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CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION
-MEMORANDUM-
Date: October 5, 2012
To: Plan Commission Members
From: Adrienne Keeling Ay,
Department of Community Services
Re: Resolution PC-10-16-12: Park Impact Fee Increase
Enclosed is the information packet for the following item. If you have any questions, please give me a call at
571-2417.
Plan Commission Resolution PC-10-16-12: Parks & Recreation Impact Fee Ratification (2013)
Resolution to implement increase in Parks and Recreation Impact Fee and ratify the scheduled fee
increase for June 2013.
Please see the proposed Plan Commission Resolution regarding the scheduled increase in the Parks and
Recreation Impact Fee. The resolution recommends that the Common Council ratify and approve the
scheduled increase for months 37-48 (June 15, 2013 — June 14, 2014). Zoning Ordinance Section
29.07.04(a) sets a schedule for fee increases; however, the Council must approve each subsequent increase
prior to its implementation. See the excerpt below:
29.07.04(a) $1,261, during months 1-12 of the effectiveness of this PRIF Ordinance; and increase in the
following manner provided the Common Council shall approve each subsequent increase prior to
implementation, $1,387, during months 13-24 of the effectiveness of this PRIF Ordinance;
$1,526, during months 25-36 of the effectiveness of this PRIF Ordinance; $1,679, during months
37-48 of the effectiveness of this PRIF Ordinance; or$1,847, after month 48; times
Background:
The Parks & Recreation Impact Fee is derived by calculating the existing Parks' Community Level of Service,
estimated costs of new park infrastructure and the number of projected new dwelling units. The maximum
Impact Fee calculated in the 2010-2015 Zone Improvement Plan was $2,275/unit. Establishing this maximum
fee immediately in 2010 would have involved a major increase in fees. Instead, the City adopted a more
gradual approach over the five-year life of the Impact Fee Ordinance, resulting in a maximum increase of 10°t0
per year with a cap of $1,847/unit starting in 2014.
Along with the scheduled gradual increase, the City Council also requested that each increase is reviewed
prior to its effectiveness. Therefore, the Department proposes this item be sent for review by the Impact Fee
Advisory Committee prior to forwarding to the City Council. The Impact Fee Advisory Committee plans to
meet on Wednesday, November 7 at 5:30pm.
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ONE CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL,INDIANA 46032 317/571-2417
RESOLUTION NO. PC 10-16-12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDING
THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL
RATIFY AND APPROVE THE 2013 SCHEDULED INCREASE
IN THE CARMEL PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT FEE
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Advisory Planning Law of the State of Indiana (contained in IC
36-7-4), each unit of local government that wishes to adopt land use and zoning ordinances must first
approve by resolution a comprehensive plan for the geographic area over which it has jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the Carmel Comprehensive Plan (the "C3 Plan") was approved and recommended
by the Carmel Plan Commission on November 18, 2008, duly approved by resolution (as amended) of
the Common Council of the City of Carmel on May 4, 2009, with those C3 Plan amendments approved
by the Carmel Plan Commission on May 19, 2009, with May 20, 2009 becoming the effective date of
the C3 Plan, and therefore it is the official Comprehensive Plan of the City of Carmel, Indiana and Clay
Township, Indiana; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Carmel appointed the Impact Fee Advisory Committee to
serve in an advisory capacity to assist and advise the City with regard to the adoption of an impact fee
ordinance under Indiana Code Section 36-7-4-1311; and
WHEREAS, the Impact Fee Advisory Committee met and advised the Carmel Plan
Commission to recommend to the Common Council a revised and updated Zone Improvement Plan and
Park Impact Fee (PRIF) Ordinance resulting in an amendment to the C3 Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Carmel Plan Commission duly approved, and recommended to the Common
Council, an amendment to the C3 Plan regarding a revised and updated Zone Improvement Plan on
which the PRIF Ordinance is based; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, pursuant to IC 36-7-4-509,
by Resolution duly approved the revised and updated Zone Improvement Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, pursuant to IC 36-7-4-607,
duly adopted Ordinance No. Z-534-09, the current PRIF Ordinance, which is codified as Section 29.07
of the Carmel Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Section 29.07.04(a)of the Zoning Ordinance provides that the amount of the
impact fee (times the number of equivalent dwelling units to be constructed) shall be increased during
months 37-48 of the effectiveness of the PRIF Ordinance from $1,526 to $1,679, provided the
Common Council shall approve the increase prior to implementation; and
Resolution No. PC-10-16-12
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 29.07.14 of the Zoning Ordinance, such increase is scheduled
to be implemented on June 15, 2013, which begins month 37 of the effectiveness of the PRIF
Ordinance;
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION,
THAT:
1. The Plan Commission hereby recommends to the Common Council of the City of
Carmel, Indiana that the Council should ratify and approve the scheduled increase in the amount of the
Parks and Recreation Impact Fee from $1,526, times the number of equivalent dwelling units, to
$1,679, times the number of equivalent dwelling units, during months 37-48 of the effectiveness of the
PRIF Ordinance(June 15, 2013 —June 14, 2014).
2. The Secretary is hereby directed to send a copy of this Resolution with the minutes of
this meeting to the Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Carmel for distribution to the Common Council of the
City of Carmel.
SO RESOLVED BY THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION this _day of , 2012.
CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION
President
ATTEST:
Secretary
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