13-1-8 Infrastructure Improvements Plan.
A. Infrastructure Improvements Plan Contents. The infrastructure improvements plan shall be developed by qualified professionals and may be based upon or incorporated within the Town’s capital improvements plan. The infrastructure improvements plan shall:
1. Specify the categories of necessary public services for which the Town will impose a development fee.
2. Define and provide a map of one (1) or more service areas within which the Town will provide each category of necessary public services for which development fees will be charged. Each service area must be defined in a manner that demonstrates a substantial nexus between the capital facilities to be provided in the service area and the service units to be served by those capital facilities. For libraries and for parks larger than thirty (30) acres, each service area must be defined in a manner that demonstrates a direct benefit between the capital facilities and the service units to be served by those capital facilities. The Town may cover more than one (1) category of capital facilities in the same service area; provided, that there is an independent substantial nexus or direct benefit, as applicable, between each category of necessary public services and the service units to be served.
3. Identify and describe the land use assumptions upon which the infrastructure improvements plan is based in each service area.
4. Analyze and identify the existing level of service provided by the Town to existing service units for each category of necessary public services in each service area.
5. Identify the level of service to be provided by the Town for each category of necessary public services in each service area based on the relevant land use assumptions and any established Town standards or policies related to required levels of service. If the Town provides the same category of necessary public services in more than one (1) service area, the infrastructure improvements plan shall include a comparison of the levels of service to be provided in each service area.
6. For each category of necessary public services, analyze and identify the existing capacity of the capital facilities in each service area, the utilization of those capital facilities by existing service units and the available excess capacity of those capital facilities to serve new service units including any existing or planned commitments or agreements for the usage of such capacity.
7. Estimate the total number of existing and future service units within each service area based on the town’s land use assumptions.
8. Based on the analysis in subsections (A)(3) through (6) of this section, provide a summary table or tables describing the level of service for each category of necessary public services by relating the required capital facilities to service units in each service area, and identifying the applicable service unit factor associated with each category of development.
9. For each category of necessary public services, analyze and identify the projected utilization of any available excess capacity in existing capital facilities, and all new or expanded capital facilities that will be required to provide and maintain the planned level of service in each service area as a result of the new projected service units in that service area, for a period not to exceed ten (10) years. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the Town from additionally including in its infrastructure improvements plan projected utilization of, or needs for, capital facilities for a period longer than ten (10) years; provided, that the costs of such capital facilities are excluded from the calculation of the plan-based cost per service unit.
10. For each category of necessary public services, estimate the total cost of any available excess capacity and/or new or expanded capital facilities that will be required to serve new service units, including costs of land acquisition, improvements, engineering and architectural services, studies leading to design, design, construction, financing, and administrative costs. Such total costs shall not include costs for ongoing operation and maintenance of capital facilities, nor for replacement of capital facilities to the extent that such replacement is necessary to serve existing service units. If the infrastructure improvements plan includes changes or upgrades to existing capital facilities that will be needed to achieve or maintain the planned level of service to existing service units, or to meet new regulatory requirements for services provided to existing service units, such costs shall be identified and distinguished in the infrastructure improvements plan.
11. Forecast the revenues from taxes, fees, assessments or other sources that will be available to fund the new or expanded capital facilities identified in the infrastructure improvements plan, which shall include estimated State-shared revenue, highway users revenue, Federal revenue, ad valorem property taxes, construction contracting or similar excise taxes and the capital recovery portion of utility fees attributable to development based on the approved land use assumptions.
12. Calculate required offsets as follows:
a. Identify those sources of revenue that: (i) are attributable to new development, and (ii) will contribute to paying for the capital costs of necessary public services.
b. For each source of revenue identified pursuant to subsection (A)(12)(a) of this section, calculate the relative contribution of new development paying for the capital costs of necessary public services in each service area.
c. Based on the relative contributions identified pursuant to subsection (A)(12)(b) of this section, for each category of necessary public services, calculate the total offset per service unit to be provided in each service area.
d. Beginning August 1, 2014, for purposes of calculating the required offset, if the Town imposes a construction, contracting, or similar excise tax rate in excess of the percentage amount of the transaction privilege tax rate that is imposed on the majority of other transaction privilege tax classifications in the Town, the entire excess portion of the construction, contracting, or similar excise tax shall be treated as a contribution to the capital costs of necessary public services provided to new development unless the excess portion is already utilized for such purpose pursuant to this section.
13. Calculate the plan-based cost per service unit by:
a. Dividing the total projected costs to provide capital facilities to new service units for each category of necessary public services in each service area as determined pursuant to subsections (A)(1) through (11) of this section by the total number of new service units projected for that service area over a period not to exceed ten (10) years for each category of necessary public services.
b. Subtracting the required offset per service unit calculated pursuant to subsection (A)(13) of this section.
B. Multiple Plans. An infrastructure improvements plan adopted pursuant to this subsection may address one (1) or more of the town’s categories of necessary public services in any or all of the Town’s service areas. Each capital facility shall be subject to no more than one (1) infrastructure improvements plan at any given time.
C. Reserved Capacity. The Town may reserve capacity in an infrastructure improvements plan to serve one (1) or more planned future developments. All reservations of existing capacity must be disclosed in the infrastructure improvements plan at the time it is adopted. ((O)14-04, 04/02/2014)