[Adopted 2-22-2000 by Ord. No. 5-2000]
There shall hereby be established in the Township
of Mullica a recreation fee. Said fee shall be established through
the office of the Chief Financial Officer. The fee shall be in an
amount as set forth in this article and collection shall be pursuant
to this article. Any funds collected pursuant to this article shall
be identified as miscellaneous revenue and be placed in the Township's
general fund.
Every effort shall be made so that any fees
collected pursuant to this article shall be expended only for use
concerning the construction, repair, maintenance, and creation of
recreation facilities within the Township of Mullica.
A reasonable relation and proportionality exists
between this article, the fee established hereby and the goal it attempts
to accomplish. A simple nexus is that increased population growth
within the Township will inevitably lead to the expansion of recreation
facilities within the Township. Therefore, new houses being constructed
within the Township should pay an initial pro rata share for the cost
of such expansion and maintenance of the recreation facilities within
the Township.
There is hereby established a fee of $75 for
each new residential dwelling constructed within the Township of Mullica.
Said fee shall be payable at the time of application for a building
permit and shall be payable in a separate check in said amount made
payable to the "Township of Mullica." For the purposes of this article,
a residential dwelling shall be considered any dwelling whether attached
or detached which houses living quarters. For example, a detached
single-family home shall be considered one dwelling unit pursuant
to this article. A duplex shall be considered two dwelling units.
The formula used to arrive at the above-mentioned
fee is as follows:
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The estimated cost as determined by the Recreation
Committee for the Township of Mullica for recreation improvement,
expansion and maintenance during the five-year period immediately
subsequent to the adoption of this article equals
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$749,670.00
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divided by
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The approximate number of residential dwellings
currently existing in the Township of Mullica
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2,060.00
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equals
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$363.92
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Divided by number of years considered regarding
recreation expansion
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5
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equals
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$72.78
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Said $72.78 figure was rounded up to $75.00
per residential dwelling.
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Two years after this article takes legal effect,
the Committee of the Township of Mullica shall reevaluate this article
to make an appropriate adjustment in the calculation of this Recreation
Fee Ordinance to make an appropriate adjustment in the recreation
fee. Consideration shall be given to the amount of growth within the
Township, the expansion and maintenance of recreation facilities within
the Township.
