§ 46-961. Findings.

It is hereby ascertained, determined and declared:

(1)

The City of Quincy has determined that ad valorem tax revenue and other revenues will not be sufficient to provide the capital improvements and additions to the city's infrastructure, which improvements and additions are necessary to accommodate future growth.

(2)

Part II of F.S. ch. 163 requires the city to adopt a comprehensive plan containing a capital improvements element which considers the need and location of public facilities within its areas of jurisdiction and the projected revenue source which will be utilized to fund these facilities.

(3)

The implementation of impact fees to require future growth to contribute its fair share of the cost of growth necessitated capital improvements to the city's infrastructure, promotes the general welfare of the citizens of Quincy. The provision of infrastructure adequate for the needs of growth is in the general welfare of all city residents and constitutes a public purpose.

(4)

The implementation of impact fees to require future growth to contribute its fair share of the cost of required capital improvements and additions is an integral and vital element of the regulatory plan of growth management in the city.

(5)

The projected need for capital improvements to the city's infrastructure and the allocation of projected costs between those necessary to serve existing development and those required to accommodate the needs of future growth as presented in the study entitled "City of Quincy Impact Fee Study," dated March 1, 2007, is hereby approved and adopted by the city and that study is found to be consistent with the comprehensive plan of the city.

(6)

The required improvements and additions to the city's infrastructure needed to eliminate any existing deficiencies shall be financed by revenue sources other than impact fees.

(7)

The data set forth in the impact fee study which was employed in the calculation of the impact fee rates imposed herein is the most recent and localized data available for the city.

(Ord. No. 1001, 6-26-07)