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Receive a Staff presentation and hold a Public Hearing to receive comments for or against Ordinance 2020-40, amending Chapter 86, Article 5, Division 4 of the San Marcos City Code regarding impact fees to, among other things, change the methodology for establishing impact fees for industrial and commercial uses having peak flow rates in excess of 500 gallons per minute, and to add homes constructed with federal funds awarded to the City and City facilities as projects exempt from the assessment of impact fees; including procedural provisions; providing for the repeal of any conflicting provisions; and providing an effective date; and consider approval of Ordinance 2020-40, on the first of two readings.
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Meeting date: June 2, 2020
Department: Engineering/CIP
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Fiscal Note:
Prior Council Action: Ord 2018-10: Providing for the methodology for calculating water and wastewater impact fees
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Background Information:
This amendment to the Impact Fee ordinance is clarifying the methodology that the City will use to calculate the Living Unit Equivalents (LUEs) for development where peak flow rates are in excess of 500 gallons per minute (gpm.) Other minor changes are also made to clarify the situations for impact fee exemptions.
A summary of the changes are:
• Sec. 86.294 - Definitions: Schedule 1 Table and Service Unit Table are updated with LUE calculation for flows above 500 gallons per minute.
• Sec. 86.295(b) Exemptions:
o (3) changes to clarify exemption for Habitat and Housing Authority.
o (5) adds City federal (such as CDBG) projects and City facilities.
• Sec. 86.295 (c): Removed federal reference since now have Council policy
• Sec. 86.299 (b) (1) a. & b.: Updated language for computation for industrial or commercial equipment and calculation for demands over 500 gpm.
The revision to methodology was based upon the same system data which established LUE’s for flows below 500 gpm but did not address flows above.
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Recommendation:
Approve changes.