Impact Fee Ord_Duncan Draft_ 9_15_06

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DRAFT impact fees that such development will be required to pay. (f) This chapter creates a system by which impact fees paid by impact-generating development will be used to expand the major roadway, park, fire/EMS, police, solid waste and wastewater facilities, so that the development that pays each fee will receive a corresponding benefit within a reasonable period of time after the fee is paid. Section 36-4. Definitions. For the purpose of interpreting this chapter, certain words used herein are defined as follows: Applicant: The applicant for final subdivision approval, a building permit or a connection to the wastewater system for which an impact fee is due pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU): Represents the impact of a typical single-family dwelling. A typical single-family detached dwelling unit represents, on average, one EDU. For the purpose of park and solid waste impact fees, a dwelling unit of another housing type represents a fraction of an EDU, based on the ratio of the average household size of the other housing type to the average household size of the typical single-family detached unit. For the purpose of fire/EMS and police impact fees, a dwelling unit of another housing type represents a fraction of an EDU, based on the ratio of the functional population of the other housing type to the functional population of the typical single-family detached unit. Fire/EMS Facilities: Land, buildings, vehicles and capital equipment owned by the County and used for providing fire and emergency medical services, including fire stations, fire department administrative offices, training facilities, fire-fighting apparatus and support vehicles, and fire-fighting equipment. Fire/EMS System Improvements: Capital improvements that result in a net expansion of the capacity of the fire/EMS facilities to serve new development. Remodeling, replacement or maintenance of existing equipment or facilities do not constitute fire/EMS system improvements, except to the extent that they have the net effect of adding capacity. For example, half of the cost of tearing down a 5,000 square foot fire station and replacing it with a 10,000 square foot fire station could reasonably be considered a system improvement. Functional Population: The number of “full-time equivalent” people present at the site of a land use. General Plan: The comprehensive development plan that has been officially adopted by the County Council to provide long-range development policies for the County. Gross Floor Area: The total of the gross horizontal area of all floors, including usable basements and cellars, below the roof and within the outer surface of the main walls of principal or accessory buildings or the centerlines of a party wall separating such buildings or portions thereof, or within lines drawn parallel to and two (2) feet within the roof line of any building or portions thereof without walls, but excluding unscreened residential porches or balconies, vehicle parking garages, accessory or commercial vehicular parking areas and structures, and nonresidential arcades and similar open areas are accessible to the general public, and are not designed or Draft Hawaii County Impact Fee Ordinance Duncan Associates, September 15, 2006, p. 2