City of Port St. Lucie - File #: 2023-222

• File #: 2023-222
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/15/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 5/8/2023
• Final action: 5/8/2023
• Title: Ordinance 23-23, Public Hearing, Amending and Restating the City of Port St. Lucie Code of Ordinances Chapter 159, Article IV, Entitled "Public Buildings Impact Fee Schedule".

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/8/2023	3	City Council	Approved	Pass
4/24/2023	2	City Council	Introduced on first reading	Pass
3/27/2023	1	City Council	Tabled	Pass

Placement: Second Reading of Ordinances / Public Hearing
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Ordinance 23-23, Public Hearing, Amending and Restating the City of Port St. Lucie Code of Ordinances Chapter 159, Article IV, Entitled "Public Buildings Impact Fee Schedule".
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Submitted By: Bethany Grubbs, Planner III

Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.

Executive Summary (General Business): This is a request to adopt an updated Public Buildings Impact Fee Ordinance, Fee Schedule and the 2023 Impact Fee Study.

Presentation Information: Staff and TischlerBise, the City's consultant, will provide a presentation.

Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council adopt the Ordinance amending and restating the City's Public Building Impact Fee Ordinance and Fee Schedule.

Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the Ordinance amending and restating the City's Public Building Impact Fee Ordinance and Fee Schedule.
2. Move that the Council not approve the Ordinance and provide staff direction.

Background: The City of Port St. Lucie is updating its Impact Fee Ordinance and Fee Schedule related to public buildings to fund capital facilities needed to meet the demand created by future development. The City has contracted with TishlerBise, a fiscal, economic, and planning consulting firm to update its impact fees pursuant to Florida Statutes ? 163.31801. The consultant has prepared the 2023 Impact Fee Study, which was used to determine the fee amounts included in the Fee Schedule.

Local governments in Florida may assess impact fees to offset infrastructure costs necessitated by future growth. Impact fees are one-time payments used to construct capital improvements needed to accommodate future development; therefore, as vacant lands within Port St. Lucie develop, or as existing uses expand, the demand imposed upon Port St. Lucie for additional capital facilities and rel...