§ 8.7-72. Legislative findings applicable to library 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 county has the responsibility to provide library facilities in the county library system. Residential construction occurring within the county impacts upon the county library system; therefore, residential construction should pay its fair share of the cost of maintaining the county's existing standard of service.

B.

The county library system benefits all residents of the county and, therefore, the library impact fee shall be imposed in all unincorporated areas of the county and within all cities that have consented to the imposition of the library impact fee.

C.

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

D.

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

E.

The required improvements and additions to the county library system needed to eliminate any deficiencies shall be financed by revenues other than library impact fees.

F.

The board expressly finds that the maintenance of the standards for the county library system as contained in the library impact fee study provides a benefit to residential construction in excess of the library impact fee.

G.

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

H.

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

I.

The imposition of a library impact fee is to provide a source of revenue to fund the construction or improvement of the county library system necessitated by growth.

(Ord. No. 18-048, § VII(7.02), 7-24-18)