A. Impact fees shall be assessed against commercial, residential, and industrial developments; provided, that the City may identify additional categories or subcategories of development against which impact fees may be assessed.

B. The City shall analyze and define the impact fees to be charged in each impact fee area for each necessary public service, based on the recommended gross impact fee per EDU calculated pursuant to Section 29-8.

C. No impact fees shall be charged, or credits issued, for any capital facility that does not fall into one of the categories of necessary public service identified in Section 29-8(C)(1).

D. Impact fees may not be used to upgrade, expand, correct or replace necessary public services to serve existing development, or otherwise provide a higher level of service to existing development.

E. Impact fees may not be used to pay the City’s administrative, maintenance, or other operating costs for the necessary public facilities.

F. Projected interest charges and financing costs can only be included in impact fees to the extent they represent principal and/or interest on the portion of any financing or debt used to finance the construction or expansion of a capital facility identified in the infrastructure improvements plan.

G. Costs for preparation of the infrastructure financing plan (including the infrastructure improvement plan and land use assumptions, plus the impact fee study) or other report or audit required by Section 9-463.05, Arizona Revised Statutes, may be included in the determination of impact fees.

H. All impact fees charged by the City are provided in the fee schedules, included as Appendix A of this chapter.

I. All impact fees shall meet the requirements of Section 9-463.05, Arizona Revised Statutes. (Ord. No. G-5984, 2015; Ord. No. G-6666, § 1, 2020)