§ 151.40 LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND PURPOSE.
   (A)   These development impact fees are adopted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the town by:
      (1)   Requiring new development to pay its proportionate share of the costs incurred by the town to the extent such costs are associated with providing necessary public services to new development.
      (2)   Setting forth standards and procedures for creating and assessing development impact fees consistent with the requirements of A.R.S. § 9-463.05, as amended.
      (3)   Providing for the temporary continuation of certain development impact fees adopted prior to January 1, 2012, until otherwise replaced pursuant to this subchapter, or longer where such development impact fees were pledged to support financing or debt for a grandfathered facility as permitted by A.R.S. § 9-463.05(K), (R), and (S).
      (4)   Setting forth procedures for administering the development impact fee program, including offsets, credits, and refunds of development impact fees. All development impact fee assessments, offsets, credits, or refunds must be administered in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
   (B)   These development impact fee provisions shall not affect the town's zoning authority or its authority to adopt or amend its general plan, provided that planning and zoning activities by the town may require amendments to development impact fees as provided in § 151.45.
(Res. R2019-07, passed 5-6-19; Am. Ord. O2019-03, passed 5-20-19)