§ 8.7-102. Legislative findings applicable to law enforcement 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 law enforcement system benefits all residents of the county and, therefore, the law enforcement impact fees shall be imposed in all unincorporated areas of the county and within all cities that consent to the imposition of the law enforcement impact fees and which participate in the county law enforcement system.

B.

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

C.

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

D.

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

E.

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

F.

Implementation of the law enforcement impact fee to require law enforcement 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 law enforcement impact fees by those who engage in law enforcement impact construction and to provide for the cost of capital improvements to the law enforcement system which are required to accommodate such growth. This article shall not be construed to permit the collection of law enforcement impact fees in excess of the amount reasonably anticipated to offset the demand on the law enforcement system generated by such applicable law enforcement impact construction.

H.

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

(Ord. No. 18-048, § X(10.02), 7-24-18)