§ 62-820. Findings; purpose and declaration.

(a)

The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated as findings of the board of county commissioners relating to an economic emergency in the county and board of county commissioners hereby declare that such an emergency exists.

(b)

In order to establish an incentive for construction projects, beginning March 1, 2009, the board of county commissioners of the county, hereby declares and imposes an eight-year, ten month moratorium on the collection of transportation impact fees for any residential or commercial construction project for which a property owner applicant receives from the county or participating municipality:

(1)

A building permit within 94 months from the beginning date of this moratorium; and

(2)

At least a temporary certificate of occupancy within 107 months from the beginning date of this moratorium, unless the latter date is extended by the board of county commissioners.

The county manager is authorized to grant a one-year extension of the deadline for obtaining a temporary certificate of occupancy to a developer of any commercial project exceeding 20,000 square feet in size that otherwise meets the requirements for exemption from transportation impact fee payment as provided for in this section. This moratorium shall also apply to any owner or applicant who has submitted a complete application for a building permit prior to March 1, 2009 but has not, as of the effective date of this section, received a temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy.

(Ord. No. 09-08E, § 1, 3-5-09; Ord. No. 09-31, § 1, 11-17-09; Ord. No. 10-005, § 1, 2-23-10; Ord. No. 12-06, § 1, 2-21-12; Ord. No. 13-06, § 1, 2-19-13; Ord. No. 13-12, § 1, 4-30-13; Ord. No. 17-25, § 1, 10-24-17)