§ 22-46. Legislative findings.

The Board of County Commissioners of Lake County, Florida, hereby finds, determines and declares that:

(1)

The county fire rescue system benefits all residents of the county.

(2)

Development necessitated by the growth contemplated in the comprehensive plan and the fire rescue impact fee study will require improvements and additions to the county fire rescue system to accommodate the new development generated by such growth and maintain the standards of service provided by the county.

(3)

Future growth, as represented by fire rescue impact construction, should contribute its fair share to the cost of improvements and additions to the county fire rescue system that are required to accommodate the impact generated by such growth.

(4)

The required improvements and additions to the county fire rescue system needed to eliminate any deficiencies shall be financed by revenue sources of the county other than fire rescue impact fees.

(5)

Implementation of the fire rescue impact fees to require fire rescue impact construction within the county to contribute its fair share to the cost of required capital improvements is an integral and vital element of the regulatory plan of growth management of the county.

(6)

The board of county commissioners expressly finds that the improvements and additions to the county fire rescue system to be funded by the fire rescue impact fee provide a benefit to all fire rescue impact construction within the county that is in excess of the actual fire rescue impact fees.

(7)

The purpose of this article is to require payment of fire rescue impact fees by those who engage in fire rescue impact construction and to provide for the cost of capital improvements to the county fire rescue system which are required to accommodate such growth. This article shall not be construed to permit the collection of fire rescue impact fees in excess of the amount reasonably anticipated to offset the demand on the county fire rescue system generated by such applicable fire rescue impact construction.

(8)

The revision and re-imposition of a fire impact fee is to provide a source of revenue to fund the construction or improvement of the county fire system necessitated by growth as delineated in the capital improvement element of the comprehensive plan.

(Ord. No. 2007-60, § 1, 12-11-07)