A. This chapter is adopted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of Pima County by:
1. Requiring new development to pay its proportionate share of the costs incurred by Pima County 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. § 11-1102, including requirements that on or before January 1, 2021, the County replace its development impact fee program with one pursuant to the requirements of A.R.S. § 11-1102.
3. Setting forth procedures for administering the development impact fee program, including mandatory offsets, credits, and refunds of development impact fees. All development impact fee assessments, offsets, credits, or refunds should be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
B. This chapter shall not affect the County's zoning authority or its authority to adopt or amend its general plan, provided that planning and zoning activities may require amendments to the development impact fees provided in Chapter 19.02. (Ord. 2020-27 § 1 (part), 2020)