8-1-104. CALCULATION OF IMPACT FEES BASED ON FEE SCHEDULE.
(1) Unless an applicant requests an individual assessment as set forth in the following subsection, the impact fees shall be calculated for the proposed development based on the applicable fee schedule, less any applicable offsets pursuant to Section 8-1-110.
(2) The following impact fee schedules, found in Chapter 1-2 of the City Code, have been adopted by the City Council and are incorporated herein by reference:
a. Drainage Impact Fee Schedule
b. Park Impact Fee Schedule
c. Road Impact Fee Schedule
d. Fire Impact Fee Schedule
e. Police Impact Fee Schedule
(3) The land uses specified in the impact fee schedules shall be interpreted as follows:
a. "Single-Family Detached" shall be defined as the use of a lot for one dwelling unit, not attached to any other dwelling unit.
b. "Duplex" shall be defined as "Two Unit Dwelling," which is defined in Section 7-1-103(274).
c. "Mobile Home Park" shall be defined as a development activity involving the leasing of sites for the temporary placement of mobile homes and/or recreational vehicles.
d. "Multi-Family" shall include any dwelling unit that does not fit the definition of Single-Family Detached, Duplex, or Mobile Home Park.
e. Nonresidential land uses in the Road Impact Fee Schedule and the Police Impact Fee Schedule shall be defined according to the descriptions of land uses in the most current edition of Trip Generation, published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers, provided that retail uses not separately identified shall be classified in the shopping center category, and institutional uses not separately identified shall be classified in the general office category.
(4) The units of development specified in the fee schedule shall be interpreted as follows:
a. A dwelling shall be interpreted as "dwelling unit," as defined in Section 7-1-103(94), provided that it shall also be interpreted as the creation of a new mobile home or recreational vehicle space in a mobile home park.
b. Building square footage shall be measured in terms of gross floor area, measured from the outside surfaces of the building walls.
(5) For categories of uses not specified in the applicable impact fee schedule, the Impact Fee Administrator shall apply the category of use set forth in the applicable fee schedule that is deemed to be most similar to the proposed use.
(6) If the development approval or permit for the proposed development indicates a mix of uses in the development, the impact fees shall be calculated separately for each use according to the fee schedule, and the results aggregated.
(7) For an addition to or remodeling or replacement of existing structures, or for a change of use of an existing structure, the impact fee to be paid shall be the difference, if any, between:
a. The fee that would be payable for existing development on the site, or, in the case of demolition or removal of a structure, the previous development on the site, provided that the demolition or removal has occurred within one year of the date of submittal of the application for which impact fees are assessed; and
b. The fee that would be payable for the total development on the site after the new development.
(8) Upon written request of an applicant, the Impact Fee Administrator shall provide an estimate of the current fee based on the data provided by the applicant. However, the Impact Fee Administrator shall not be responsible for determining at such preliminary date the accuracy of the information provided, nor shall such estimate provide any vested rights.