| Staff Representative: Jerry
Taylor
Purpose
Hillsborough County adopted the No-Fee Zone program in an effort to encourage
development in economically distressed areas.
Applicable Areas and Program Period
The No-Fee Zone relieves builders/developers of the requirement to pay
transportation and right-of-way impact fees, water and sewer capacity
fees and AGRF fees. No-Fee Zones must lie within a CDBG target area to
be eligible and comply with other criteria in the Hillsborough County
Consolidated Impact Assessment Ordinance.
Original No-Fee Zones
The initial eight geographic areas of Hillsborough County designated
as No-Fee-Zones were Causeway, East Lake-Orient, Gibsonton, Palm River,
Ruskin, Town & Country, USF and Wimauma. The program began for Gibsonton,
Palm River, USF and Wimauma on October 27, 2003 and for Ruskin East Lake-Orient,
Causeway and Town & Country on January 29, 2004. For all areas, except USF and Ruskin, the No-Fee Zone for transportation, and water and sewer capacity fees have terminated. The Ruskin No Fee Zone is scheduled to terminate in November of 2009, and the USF No Fee Zone is scheduled to terminate in January of 2011.
Residential – For both No-Fee Zone Types, projects
that had applied for a building permit on or before the date of revocation,
to continue to be eligible for participation in the No-Fee Program.
Commercial – For both No-Fee Zone Types, Authorize
commercial, industrial and other non-residential development that had
applied for either preliminary site development plan approval, or site
development construction plan approval, or preliminary plat approval on
or prior to the date of revocation. To continue to be eligible for participation
in the No-Fee Program.
Current No-Fee Zone
Currently there are two No Fee Zones in effect at this time. The University Area No Fee Zone, which is scheduled to terminate in January of 2011, and the Ruskin No Fee Zone, which is scheduled to terminate in November of 2009.
What about School, Park and Fire Impact Fees?
If other impact fees (school, park and fire) are due based upon
the proposed development, those fees will be required to be paid.
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