Pursuant to the authority of § 66.0617, Wis. Stats.,
the local impact fees enabling legislation, the purpose of this chapter
is to establish the mechanism for the imposition of impact fees upon
new development to finance the capital costs of acquiring, establishing,
upgrading, expanding, and constructing public facilities which are
necessary to accommodate land development. This chapter is intended
to assure that new development bears an appropriate share of the cost
of capital expenditures necessary to provide public facilities within
the City of Reedsburg and its service areas as they are required to
serve the needs arising out of land development.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BUILDING PERMIT
The permit required for new construction, additions and improvements pursuant to Chapter
242, Building Construction, §
242-9, of the Code of the City of Reedsburg. The term "building permit," as used herein, shall not be deemed to include permits required for remodeling, rehabilitation, or other improvements to an existing structure or rebuilding a damaged or destroyed structure, provided there is no increase in the number of dwelling units resulting therefrom.
CAPITAL BUDGET
A separate budget dedicated to financing capital improvements.
CAPITAL COSTS
The costs to construct, expand or improve public facilities,
including the cost of land, and including legal, engineering and design
costs to construct, expand or improve public facilities, except that
not more than 10% of capital costs may consist of legal, engineering
and design costs unless such costs relate directly to the public improvement
for which the impact fees were imposed actually exceed 10% of the
capital costs. "Capital costs" does not include other noncapital costs
to construct, expand or improve public facilities or the costs of
equipment to construct, expand or improve public facilities.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Shall be a part of the Comprehensive Plan, which:
A.
Contains an aggregation of sites into development subareas with
development potential that would create the need for new capital improvements;
B.
Includes standards for level of service for the capital facilities
and infrastructure to be fully or partially funded with impact fees;
and
C.
Sets forth proposed subarea project lists, cost estimates, and
funding sources.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The officially adopted schedule of capital improvements setting
forth the year or month in which they will be undertaken, the time
and cost of construction, and other necessary features.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Public facilities that are treated as capitalized expenses
according to generally accepted accounting principles, and does not
include costs associated with the operation, administration, maintenance,
nor replacement of capital improvements, nor does it include administrative
facilities.
DEVELOPMENT
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real property,
the use of any principal structure or land or any other activity that
requires a change in water meter size or the installation of a new
water meter and/or the issuance of a building permit.
DEVELOPMENT SUBAREAS
Geographically defined areas of the City that have been designated
in the Comprehensive Plan or impact fee needs assessment as areas
in which development potential may create the need for capital improvements
programs to be funded by impact fees.
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms designed as a residential occupancy area
by not more than one family or group for living and sleeping purposes.
IMPACT FEE
Any charge, fee, or assessment levied pursuant to this chapter
when any portion of the revenues collected is intended to fund any
portion of the costs of capital improvements or any public facilities
and shall be assessed at the issuance of a building permit.
IMPACT FEE COEFFICIENT
The charge per dwelling unit calculated by dividing total
public facility costs by total number of dwelling units as projected
by the most current water system needs assessment.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
The construction or modification of improvements to real
property that creates additional residential dwelling units within
the City or its service areas or that results in nonresidential uses
that create a need for new, expanded or improved public facilities
within the City or its service areas. Land development also includes
construction or modification of improvements to real property that
creates the need for an additional water meter or an upgrade in water
meter size.
MULTIFAMILY
Any residential dwelling with more than two single-family
dwellings.
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
The assessment of needs required to identify public facility
costs for the purpose of calculating impact fees as defined by § 66.0617,
Wis. Stats.
PUBLIC FACILITIES
For purposes of this chapter, as defined in § 66.0617,
Wis. Stats., "public facilities" means facilities for facilities for
pumping, storing, treating and distributing water and parks owned
and maintained by the City.
RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT UNIT (REU)
A unit of measure for water impact fees equivalent to one
residential dwelling unit. For purposes of this chapter, one residential
equivalent is considered equal to the basic residential water meter
size of 5/8 inch or 3/4 inch.
SERVICE AREA
A geographic area delineated by the Common Council within
which the City provides or will provide facilities.
SERVICE STANDARD
A certain quantity or quality of public facilities relative
to a certain number of persons, parcels of land or other appropriate
measure as specified by the Common Council.
SITE
The land on which development takes place.
SUBDIVISION
A plat, certified survey map, or other method used to divide
a parcel of property into two or more separate parcels or lots.
WATER UTILITY
The Water Utility of the Reedsburg Utility Commission of
the City of Reedsburg.
ZONING DISTRICTS
Those areas designated in Chapter
690, Zoning, as being reserved for specific land uses, subject to development and use regulations specified in Chapter
690.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The official adopted Zoning Map and text regulating all development
and land use in the City of Reedsburg.
The impact fees for water utilities to be paid at the time of
issuance of a building permit are:
Meter Size
|
Equivalency
|
Impact Fee
|
---|
5/8" and 3/4" multifamily
|
0.75
|
$473
|
5/8" and 3/4"
|
1
|
$631
|
1"
|
2.5
|
$1,576
|
1 1/2"
|
5
|
$3,153
|
2"
|
8
|
$5,044
|
3"
|
15
|
$9,458
|
4"
|
25
|
$15,763
|
6"
|
50
|
$31,527
|
8" or larger
|
80
|
$50,443
|
The basis for the imposition of impact fees is the Park Facilities
Needs Assessment Report and its attachments, as outlined in the needs
assessment prepared by MSA in May 2019, and the Water Impact Fee Report,
prepared by MSA Professional Services, Inc. in May 2019 both of which
are on file in the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer of the City
of Reedsburg. Park impact fees shall be used generally for parks,
playgrounds, and land for athletic fields. Water impact fees shall
be used for water towers, reservoirs, pump stations, wells and equipment,
pump stations, water mains and related public improvement of the Water
Utility.
The payment of an impact fee imposed under this section as a
condition of a building permit may be contested as to the amount,
collection or use of the impact fee:
A. To the Utility Commission for an appeal of a water utility impact
fee, provided that the applicant files a written notice of appeal
with the Utility Manager's office within 15 days of the approval
by the Building Inspector of an application for a building permit
upon which the impact fee is imposed. Such notice of appeal shall
be entitled "Notice of Appeal of Impact Fee" and shall state the applicant's
name, address, telephone number, address (if available) and legal
description of the land development upon which the impact fee is imposed,
and a statement of the nature of and reasons for the appeal. The Utility
Manager shall schedule the appeal for consideration by the Utility
Commission at the next regular meeting of the Commission and shall
notify the applicant of the time, date and place of such meeting,
in writing, by regular mail, deposited in the mail no later than at
least three days before the date of such meeting. Upon review of such
appeal, the Commission may adjust the amount, collection or use of
the impact fee upon just and reasonable cause shown.
B. To the Council for an appeal of a park facilities impact fee, provided
that a notice of appeal is filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer's
office within 15 days of the approval by the Building Inspector of
an application for a building permit upon which the impact fee has
been imposed. Such notice of appeal shall be entitled "Notice of Appeal
of Impact Fee" and shall state the applicant's name, address,
telephone number, address (if available) and legal description of
the land development upon which the impact fee is imposed, and a statement
of the nature of and reasons for the appeal. The City Clerk-Treasurer
shall schedule the appeal for consideration by the Council at the
next regular meeting of the Council and shall notify the applicant
of the time, date and place of such meeting, in writing, by regular
mail, deposited in the mail no later than at least three days before
the date of such meeting. Upon review of such appeal, the Council
may adjust the amount, collection or use of the impact fee upon just
and reasonable cause shown.
This chapter shall not affect, in any manner, the permissible
use of property, density of development, design and improvement standards
and requirements, or any other aspect of the development of land or
provision of capital improvements subject to the zoning and subdivision
regulations or other regulations of the City, which shall be operative
and remain in full force and effect without limitation with respect
to all such development.
The impact fee is additional and supplemental to, and not in
substitution of, any other requirements imposed by the City on the
development of land or the issuance of building permits. It is intended
to be consistent with and to further the objectives and policies of
the Comprehensive Plan, the capital improvements plan, the outdoor
recreation plan, and other City policies, ordinances, and resolutions
by which the City seeks to ensure the provision of public facilities
in conjunction with the development of land. In no event shall a property
owner be obligated to pay for capital improvements in an amount in
excess of the amount calculated pursuant to this chapter; provided,
however, that a property owner may be required to pay, pursuant to
City ordinances, regulations, or policies, for other capital improvements
in addition to the impact fee for capital improvements as specified
herein.