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b i::'-\;:,": H ; :',1 Pi., (~T F :~.J:, ::'~ This document provides the rationale and data sources used to derive three impact fees for the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Impact fees are one-time payments that may be imposed by a municipality to offset capital costs to the municipality associated with providing necessary public facilities. Impact fees are subject to legal requirements, which are commonly referred to as the "rational nexus" test. This test contains three elements: need, benefit and Proportionality. First, to justify a fee for public facilities, Sunny Isles Beach has demonstrated that development creates a need for capital improvements. Second, developed properties must derive a benefit from the payment of the fees imposed by the City. Third, the fee paid by a particular type of development should not exceed its proportionate share of the capital cost for improvements. The City has already adopted impact fees for parks and police facilities (see Figure 1). For a new multi-family housing unit, which is the most common residential type in Sunny Isles Beach, the current impact fee total is $843 per unit. Figure 1 - Current Impact Fees Parks & Police TOTAL Recreation ResIdentIal Single Family Detached Townhouse Multi-Family (including apartment hotels) Nonresidential All Types Per Housing Unit $1,453 $1,247 $742 $101 $1,554 $101 $1,348 $101 $843 Per 1,000 Square Feet $147 $147 Tischler & Associates, Inc. (TA) evaluated possible methodologies and documented appropriate demand indicators by type of development, for each type of fee. Specific capital costs have been identified using local data and current dollars. Formulas used to calculate impact fees are diagrammed in a flow chart at the beginning of each section of this report. Also, for each type of fee TA provides a summary table indicating the specific factors used to derive the impact fee. These factors are also referred to as Level-Of-Service (LOS) standards. There are two basic approaches used to calculate the various components of Sunny Isles Beach's impact fees. A plan-based method is best suited for public facilities that have adopted plans or commonly accepted service delivery standards to guide capital improvements. For example, Sunny Isles Beach is planning the construction of a new municipal complex including general government offices, public meeting space and police headquarters. The City has also developed a plan to improve beach access and parks. 1 Tischler & Associates, Inc.