This division is intended to assure the provision of adequate
public facilities to serve new development in the city by requiring
each development to pay its share of the costs of such improvements
necessitated by and attributable to such new development.
(2004 Code, sec. 34.40)
This division is adopted pursuant to Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code
chapter 395. The provisions of this division shall not be construed
to limit the power of the city to utilize other methods authorized
under state law or pursuant to other city powers to accomplish the
purposes set forth herein, either in substitution or in conjunction
with this division. Guidelines may be developed by ordinance, resolution,
or otherwise to implement and administer this division.
(2004 Code, sec. 34.41)
For the purpose of this division, the following definitions
shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
Assessment.
The determination of the amount of the maximum impact fee
per service unit which can be imposed on new development pursuant
to this division.
Capital improvement.
Either a water facility or a wastewater facility, with a
life expectancy of three or more years, to be owned and operated by
or on behalf of the city.
Capital improvements advisory committee.
The city’s planning and zoning commission, together
with ad hoc representatives as may be appointed from time to time,
to fulfill the composition mandated by Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code
section 395.058.
Credit.
The amount of the reduction of an impact fee for fees, payments
or charges for the same type of capital improvements for which the
fee has been assessed.
Impact fee.
Either a fee for water facilities or a fee for wastewater
facilities imposed on new development by the city pursuant to this
division in order to generate revenue to fund or recoup all or part
of the costs of capital improvements or facility expansion necessitated
by and attributable to such new development. Impact fees do not include
the dedication of rights-of-way or easements for such facilities,
or the construction of such improvements, imposed pursuant to the
city’s zoning or subdivision regulations, nor do impact fees
include fees placed in trust funds for the purpose of reimbursing
developers for oversizing or constructing water or wastewater mains,
or pro-rata fees for reimbursement of the city’s costs for extending
water or wastewater mains after September 1, 2001. Impact fees also
do not include charges for water or wastewater services to a wholesale
customer such as a water district, political subdivision of the state,
or other wholesale utility customer.
Land use assumptions.
The projections of population and employment growth and associated
changes in land uses, densities and intensities adopted by the city,
as may be amended from time to time, upon which the impact fee capital
improvements plans are based.
Land use equivalency table.
A table converting the demands for capital improvements generated
by various land uses to numbers of service units, as may be amended
from time to time.
New development.
A project involving the construction, reconstruction, redevelopment,
conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any
structure, or any use or extension of land, which has the effect of
increasing the requirements for capital improvements or facility expansions,
measured by the number of service units to be generated by such activity,
and which requires either the approval and filing with Collin County
of a plat pursuant to the city’s subdivision regulations, the
issuance of a building permit, or connection to the city’s water
or wastewater system, and which has not been exempted from these regulations
by provisions herein.
Offset.
The amount of the reduction of an impact fee designed to
fairly reflect the value of system facilities pursuant to rules herein
established or council-approved administrative guidelines, provided
by a developer pursuant to the city’s subdivision regulations
or requirements.
Plat.
Includes the meaning given the term in the city’s subdivision
regulations. Plat includes “replat.”
Property.
Any person, corporation, legal entity or agent thereof having
a legal or equitable interest in the land for which an impact fee
becomes due. “Property owner” includes the developer for
the new development.
Recoupment.
The imposition of an impact fee to reimburse the city for
capital improvements which the city has previously oversized to serve
new development.
Service area.
Either a water service area or wastewater service area within
the city or within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction,
within which impact fees for capital improvements or facility expansion
may be collected for new development occurring within such area and
within which fees so collected will be expended for those types of
improvements or expansions identified in the type of capital improvements
plan applicable to the service area.
Service unit.
A single-family living unit equivalent based upon a 3/4-inch
displacement type water meter, which serves as the standardized measure
of consumption, use or generation attributable to the new unit of
development.
Site-related facility.
An improvement or facility which is for the primary use or
benefit of a new development and/or which is for the primary purpose
of safe and adequate provision of water or wastewater facilities to
serve the new development, and which is not included in the impact
fees capital improvements plan and for which the developer or property
owner is solely responsible under subdivision or other applicable
regulations.
System facility.
A capital improvement or facility expansion which is designated
in the impact fee capital improvements plan and which is not a site-related
facility. “System facility” may include a capital improvement
which is located off-site, or within or on the perimeter of the development
site.
Ultimate service area.
The area within which the city is authorized pursuant to
state law to provide water or wastewater service, which may include
areas presently outside the extraterritorial boundaries of the city,
and within which the city may assess and collect impact fees by contract
pending inclusion of the area within the city limits or extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
Wastewater facility.
A wastewater interceptor or main, lift station, treatment
facility or other facility included within and comprising an integral
component of the city’s collection and transmission system for
wastewater. “Wastewater facility” includes land, easements
or structures associated with such facilities. “Wastewater facility”
excludes a site-related facility.
Wastewater facility expansion.
The expansion of the capacity of any existing wastewater
improvement for the purpose of serving new development, but does not
include the repair, maintenance, modernization, or expansion of an
existing sewer facility to serve existing development.
Wastewater improvements plan.
The adopted plan, as may be amended from time to time, which
identifies the wastewater facilities or wastewater expansions and
their associated costs which are necessitated by and which are attributable
to new development, for a period not to exceed ten years, and which
are to be financed in whole or in part through the imposition of wastewater
facilities fees pursuant to this division.
Water facility.
A water transmission line or main, pump station, storage
tank, water supply facility, treatment facility or other facility
included within and comprising an integral component of the city’s
water storage or distribution system. “Water facility”
includes land, easements or structures associated with such facilities.
“Water facility” excludes site-related facilities.
Water facility expansion.
The expansion of the capacity of any existing water facility
for the purpose of serving new development, but does not include the
repair, maintenance, modernization, or expansion of an existing water
improvement to serve existing development.
Water improvements plan.
The adopted plan, as may be amended from time to time, which
identifies the water facilities or water expansions and their associated
costs which are necessitated by and which are attributable to new
development, for a period not to exceed ten years, and which are to
be financed in whole or in part through the imposition of water facilities
impact fees pursuant to this division.
Water meter.
A device for measuring the flow of water to a development,
whether for domestic or for irrigation purposes.
(2004 Code, sec. 34.42)
The provisions of this division concerning water and wastewater
impact fees apply to all new development within the corporate boundaries
of the city and within its extraterritorial jurisdiction. The provisions
of this division also apply to land located outside the extraterritorial
boundaries of the city, where an agreement has been executed by a
property owner that authorizes the imposition of impact fees and the
extension of capital improvements to serve a new development within
such area. The calculation of impact fees applies uniformly within
each service area and within ultimate service area boundaries.
(2004 Code, sec. 34.43)
No building permit shall be issued unless the applicant has
paid the impact fee imposed by and calculated hereunder, unless a
different time and/or method of payment has been authorized by agreement
between the city and the property owner.
(2004 Code, sec. 34.44)
(a) Water facilities.
$4,400.00 per service unit (1-inch
water meter).
(b) Wastewater facilities.
$5,200.00 per service unit (1-inch
water meter).
(c) Roadway facilities.
(1) Service area No. 1: $910.00 per service unit (for both residential
and nonresidential) development where applicable.
(2) Service area No. 2–7: 1,142.00 per service unit (for both residential
and nonresidential) development where applicable.
(Ordinance 2021-58 adopted 7/13/21; Ordinance 2021-59 adopted 7/13/21)
(a) Water facilities.
$4,400.00 per service unit (1-inch
water meter).
(b) Wastewater facilities.
$5,200.00 per service unit (1-inch
water meter).
(c) Roadway facilities.
(1) Service area No. 1: $910.00 per service unit (for both residential
and nonresidential) development where applicable.
(2) Service area No. 2–7: 1,142.00 per service unit (for both residential
and nonresidential) development where applicable.
(Ordinance 2021-58 adopted 7/13/21; Ordinance 2021-59 adopted 7/13/21)