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<br />" <br /> <br />SECTIOISEVEN <br /> <br />Funding Alternatives <br /> <br />National Survey of Stormwater Utility Monthly Fees <br />Black & Veatch 2002 <br /> <br /> $12.00 <br />" $10.00 <br />" <br />u. <br />~ $8.00 <br />C <br />" <br />"C <br />'ilI <br />" $6.00 <br />'" <br />>- <br />;S <br />~ $4.00 <br />0 <br />:; <br />" <br />Ol <br />" $2.00 <br />~ <br />~ <br /><l: <br /> $- <br /> 0 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Average <br /> <br />. .." <br /> <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />30 40 50 60 70 80 <br />Number of Municpalities Surveyed <br /> <br />90 <br /> <br />100 110 120 <br /> <br />Figure 15 <br /> <br />7.4 DRAINAGE IMPACT (DEVELOPMENT) FEES, PERMIT FEES, AND PLAN <br />REVIEW FEES <br /> <br />Impact fees associated with drainage or stormwater management are variously known as <br />drainage impact fees, drainage improvement participation fees, stormwater impact fees, and/or <br />stormwater capital fees. In all cases, impact fees are one-time fees, assessed on new <br />developments at the time of platting or building permit, and dedicated solely to capital <br />improvements. The major drawback to impact fees is that these monies are specified (typically <br />by code language) for capital improvements. <br /> <br />The general concept of development fees is that development "pays its own way." This is a <br />notion popular with taxpayers in Colorado and considered fair by most developers. Exactly how <br />much a developer contributes to a municipality for stormwater infrastructure is not always easy <br />to compute or agree on. To make this determination as equitable as reasonably possible, a <br />combination of engineering and legal considerations is used. <br /> <br />The cost paid by new land development for stormwater infrastructure should be reasonably <br />proportional to the costs of providing the additional infrastructure. The new infrastructure <br />should also be necessary because of the increased discharges created by the land development. If <br />land development does not create an additional need, it should not be charged. These are <br />important tests that apply to all types of "system development charges" or "development impact <br />. fees" and have been established by case law, which is referred to as the "rational nexus" test. <br /> <br />New land development should not have to pay for the costs of improvements serving previously <br />developed areas unless the improvements are' necessary to accommodate increased flows <br />generated by new development. In many cases stormwater infrastructure serves both new and <br /> <br />URS <br /> <br />T:\PROJECTS\22236022_GRAND_ VAlLEY\SUB_00\6.0_PROJ_DELIVIFINAL REPORT\FINAL REPT REV 4.DOC\S.JUL.Q3\\ 7-3 <br />