(A) Planning for the necessary capacity expansion of the city's major transportation system to ensure the safety and efficiency of the city's roads and to provide for the health, safety, welfare, and economic well being of the citizens of the city is the mandated responsibility of the city pursuant to Fla. Stat. §§ 163.3161 et seq., the Florida Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, and Fla. Stat. §§ 166.011 et seq., the Municipal Home Rule Powers Act.
(B) This subchapter is intended to implement and be consistent with the city comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to Fla. Stat. §§ 163.3161 et seq., the Florida Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act.
(C) This objective is accomplished by requiring all new land development activity generating traffic that places additional demand on the major transportation system to contribute its proportionate share of the funds, land, or public facilities to accommodate any transportation impacts having a rational nexus to the proposed development and for which the need is reasonably attributable to the proposed development.
(D) It is not the purpose of this subchapter for the city to collect any funds, land or public facilities from new land development activity generating traffic in excess of the actual amount necessary to offset the increased demand on the major transportation system generated by the new land development activity generating traffic. This subchapter is intended to be consistent with the principles for allocating a fair share of the cost of the new public facilities to new users as established in Contractors and Builders Association of Pinellas County v. City of Dunedin, 324 So. 2d 314 (Fla. 1976), and Homebuilders and Contractors Association of Palm Beach County v. Palm Beach County, 446 So. 2d 140 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983).
('74 Code, § 15-82) (Ord. 91-10, passed 5-16-91; Am. Ord. 2008-26, passed 5-1-08)