§ 74-309. Same—Fire impact fee.

(a)

Short name. This section may be known as "Special Requirements for Fire Impact Fee."

(b)

Purpose.

(1)

The purpose of this section is to tailor the general common requirements of this chapter to the specific requirements of fire impact fees.

(2)

The board specifically finds that future growth within the Isles of Capri Fire District and the Ochopee Fire District should contribute its fair share to the cost of improvements and additions to the fire facilities that are required to accommodate the use of such facilities within the districts.

(c)

Limitation on applicability. Notwithstanding the general applicability provisions set forth in section 74-103, fire impact fees shall be limited as follows:

(1)

For purposes of the fire impact fees, development shall include only development on lands within the Isles of Capri Fire District and the Ochopee Fire District as described below.

(2)

The fire impact fee shall provide funds only for off-site improvements to fire facilities within the fire impact fee district where the development is located.

(3)

The board of county commissioners hereby establishes the following fire impact fee districts:

a.

Isles of Capri Fire District: Sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 of Township 51 South, Range 26 East, and those portions of Sections 4, 5, and 6 of Township 52 South, Range 26 East, which lie north of the Marco River.

b.

Ochopee Fire District: All of Township 50S of Range 34E; Township 51S of Range 34E; Township 52S of Range 34E; Township 53S of Range 34E; Township 50S of Range 33E; Township 51S of Range 33E; Township 52S of Range 33E; Township 53S of Range 33E; Township 50S of Range 32E; Township 51S of Range 32E; Township 52S of Range 32E; Township 53S of Range 32E; Township 50S of Range 31E; Township 51S of Range 31E; Township 52S of Range 31E; Township 53S of Range 31E; Township 50S of Range 30E; Township 51S, Range 30E; Township 52S, Range 30E; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and that portion of Chokoloskee Island contained in Sections 30 and 31, Township 53S, Range 30E; Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36, Township 52S, Range 29E; Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 35, and 36, Township 52S, Range 29E; Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 36, Township 53S, Range 29E; including the incorporated area of the city of everglades being more particularly described as the Town of Everglades as described in Plat Book 1, pages 87-95 of the Public Records of Collier County, Florida; and including Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 24, Township 52S, Range 28E; Sections 35 and 36 and all that area south and east of State Road 92 within Section 34, Township 51S, Range 27E; Section 1, Township 52S, Range 27E.

(d)

Payment. See section 74-202.

(e)

Use of funds. See section 74-203.

(f)

Impact fee rates. The fire impact fee rate schedule incorporated in schedule 5 is hereby adopted and the fire impact fees established in the fire impact fee rate schedule are hereby imposed on all development as required in this ordinance at a rate established under the applicable impact fee land use categories.

(g)

Annual mid-cycle fire impact fee rate indexing. Beginning on February 28, 2006, the county shall commence a three-year fire impact fee update cycle pursuant to subsections 74-201(b) and 74-502(a) of the Code. In each of the two mid-cycle years (between the formal three-year updates) the county shall implement adjustments to the fire impact fee rates based upon the percentages of increase set forth in the adopted "Collier County Impact Fee Indexing Study" prepared by Tindale-Oliver and Associates, Inc., in association with Robert W. Burchell, Ph.D., as updated annually, and in accordance with the indexing methodology specified in the current and adopted fire impact fee study.

(Ord. No. 01-13, § 1; Ord. No. 2006-10, § 3; Ord. No. 07-57, § 10)