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. New Development Trunk Fee/Acre Land Use Single Family Residential 5 Acre Zone $3,075 Single Family Residential 2 Acre Zone (base fee) $3,840 Single Family Residential 1 Acre Zone $5,000 Single Family Residential 1/2 Acre Zone $5,765 Multi Family Residential 4 Units/Acre or Less $6,930 Multi Family Residential Greater than 4 Units/Acre $8,085 Commercial or Industrial $9,230 Methods for reducing the SW&DT Fee charged to new development were later established by Ordinance 222, 2"d S. adopted 11/12/2002 (Sec. 14-283) for certain zones and certain types of development, as follows: - For the 5-acre zone, a reduction of up to 50% of the SW&DT Fee will be allowed for the percentage of the lot protected by perimeter and/or drainageway buffer easements, whereby the buffer areas must remain in a natural state. - For the 5-acre zone, any lot exceeding 7.0 gross acres including wetland, shall be charged a maximum trunk fee equal to the trunk fee for a 7.0 acre parcel. - For the 2-acre zone, any lot exceeding 4.0 gross acres including wetland, shall be charged a maximum trunk fee equal to the trunk fee for a 4.0 acre parcel. A second method established in concept by the ordinance (Sec. 14-287) is the potential reduction of the SW&DT Fee based on providing stormwater facilities "that provide additional treatment benefits beyond what is required to treat the stormwater runoff from the development site". The City has not formally established such policies but on at least one occasion has rebated the developer a portion of the SW&DT Fee based on oversizing of a stormwater pond to provide treatment capacity for areas outside the development (Stonebay). SW&DT Fee Administration Issues. There are a number of issues with how the SW&DT fee is administered based on the wording and/or impacts of the existing code: 1. Lack of claritv and direction for dealinq with new deve/opment activitv (i e a subdivision) that, for instance, results in one small lot being split off from a much larger lot, or the splitting up of a large parcel into two smaller parcels for estate planning purposes where both parcels are further subdividable. Example: The ordinance as written requires payment of the fee for all acreage within a subdivision. The City had followed this policy strictly since the SW&DT ordinance was adopted in 2002. In 11 of 11 subdivisions where the existing house was intended to remain in place, the lot with existing home was subject to the SW&DT fee. Page 3 of 9