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Department of Community Development
Reference: Greater Brighton Fire Protection District Impact Fees
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Clint Blackhurst, Interim City Manager
Prepared By: Marv Falconburg, Assistant City Manager for Development
Date Presented: April 25, 2017
PURPOSE:
Review and consider a proposal by the Greater Brighton Fire Protection District to impose impact fees for new development.
SUMMARY:
Attached you will find a summary of a proposal by the Brighton Fire District to begin charging Impact Fees on new development. Historically, impact fees of this nature have not been assessed. This is primarily due to an absence of enabling legislature in state law which would allow it. In June of 2016, the state passed HB 16-1088, the "Public Safety Fairness Act," which allows Fire Districts to impose an impact fee on new development if approved by the local governing body.
The Fire District would like to work with the City to begin assessing fees at building permit which would be used to fund capital facilities. We would need to work through the details of this process. The city is currently assisting the School District in the assessment of a similar voluntary fee system for capital facilities.
City staff has had initial discussions with the Fire District regarding this proposal. Our EDC staff is currently out for an RFP to undertake a comprehensive study of Brighton development fees in comparison with surrounding jurisdictions. We do this periodically to assess where we stand on fees as they relate to new development. Ideally, we would recommend having this fee study before making a final decision on new fees. The Fire District engaged a third party consultant, BBC Consulting, to complete an independent study of the impact of new development on the District and the proposed impact fees directly related to that impact. That study is attached for your review. The impact fee study recommended the f...
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