ZONING FEE WAIVERS & IMPACT FEE GRANT PROGRAM FOR NFPs Board of County Commissioners November 15, 2011.

ZONING FEE WAIVERS & IMPACT FEE GRANT PROGRAM FOR NFPs

Board of County Commissioners

November 15, 2011

• Zoning Fee Waivers– Background– Administrative Standards– Options

• Impact Fee Grant Program for NPFs– Program History– Application Process– Recent Activity– Options

• Summary

Presentation Outline

• Zoning Fee Waivers– Background– Administrative Standards– Options

• Impact Fee Grant Program for NPFs– Program History– Application Process– Recent Activity– Options

• Summary

Presentation Outline

Zoning Fee Waivers

• Eleven (11) Zoning Fee Waiver requests before BCC over past 10 years (six in last 2 years)– Financial hardship– Non-profits

• Procedures have varied– BCC approval

Background

• Zoning has fees for Variances and Special Exceptions

• Fee waivers are not codified for Staff

• No administrative standards exist

Administrative Standards

• Require the development of administrative standards (income, assets/liabilities)

• Require analysis of applicant’s personal and financial records, which may be unverifiable

• Development of forms, regulations

Options

• Maintain current practice– BCC agenda for public discussion under

Commissioner's Report• Draft administrative standards

– Forms, Regulations• BCC Discussion Agenda item with

the applicant• BCC Policy decision to discontinue

practice

• Zoning Fee Waivers– Background– Administrative Standards– Options

• Impact Fee Grant Program for NPFs– Program History– Application Process– Recent Activity– Options

• Summary

Presentation Outline

Impact Fee Grant Program

• Began as a pilot program in February 2000, made permanent in 2001

• Purpose was to assist NFPs in paying impact fees for new construction

• Only for NFPs that provide services the County might otherwise provide at taxpayer expense

Program History

• General fund reimburses impact fee funds to ensure no impact fees are waived

• Maximum grant amount $15,000

• Average expenditures of $30K to $45K past 3 years

Application Process

• Application Process is outlined in County Admin Reg 6.15.01

• BCC makes final grant approval• Funds must be used

within 12 months• Grant cannot be used

for utilities charges orbuilding permit fees

Recent Activity

• Projects funded by the program include:– Day Care/Classroom Facilities– Family Life Centers– Recreational Facilities– Dependency Treatment Centers– Youth Services Centers

Options

• Continue Impact Fee Grant Program for NFPs

• Change guidance to make more restrictive

• Eliminate the Program

• Zoning Fee Waivers– Background– Administrative Standards– Options

• Impact Fee Grant Program for NPFs– Program History– Application Process– Recent Activity– Options

• Summary

Presentation Outline

Summary

Board direction regarding Zoning Fee

Waivers and Impact Fee Grant

Program for Non-Profit Organizations

Zoning Fee Waiver Options

• Maintain current practice– BCC agenda for public discussion under

Commissioner's Report• Draft administrative standards

– Forms, Regulations• BCC Discussion Agenda item with

the applicant• BCC Policy decision to discontinue

practice

Impact Fee Grant Options

• Continue Impact Fee Grant Program for NFPs

• Change guidance to make more restrictive

• Eliminate the Program

Consent Agenda Item F.1.

• Impact Fee Grant Program for Qualified Not for Profit

• Now Faith Pentecostal Church– $9,662.54 for Law, Fire, and

Transportation Impact Fees– 3,506 s.f. youth center for after school

programs, tutoring, counseling• Recommended for Approval by Impact

Fee Grant Committee