§ 8.7-32. Legislative findings applicable to emergency medical system impact fees.

In addition to the general findings contained in section 8.7-4 of this chapter, the board hereby specifically ascertains, determines and declares as follows:

A.

The emergency medical system is designed and intended to provide emergency medical services for all citizens within the county and is exclusively provided by the county; therefore, the emergency medical system impact fee shall be imposed throughout Polk County, including within the boundaries of the cities.

B.

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

C.

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

D.

The existing emergency medical system and other improvements and additions contemplated by the board and funded by revenues other than impact fees shall eliminate any deficiency between the existing emergency medical system and the adopted level of service and shall be sufficient for the needs of the existing population of the county. Therefore, the revenue derived from the emergency medical system impact fee shall be utilized only for the improvements and additions to the county emergency medical system which are necessitated by emergency medical system impact construction.

E.

The board expressly finds that the improvements and additions to the emergency medical system funded by the emergency medical system impact fee provide a benefit to all emergency medical system impact construction in excess of the emergency medical system impact fee.

F.

Implementation of the emergency medical system impact fee to require emergency medical system impact construction to contribute its fair share of the cost of required capital improvements is an integral and vital element of the regulatory plan of growth management of the county.

G.

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

H.

The imposition of an emergency medical system impact fee is to provide a source of revenue to fund the construction or improvement of the emergency medical system necessitated by growth as delineated in the capital improvement element of the comprehensive plan.

(Ord. No. 18-048, § III(3.02), 7-24-18)