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WHEREAS, the City Parks and Recreation Department pertormed a countywide study of park impact fees, and the consumption and allocation of the capital cost of new park improvements to be borne by the new users of such improvements; and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds the study justifies the continued imposition of the revised impact fees; and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that Fla. Stat. § 163.3202(3), encourages the use of innovative land development regulations which include the adoption of "impact fees;" and WHEREAS, the City Commission also finds that the impact fees required by this Ordinance are necessary to mitigate impacts reasonably attributable to new development; and WHEREAS, the City Commission also recognizes that the Florida Legislature has mandated that local governments plan comprehensively for future growth and that this regulatory Ordinance is consistent with the mandate. See, e.g., Ch. 163, Fla. Stat.; and WHEREAS, new land development activity generates public facility and service demands within the City and it is reasonable to require new development to pay a fair share of the cost of expanding new public facilities and services attributable to new development; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Florida Municipal Home Rule Powers Act, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, the City of Casselberry Comprehensive Plan, and other applicable law authorizing a municipality to set rates, fees, and charges for new development; and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds this amendment to be consistent with the comprehensive plan and in the best interest of the public; and WHEREAS, words with double underlined type shall constitute additions to the original text and words that are slrlJsk tJ:lfOlJgl'I shall constitute deletions to the original text. Ordinance 06-1173 Page 2 of 4