Sponsor
Alderman Friedel
Title
Ordinance No. 20-07
To repeal and recreate Chapter 98, Article III, Division 4 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin relating to Water Utility - Impact Fee.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1:
Chapter 98, Article III, Division 4 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine is hereby repealed and recreated to read as follows:
“DIVISION 4. IMPACT FEE
Sec. 98-83. Definitions.
For the purpose of this division, the following phrases have the meaning stated:
Capital cost means the capital costs to construct, expand or improve public facilities, including the cost of land, and including legal, engineering and design costs to construct, expand or improve public facilities, except that not more than 10% of capital costs may consist of legal, engineering and design costs unless the City can demonstrate that its legal, engineering and design costs which relate directly to the public improvement for which the impact fees were imposed exceed 10% of capital costs. Capital costs does not include other noncapital costs to construct, expand or improve public facilities, the costs of equipment to construct, expand or improve public facilities or the costs for vehicles.
Developer means a person that constructs or creates a land development.
Impact Fees means cash fees imposed upon a developer under this chapter.
Land Development means the construction or modification of improvements to real property that creates additional residential dwelling units within the City or that result in nonresidential uses that create a need for new, expanded or improved public facilities within the City. For the purpose of the water impact fee, land development shall include any property, formerly unconnected to the water system that connects to the water system.
Residential Equivalent Connection (REC) means the measure of annual water usage expressed in terms of the amount of water used by a typical ...
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