved
development under the conditions of approval by requiring the
developer to comply with the requirements of this Chapter. For
the purposes of this paragraph, the following factors shall be
considered in determining whether it would be inequitable to deny
the petitioner the opportunity to complete the previously
approved development.
(i) whether the injury suffered by the petitioner
outweighs the public cost of allowing the development to go
forward without payment of the fee required by this Chapter;
(ii) whether the expenses or obligations were made
or incurred subsequent to November 11, 1985, after which date the
adoption of this Chapter was pending; and
(iii) whether the operation of this Chapter would
create an onerous burden which would prevent petitioner from
making a reasonable return on his investment.
B. If a previously approved development contained
conditions respecting impacts, impact fees and their designated
uses, or improvements, the developer, or its successor, may
request a modification of such prior approvals in order to bring
the approval conditions into consistency with this Chapter. Any
such modification of prior approvals and amendments to
development permits so accomplished shall not be deemed a
substantial change under the Sanford Planned Unit Development
Regulations or a substantial deviation under Chapter 380 of the
Florida Statutes.
Section 28-148: USE OF FUNDS COLLECTED AND RETURN OF
UNUSED FUNDS
A. The impact fees collected by the City pursuant to
this section shall be kept separate from other revenue of the
City. The following trust fund accounts are hereby established:
(1) Water - one general account for citywide
assessments;
(2) Sewer - one general account for citywide
assessments;
B. No impact fees shall be expended on a particular
capital improvement pursuant to this Chapter unless or until the
City Commission identifies sources of funds for right-of-way
acquisition, construction of improvements or acquisition of
capital facilities needed to overcome existing service
deificiencies for a particular capital improvement which
deficiency is not attributable to new growth and development, so
as to ensure that impact fees are not utilized to correct
existing deficiencies.
C. The funds collected by reason of the establishment
of the impact fees in accordance with this Chapter shall be used
solely for the purpose of acquisition, expansion and development
of the capital assets determined to be needed to serve new
development, to include the debt service, principal and interest
of loans or parts of loans which were used solely for the purpose
of acquisition, expansion and development of the capital assets
determined to be needed to serve new development.
D. All funds shall be used exclusively for the capital
assets for which they were collected and in a manner consistent
with the principles set forth in Contractors & Builders
Association v. City of Dunedin, 329 So. 2d 314 (Fla.1976),
Hollywood, Inc. v. Broward County, 431 So. 2d 606 (Fla. 4th DCA
1983) cert. denied, 440 So. 2d 352 (Fla. 1983), and Home Builders
and Contractors Association of Palm Beach County, Inc. v. Board
of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County, 446 So. 2d 140
(Fla. 4th DCA 1984), cert. denied, 451 So. 2d 848 (Fls. 1984),
and otherwise consistent with all requirements of the
Constitution of the United States and the State of Florida and
all applicable laws. Said funds shall not be used to maintain or
repair any existing facilities or to correct any existing
deficiencies.
E. Funds withdrawn from these accounts must be used
solely in accordance with the provisions of this section. The
disbursal of such funds shall require the approval of the City
Commission upon recommendation of the City Manager.
F. Any funds on deposit not immediately necessary for
expenditure shall be invested in interest-bearing accounts.
Funds may be pooled for investment provided all income derived
from the funds' assets shall be deposited in the applicable trust
account.
G. The fees collected pursuant to this Chapter shall
be returned to the then present owner of the development if the
fees have not been encumbered or spent by the end of the calendar
quarter immediately following six (6) years from the date the
fees were received, or if the development for which the fees were
paid was never begun, in accordance with the following procedure:
(1) The then present owner must petition the City
Commission for the refund within one (1) year following the end
of the calendar quarter immediately following six (6) years from
the date on which the fee was received.
(2) The petition must be submitted to the City Manager
and must contain:
i) a notarized sworn statement that the
petitioner ~s the current owner of the property or his authorized
agent;
(ii) a copy of the dated receipt issued for
payment of the fee or other competent evidence of payment;
(iii) a certificate of title or attorney's title
opinion showing the petitioner to be the current owner of the
property or his authorized agent;
(iv) a copy of the most recent ad valorem tax
bill.
(v) a copy of the building permit or development
agreement pursuant to which the impact fees were paid.
(3) Within sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of
petition for refund, the City Manager or his designee shall
advise the petitioner and the City Commission of the status of
the fee requested for refund. For the purposes of determining
whether fees have been spent or encumbered, the first money
placed in a trust fund account shall be deemed to be the first
money taken out of that account when withdrawals have been made
in accordance with Paragraph C. above.
(4) When the money requested is still in the trust
fund account and has not been spent or encumbered by the end of
the calendar quarter immediately following ten (10) years from
the date the fees were paid, the money shall be returned with
interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum.
(5) When a refund is requested because construction
was never begun, all development approvals shall have expired and
the applicant shall execute an agreement acknowledging the
expiration of development approval.
Section 28-149: EXEMPTIONS
The following shall be exempted from payment of the
Impact Fees to the extent there is no increase in impact
associated with the property or use.
A. Alterations or minor expansions of an existing
structure where the use, number of housing units, or number of
fixture units in the case of non-residential construction is not
changed.
B. The construction of the accessory buildings or
structures.
C. The replacement of a building or structure with a
new building or structure of similar size and use.
D. Development undertaken by the City of Sanford or
Seminole County, except in the case of water/sewer impact fees.
Water/sewer impact fees shall be paid.
Section 28-150: REVIEW
This Chapter shall be reviewed after public hearing by
the City Commission annually during the month of May. The review
shall consider all factors utilized in the most recent
computation of impact fees. The purpose of this review is to
analyze the effects of inflation on the actual costs of capital
improvements, and to ensure that the fee charged new land
development activity will not exceed its reasonably anticipated
expansion costs for capital improvements necessitated by its
presence.
Section 28-151: PENALTY
Violations of this Chapter shall constitute a
misdemeanor of the second degree enforceable in accordance with
Section 1-8 of the City Code. Notwithstanding the criminal
penalty provided for herein, the City may obtain an injunction or
other legal or equitable relief in the circuit court against any
person violating this Chapter.,,
SECTION 2: The Code of the City of Sanford, Florida
Chapter 28 Article III Water, Sewer and Drainage Connection and
Control Charge, Section 28-43 is amended to read as follows:
"S ion 28-43. Imposed; amount.
ect
Except as otherwise provided, every property owner
whose property first receives water and sewer services from
systems owned or controlled by the City shall pay to the City a
water and sewer connection fee in the following amounts:
(a) Residential.
(1) All residential units shall pay per dwelling
unit the sum of:
Connection Fee
Growth Water Tap Sewer Tap Deposit Total
$2,350.00 $130.00(3/4") $260.00 $50.00 $2,790.00
(2) All residential units using a water meter
larger than 3/4 inches, shall pay the water
tap portion of the connection fee as follows:
Water Meter Size Proposed Fee
3/4 inch $ 130.00
1 inch 210.00
1 1/2 inch 400.00
2 inch 500.00
3 inch 2,990.00 or they install
4 inch 4,400.00 or they install
6 inch 7,520.00 or they install
(3) The sewer tap costs of the connection fee
shall be $260.00 for each sewer tap made.
(4) Any water or sewer tap work that requires any
street cut or tunneling of the pavement shall pay an additional
$250.00 for each such tap.
(b) Nonresidential.
(1) All nonresidential services shall pay a
connection fee based on the following schedule:
Connection Fee
Growth Water Tap Sewer Tap Deposit Total
2,350.00(min) $130.00(3/4") $260.00 $50.00(min) 2,790.00
(2) All nonresidential connections using a water
meter larger than 3/4 inches, shall pay the
water tap portion of the connection fee on
the same fee schedule as set forth for
residential units in (2) above.
(3) All nonresidential connections using a sewer
tap shall pay $260.00 for each sewer tap.
(4) Any nonresidential water or sewer tap work
that requires a street cut or tunneling of
the pavement, shall pay an additional $250.00
for each such tap.
(c All revenues generated by the water and/or sewer
tap portion of the connection fee shall be placed
in the utility general fund for operational costs.
(d) The minimum utility deposit shall be fifty dollars
($50.00). For multi-residential services and all
nonresidential services, the amount of the
deposit shall be the monthly average of three
consecutive monthly city service bills or as
designated by the City Manager based on the
specific billing and connection procedures
required by any specific account. Any special
deposit is subject to review by the City
Commission.
(e) If any developer undertakes to perform the water
or sewer tap work, subject to inspection by the
City of Sanford inspector, the City Manager may
approve the appropriate deduction of the
proportionate cost from the connection fee for the
tap work done by the developer.
(f) The full amount of the connection fee is due and
payable to the City of Sanford at the time and on
the date that a building permit is issued. The
connection fee shall be for a specific lot and
address.
(g) The connection fee for all water and/or sewer
services supplied by the City of Sanford, but
that are located beyond the city limits of
Sanford, shall pay a connection fee to the City of
Sanford in the amount of the above rate plus
twenty-five (25) percent."
SECTION 3: If any section or portion of a section of
this ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitu-
tional, it shall not be held to impair the validity, force or
effect of any other section or part of this ordinance.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 5: That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ~ day of~~/~J ,
A.D. 1986.
ATTEST:
C E R T I
I, H. N. Tapam, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 1845, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 22nd day of
December, 1986~ was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in
the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 23rd day of December, 1986.