1	Jurisdictions with Impact Fees in South Carolina Horry County Council Workshop March 3, 2008
2	Jurisdictions Berkeley County – November, 2006 Transportation facilities Beaufort County – 1999, updated 2006 Transportation facilities Parks and Recreation Libraries Town of Summerville – January, 2003 Parks and Recreation Municipal facilities Fire protection facilities
3	Jurisdictions Town of Mt. Pleasant – 1988, updated to include Transportation CIP 2001 Sanitation General maintenance Fire facilities Police facilities Parks and recreation General services Transportation facilities City of Rock Hill – 2003 Fire protection facilities
4	Berkeley County Five zones in the County Only one zone currently charged impact fee Over $1 million generated by August, 2007 Leveraging funds for State Infrastructure Bank match Does not charge fee to non-profit, churches or religious institutions Impact fee calculated using trip data from ITE and CIP study
5	Beaufort County Comprehensive impact fee ordinance Extensive studies, findings and updates available State and federal transportation facilities included Intergovernmental Agreements between County and Town of Hilton Head and Town of Bluffton Potential revenue Roads (5 Year) = $26.6 million Libraries (through 2020) = $16 million Parks and Rec (through 2020) = $24.3 million
6	Town of Summerville Ordinance upheld in South Carolina Supreme Court Court found TischlerBise Report and Capital Improvements Plan substantially comply with statutory requirements “Although the capital improvements plan, as amended by the Tischler Report, does not comport with every criterion of the Act, we find it substantially complies with the statutory requirements.” Calculation of fees based on reasonable estimates using the incremental expansion method (current replacement cost approach) Court found engineering estimates were sufficient in-lieu of engineering study Court found existing Level of Service (LOS) measure satisfied statutory requirement of determining adequate LOS.
7	Town of Mt. Pleasant Impact fee ordinance in place prior to State statute Transportation impact fee ordinance updated 2001 Updating required conforming to the State statute Fifteen year Capital Improvements Plan
8	City of Rock Hill Water and wastewater impact fees not applicable in Horry County Fire protection impact fee Seven year Capital Improvements Plan Residential, commercial and industrial uses are required to pay the fee
9	Similarities Tied to the Comprehensive Plan Fees promote health, safety and general welfare Capital Improvements Plan Technical studies used to establish uniform development, implementation, imposition, calculation, collection, deposit, expenditure and administration of impact fees Affordable Housing Report “Reasonable” and “Adequate” Level of Service (LOS) “Proportionate share” reasonably relates to the service demands and needs of development