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O Mager Tammi Fisher
and Kalispell City Council
FROMO-P Charles Harba.11, City Attorney
Jane Howington, City Manager
Ordinance No. 1695 -- an ordinance Amending the Impact Fee
Ordinance Regarding the Administration of Installment
Payments -- First Reading
MEETING DATE: March 21., 2011— Regular Council Meeting
BACKGROUND.* on the 16th day of October 2006 the Kalispell City Council passed
Ordinance 1587 which authorized the imposition of impact fees and provided for the
regulation of the collection of those fees. on the 20th day of September, 2010 the
Kalispell City Council passed ordinance 1681 which authorized the payment of impact
fees in installments over a period of five years. .after considering the application of the
installment payment option, staff has recommended to the Kalispell City Council that
further refinement of this option is in the best interest of the City for prudent
administration of the payment program. The specific recommendations are:
) In the event the first payment is made between. January 1st and. June Soh the
first installment payment should be placed on the tax roll to be due November
of the same year.
2) Upon the closing of a sale of the subject property, if such sale occurs prior to
full payment of the impact fees due, the balance of all impact fees due and
oaring should be paid to the City of Kalispell.
3) The impact fees eligible for the election of installment payments should be:
a. For single family residences - water, sanitary serer and storm water
impact fees.
b. For all other uses -- grater, sanitary sewer, storm water and
transportation impact fees in excess of $500.00
4) All penalties and interest earned from financed impact fees should be placed in
the General. Fund as an administrative fee.
Ordinance No. 1695 Memorandum
March 16, 2011
Page -- 2
RECONDIENDATION: That City Council give consideration to and pass Ordinance
No. 1695 on first reading.
FISCAL IMPACTS: Any fiscal impact to the City from this Ordinance should be
minimal.
(Jane Howington., City Manaaer
Office of City Attorney
City of Kalispell
ORDINANCEkil ORDINA10E AMENDING THE CITY OF KALISPELL IMPACT FEE
NO. 1587 CODIFIED AT CHAPTER 8 OF THE KALISPELL MUNICIPAL CODE,
IIECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE,/ AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY/
CODIFY THE SAME.
WHEREAS, on the 16'h day of October 2006 the Kalispell. City Council passed Ordinance 1587
which authorized the imposition of impact fees and provided for the regulation of the
collection of those fees; and
WHEREAS, on the 20th day of September, 2010 the Kalispell City Council. passed Ordinance 1.681
which authorized the payment of impact fees in installments over a period of five
years; and
WHEREAS, after considering the application of the installment payment option, the Kalispell City
Council finds that further refinement of this option is in the best interest of the City
for prudent administration of the payment program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council. finds that it is in the best interest of the City and its residents to
provide the option, set forth in Exhibit "A", to allow the payment of impact fees due
in installments over a period of time.
NOWT THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. ordinance No. 1.5871, codified as Kalispell Municipal Code 8-31, is
hereby amended to read as set forth in Exhibit "A.", attached hereto
and incorporated fully herein by this reference.
SECTION II. The City .Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to recodify this
Ordinance.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its final passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF KALISPELL THIS DAY OF MARCH. 2011.
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clem
Ta mi Fisher
Mayor
-1 Collection of Impact Fees,
A. Upon collection, all impact fees shall be deposited in a special proprietary fund, which
shall be invested with all interest accruing to the fund.
B. The City may impose impact fees on behalf of local districts.
C.If the impact fees are not hereafter collected or spent in accordance with this article or are
not in compliance with 7-6-1602 MCA, any impact fees that were collected must be
refunded to the person who owned the property at the time that the refund was due.
D. Unless an election is made as described below in paragraph E, the Kalispell Building
Department shall collect all impact fees imposed and shall collect them no earlier than the
date of issuance of a building permit if a building permit is required for the development or
no earlier than the time of wastewater or water service connection or well or septic
permitting.
E. Q The party responsible for the payment of impact fees may elect to pay certain
fees over a period of five (5) years in five (5) equal installments, each installment bearing
an annual interest rate of five (5%) percent on the remaining principal balance. The first
payment will be due and paid to the Kalispell Building Department upon application for a
building permit or at the time of wastewater or water service connection or well or septic
permitting. In the event the first payment is made between January 1'c and June 301h the
first installment pavment shall be placed on the tax roll to be due November of the same
dear. Upon the closing of a sale of the subject property, if such sale occurs rior to full
payment of the irr act fees due the balance of all irn act fees due and owing shall be aid
to the City of Kalis ell. Upon making the election the owner of the land served by the
municipal services shall execute all necessary documentation to allow an assessment to be
placed against the property so served such that the balance of the amount owed shall be a
lien upon the serviced property and invoiced and paid through the Flathead County offices
in the same manner as other municipal assessments against the property.
ii The impact fees eligible for the election of installment payments shall be:
a) For single family residences -water, sanitary sewer and storm water impact fees.
b) For all other uses —water, sanitary sewer, storm water and transportation impact fees
in excess of $500.00
iii All penalties and interest earned from financed impact fees shall be placed in the
General Fund as an administrative fee.