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Timestamp: 2020-08-05 11:03:02
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 81', '§ 81', '§ 81', '§ 81', '§ 81', '§ 81', '§ 81', '§ 81', '§ 81']

Township of Lower Frederick, PA Impact Fees
Ch 81 Art I Transportation Systems
§ 81-5 Authorization of impact fee.
§ 81-6 Use of revenues.
§ 81-7 Documents adopted by Board of Supervisors.
§ 81-17 Credit for off-site improvements.
§ 81-21 Liberal construction.
§ 81-22 Retroactive application.
Article I Transportation Systems
[Adopted 12-17-1991 by Ord. No. 91-8]
This article shall be known as the "Lower Frederick Township Impact Fee Ordinance."
The purpose of this article is to establish an impact fee program to ensure that the transportation system is available and adequate to support new growth and development. To advance this objective, there is hereby created an impact fee payable to the Township at the time of building permit issuance.
The recitals set forth above
The time. Method and procedure for payment of impact fees shall be as set forth in §§ 81-15 and 81-16 of this article.
The procedure for credits against or refunds of impact fees shall be as set forth in §§ 81-17 and 81-18 of this article.
Such exemptions as the Board of Supervisors shall choose to enact shall be as set forth in § 81-11 of this article.
The terms and definitions set forth in Section 502-A of the Act are hereby adopted and incorporated in this article by reference.
There is hereby enacted an impact fee to be imposed upon new development for the purpose of off-site public transportation capital improvements authorized by the Act and as described in the program adopted by the Board of Supervisors. Said impact fee shall apply to all new developments or subdivisions within each of the transportation service areas identified herein and shall be a condition precedent to final approval of a development or a subdivision plan or issuance of a building permit.
Impact fees collected pursuant to this article shall be expended for cost incurred for improvements attributable to new development and designated in the Transportation Capital Improvements Plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors in Resolution No. 91-21 for improvements within each of the transportation service areas in which the new development will be located. Additionally, such fees may be used for the acquisition of land and rights-of-way, engineering, legal and planning costs, and all other costs, including debt service related to road improvements within the designated service area, and including such proportionate amount of the Roadway Sufficiency Analysis as is allowed under the provisions of the Act.
The following documents, previously recommended by the Impact Fee Advisory Committee and adopted by the Board of Supervisors, are hereby incorporated by reference in this article:[1]
The Impact Fee Schedule as encompassed in the Transportation Capital Improvements Plan, and as identified as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference.
This article shall be uniformly applicable to all development that occurs within a designated transportation service area.
No building permit shall be issued for a development in a designated transportation service area, as herein defined, unless the applicant therefor has paid the "impact fee" imposed by and calculated pursuant to this article.
The specific impact fee for a specific new development or subdivision within the service area for road improvements shall be determined as of the date of preliminary land development or subdivision approval by multiplying the per-trip cost established for the service area as determined in Subsection A hereof by the estimated number of trips to be generated by the new development or subdivision using generally accepted traffic engineering standards. The calculated impact fees are presented in the "Impact Fee Schedule-Calculation of Per-Trip Costs of Roadway Improvements" (attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference).[1]
Transportation service areas are established as shown on the "Transportation Service Area Map" (attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference).[1]
Additional transportation service areas or combinations of transportation service areas may be designated by the Board of Supervisors from time to time consistent with the procedure set forth in this article and in consideration of the following factors:
Fees collected from development in each of the transportation service areas will be used exclusively to fund transportation improvement projects scheduled for that district.
Collection of impact fee. Impact fee due pursuant to this article shall be collected by the Township in the manner or manners prescribed herein prior to the issuance of a building permit.
Establishment and maintenance of accounts. The Township Manager or Secretary-Treasurer shall establish appropriate trust fund accounts and shall maintain records whereby impact fees collected can be segregated for each transportation service area.
Maintenance of records. The Township Manager or Secretary-Treasurer shall maintain and keep adequate financial records for each such account which shall show the source and disbursement of all revenues, which shall account for all monies received, and which shall ensure that the disbursement of funds from each account shall be used solely and exclusively for the provision of projects specified in the program for the particular transportation service area.
Payment of the transportation capital improvements impact fee shall be made by the traffic generator, prior to the issuance of a building permit by the Township to the traffic generator for development on the applicable site.
If the applicant makes such improvements, he must enter into an agreement with the Board of Supervisors prior to the issuance of any building permit. The agreement must establish the estimated cost of the improvement, the schedule for initiation and completion of the improvement, a requirement that the improvement be completed to Township and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation standards and design criteria and such other terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors must review the improvement plan, verify costs and time schedules, determine if the improvement plan is an eligible improvement, and determine the amount of the applicable credit for such improvement to be applied to the otherwise applicable impact fee prior to issuance of any building permit. In no event shall the Board of Supervisors provide a credit which is greater than the applicable impact fee. If, however, the amount of the credit is calculated to be greater than the amount of the impact fee due, the applicant may use such excess credit toward the impact fees imposed on other building permits for development on the same site and in the same ownership. Provided, any such applicant shall be required to supply financial security sufficient, in the judgment of the Township, to cover the cost of any such improvement installed by the applicant for which credit is sought.
An applicant shall be entitled as a credit against impact fees an amount equal to the fair market value of land dedicated by the applicant and accepted by the Township for future right-of-way, realignment of widening of existing roadways.
In the event any specific road improvement project is completed at a cost to the Township less than 95% of the budgeted cost of the road project, the Township shall refund an amount equal to the excess budgeted cost over actual cost to the payors, pro rate, plus accumulated interest.
In the event the Township fails to commence construction within three years of the scheduled construction date of the project set forth in the Transportation Capital Improvements Plan, the Township shall refund the portion of the fee paid by any payor making written request therefor which is attributable to said project, with accumulated interest, provided no refund shall be paid with respect to any project actually begun prior to the receipt of such refund request.
With respect to refunds arising out of Subsection A(1) or (2) hereof, any funds unclaimed within one year after notice as required by law shall be transferred to the general account of the Township, and the payor's entitlement to said refund shall lapse. It is the responsibility of the payor to provide the Township with the current address of his place of business.
This article shall not affect, in any manner, the permissible use of property, density of development, previously adopted design and improvement standards and requirements or any other aspect of the development of land or provision of public improvements which remain subject to applicable zoning, subdivision and PRD regulations of the Township, which shall be operative and remain in full force and effect without limitation with respect to all such development.
Impact fees may be imposed on those projects involving developments, subdivisions and PRD's for which an application has been filed on or after the first publication of notice of the Township's intent to adopt this article; provided, however, that such retroactivity does not exceed 18 months after the adoption of the resolution that created the advisory committee in connection herewith.[1]