Impact Fee Ord_Duncan Draft_ 9_15_06

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DRAFT utilities index; (4) For wastewater impact fees, the pumping plant index. In the event that the referenced cost indices become unavailable, the updates shall be based on reasonable alternative indices as determined by the impact fee administrator. (c) Impact fees due and payable shall be net of any approved offsets available pursuant to Section 36-13, Pre-ordinance offsets. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to claim offsets prior to payment of the impact fees. Any offsets not claimed shall be deemed waived. (d) If the type of impact-generating development is not specified on the above schedule, the impact fee administrator shall determine the fee on the basis of the fee applicable to the most nearly comparable type of land use on the fee schedule. In the case of road impact fees, the impact fee administrator shall be guided in the selection of a comparable type of land use by trip generation rates contained in the most current edition of the report titled Trip Generation, prepared by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), or articles or reports appearing in the ITE Journal. (e) If a new wastewater customer is not also a water customer, the impact fee administrator shall determine what size water meter would be required to serve the development. If a larger or smaller water meter is required solely due to abnormally low or high pressure in the County's main, the impact fee administrator shall adjust the wastewater impact fee to reflect more accurately the wastewater demand. (f) In general, impact fees shall be paid based on the principal use of a building or lot. For example, a warehouse that contained a small administrative office would be assessed at the warehouse rate for all of the square footage. Shopping centers are assessed at the retail/commercial rate, regardless of the type of tenants. For a true mixed-use development, such as one that includes both residential and nonresidential development, the fee shall be determined by adding up the fees that would be payable for each use as if it was a free-standing land use type pursuant to the fee schedule. (g) If the type of impact-generating development is for a change of land use type or for the expansion, redevelopment, or modification of an existing development, the fee shall be based on the net increase in the fee for the new land use type as compared to the previous land use type. (h) In the event that the proposed change of land use type, redevelopment, or modification results in a net decrease in the fee for the new use or development as compared to the previous use or development, there shall be no refund of impact fees previously paid. (i) Square feet in the fee schedule refers to gross floor area as herein defined. Section 36-8. Affordable housing deferral. The County may defer payment of impact fees by qualifying first-time home-buyers or owner-builders through a zero-interest loan program. (a) The maximum amount of the loan shall be equal to the impact fees that had been Draft Hawaii County Impact Fee Ordinance Duncan Associates, September 15, 2006, p. 7