§ 26-220. Assessment of impact fees.

(a)

Assessment of impact fees for any new development in all of the Denton Water and Wastewater Service Areas shall be made as follows:

(1)

For land which is unplatted at the time of application for a building permit or utility connection, or for a new development which received final plat approval prior to the effective date of this article, and for which no re-platting is necessary pursuant to the city's subdivision regulations prior to development, assessment of impact fees shall occur at the time application is made for the building permit or utility connection, whichever first occurs, and shall be the amount of the maximum impact fee per service unit in effect, as set forth in Schedule 1.

(2)

For a new development which is submitted for approval pursuant to the city's subdivision regulations on or after the effective date of this article, or for which re-platting results in an increase in the number of service units after such date, assessment of impact fees shall be at the time of final plat recordation, and shall be the amount of the maximum impact fee per service unit in effect as set forth in Schedule 1.

(b)

Following assessment of impact fees pursuant to subsection (a), the amount of impact fee assessment per service unit for that development cannot be increased, unless the owner proposes to change the approved development by the submission of a new application for final plat approval or other development application that results in approval of additional service units, in which case a new assessment shall occur at the Schedule 1 rate then in effect for such additional service units.

(c)

Following the vacating of any plat or approval of any re-plat, a new assessment must be made in accordance with subsection (a)(2).

(d)

An application for an amending plat made pursuant to V.T.C.A. Local Government Code § 212.016 and the City of Denton Subdivision Ordinance, and for which no new development is proposed, is not subject to reassessment for an impact fee.

(Ord. No. 2004-183, § 4, 7-20-04; Ord. No. 2008-156, § 4, 7-15-08; Ord. No. 2013-326, § 4, 11-19-13; Ord. No. 2019-008, § 4, 1-15-19)