NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Polk County,
Florida, on March 18, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., or soon thereafter, in the Boardroom of
the County Administrative Building, 330 West Church Street, Bartow, Florida,
will consider adopting an amendment to Ordinance Number 2024-062, the Polk
County Amended and Restated Comprehensive Impact Fee Ordinance. The title and
substance of the proposed ordinance that will be considered by the Board is:
AN ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE POLK COUNTY AMENDED AND RESTATED COMPREHENSIVE
IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE; AMENDING AND RESTATING IN ITS ENTIRETY ORDINANCE NO. 2024-
062, THE POLK COUNTY AMENDED AND RESTATED COMPREHENSIVE IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE, AS
AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR GENERAL DEFINITIONS, GENERAL LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 WAREHOUSE
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE STUDY; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025
WAREHOUSE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE STUDY SUPPLEMENT DEMONSTRATING EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE RE-ADOPTION AND RATIFICATION OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE IMPACT FEE UPDATE STUDY OF 2024, THE 2024 IMPACT FEE STUDY
SUPPLEMENT DEMONSTRATING EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND PORTIONS OF THE 2023
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE UPDATE; PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF IMPACT FEES;
PROVIDING FOR IMPACT FEE LIENS; PROVIDING FOR CALCULATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE
IMPACT FEE; PROVIDING FOR ALTERNATIVE COLLECTION OF IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
EXEMPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE MITIGATION PROGRAM;
PROVIDING FOR A WORKFORCE HOUSING IMPACT FEE MITIGATION PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR
CHANGES IN SIZE AND USE; PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTION CREDITS; PROVIDING
FOR REVIEW HEARINGS; PROVIDING FOR REFUNDS OF IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATIONS; PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; PROVIDING FOR
DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS APPLICABLE TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM IMPACT FEES;
PROVIDING FOR IMPOSITION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
THE USE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM IMPACT FEE MONIES; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS
APPLICABLE TO TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS
APPLICABLE TO TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR IMPOSITION OF
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE
MONIES; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IMPACT
FEES; PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS APPLICABLE TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR IMPOSITION OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IMPACT FEES;
PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IMPACT FEE MONIES; PROVIDING
FOR DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS APPLICABLE TO EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
IMPOSITION OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IMPACT FEE MONIES; PROVIDING FOR A HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS
EXEMPTION FROM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR AN EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM CAPACITY ASSESSMENT PAYMENT PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE
TO LIBRARY IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS APPLICABLE TO LIBRARY
IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IN LIBRARY IMPACT FEES;
PROVIDING FOR IMPOSITION OF LIBRARY IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF
LIBRARY IMPACT FEE MONIES; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO PARK IMPACT
FEES; PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS APPLICABLE TO PARK IMPACT FEES;
PROVIDING FOR MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IN PARK IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
IMPOSITION OF PARK IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF PARK IMPACT FEE MONIES;
PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO FIRE RESCUE IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS APPLICABLE TO FIRE RESCUE IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IN FIRE RESCUE IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR IMPOSITION OF
FIRE RESCUE IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF FIRE RESCUE IMPACT FEE MONIES;
PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING
FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS APPLICABLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING
FOR MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR
IMPOSITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT IMPACT FEE MONIES; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES FOR THE IMPOSITION OF
CAPACITY ASSESSMENTS; REQUIRING REVIEW OF THE IMPACT FEE STUDIES AND THE IMPACT
FEE ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR DECLARATION OF EXCLUSION FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURES ACT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF IMPACT FEE
RATES AND REVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF IMPACT FEES;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING ATTACHMENTS AND APPENDICES.
The proposed ordinance may be inspected by the public at the Office of the Clerk
and Auditor to the Board, located in the County Administration Building on the
3rd Floor, during normal business hours. All persons wishing to speak upon the
adoption of this ordinance are invited to attend the public hearing and they
shall be heard.
Should any person decide to appeal any decision made at this public hearing,
such person will need a record of the proceedings and may need to ensure that a
verbatim record of these proceedings is made, including the testimony and
evidence on which the appeal is to be based. In accordance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing special accommodations
or an interpreter to participate in this public hearing should contact the
Board's Communications Office, located in the County Administration Building,
1ST Floor at (863) 534-6090, not later than four days prior to the public
hearing. If hearing impaired call: (TDD) (863) 534-7777 or 1-800-955-8771, or
Voice impaired call: 1-800-955-8770, via Florida Relay Service. The public
hearing may be continued to a time and date certain by announcement at this
scheduled public hearing without any further published notice. DATED THIS 5th
day of March, 2025
ATTEST:
STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CLERK
By: /s/ Deputy Clerk
POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
By:/s/ T.R. Wilson, Chair 3/5/25 179092