The city is authorized to enact this chapter by the Texas Local Government Code, Ch. 395, and its successors, which authorize home-rule cities, among others, to enact or impose impact fees on land within their corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdictions, as charges or assessments imposed against new development in order to generate revenue for funding or recouping the costs of capital improvements or facility expansions necessitated by and attributable to the new development and by the City Charter. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to limit the power of the city to adopt the chapter pursuant to any other source of local authority, nor to utilize any other methods or powers otherwise available for accomplishing the purposes set forth herein, either in substitution of or in conjunction with this chapter. Guidelines may be developed by resolution or otherwise to implement and administer this chapter.
(Ord. 1293, passed 12-14-99)