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<br />Appendix A. Community Impact Fees
<br />A. Ante Arundel County, Maryland
<br />B. Charlotte County, Florida
<br />The impact fees of Anne Arundel County, Maryland,
<br />Charlotte County, Florida; Citrus County, Florida; and St.
<br />Johns County, Florida, have been used as examples of the
<br />various aspects of impact fee calculation. In this section,
<br />those fees are set out as they were presented in the statement
<br />of methodology accompanying the implementing or-
<br />dinances. The following are direct quotations from those
<br />methodology statements, edited only for grammatical cor-
<br />rectness. These statements set out how the fees were
<br />calculated and the various data sources that were used.
<br />These portions of the methodology statements are includ-
<br />ed for several reasons. First, they are included to provide a
<br />full demonstration of fee calculations in one place. Second,
<br />they are included as an example of a methodology state-
<br />ment. A third reason is to show some of the difficulties of
<br />C. Citrus County, Florida
<br />D. St. Johns County, Florida
<br />establishing impact fees and, last, to show the context of im-
<br />pact fees.
<br />Methodology statements are generally prepared for two
<br />reasons. The first is to bring together the exact means, for-
<br />mula, and assumptions used in the calculation of the fees and
<br />to state the sources used. This is important in the event of
<br />litigation or when updates are needed. Staff changes and
<br />consultants moving on to other jobs will destroy the abili-
<br />ty to recreate the system if it is not committed to paper. The
<br />second reason they are prepared is as a tool to convince the
<br />public, the press, and, potentially, a court of the
<br />reasonableness of the calculations. Thus, there is a clear at-
<br />tempt to be persuasive in the statements. Note might be
<br />taken of the frequent indirect references to the rational nexus
<br />proportionality criteria.
<br />A. Anne Arundel County, Maryland, School Impact Fees
<br />The following explanation of the proposed Anne Arundel
<br />County school impact fee was in 'Technical Report on the
<br />Methods Used to Calculate Impact Fees for Anne Arundel
<br />County, "March 1987. This fee was adopted in August 1987
<br />and became effective immediately. This methodology
<br />statement was prepared by James C. Nicholas for Anne
<br />Arundel County,
<br />METHODOLOGY
<br />The method of calculating school impact is similar to that
<br />for roads in that the primary factor is the quantity of
<br />physical facilities required to accommodate new develop-
<br />ment. Additionally, the proposed fees set out below are
<br />based upon the recommendations of the Anne Arundel
<br />County Study Committee on Bill 27 -87. Table A -1 sets out
<br />the quantity and base -cost parameters. The school board
<br />TABLE A.I. PROTOTYPE FACILITIES, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND
<br />Source: Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Planning and Construction Department
<br />K-6
<br />7 -9
<br />10--12
<br />Building Area
<br />68,280
<br />115,000
<br />180,000
<br />Site (Acres)
<br />22
<br />40
<br />55
<br />Students Stations
<br />610
<br />800
<br />1,200
<br />Cost Per Sq. Ft.
<br />$83.00
<br />$83.00
<br />$83.00
<br />Land Cost (Acre)
<br />$10,000
<br />$10,000
<br />$10,000
<br />Construction Cost
<br />$5,667,240
<br />$9,545,000
<br />$14,940,000
<br />Architectural and Engineering
<br />5%
<br />4%
<br />4%
<br />Equipment
<br />8%
<br />8%
<br />8%
<br />Total Construction Cost
<br />$6,403,981
<br />$10,690,400
<br />$16,732,800
<br />Plus:
<br />Land
<br />$220,000
<br />5400,000
<br />$550,000
<br />Offsite Costs
<br />$160,383
<br />$270,124
<br />$422,802
<br />Total Cost
<br />$6,784,364
<br />$11,360,524
<br />$17,705,602
<br />Construction Cost, Per Student
<br />Total Construction
<br />$10,498
<br />$13,363
<br />$13,944
<br />Site and Site - Related
<br />$623
<br />$837
<br />$810
<br />Total Cost, Per Student
<br />$11,121
<br />$14,200
<br />$14,754
<br />Source: Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Planning and Construction Department
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