O-85-2162 - 3/14/1985ORDINANCE NO. 2162
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY
OF ROUND ROCK, BY ADDING SECTION 33, TO ESTABLISH A ROAD
IMPROVEMENT FEE; DECLARING THE PURPOSE OF THE FEE;
ESTABLISHING THE FEE AT THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00) PER LIVING UNIT EQUIVALENT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION;
ESTABLISHING A SEPARATE ROAD IMPROVEMENT FUND; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,
the
City
Council
finds
that the acquisition,
construction, and improvement of roads to serve new developments
within the City of Round Rock is a major burden upon the City, and
WHEREAS, the City and its extraterritorial jurisdiction is
experiencing a rapid, large scale increase in intensity of land use
and in population growth, and
WHEREAS, the existing and projected funds of the City are not
adequate to meet the projected road needs resulting from the growth,
and
WHEREAS,
the failure to insure that road improvements are made
as growth occurs and traffic increases, causes sever public safety
problems, impedes commerce, wastes fuel and interferes with the
comfort and repose of the public;
WHEREAS, the Council deems it appropriate that the costs of
providing new and improved roads should be borne, at least in part,
by the new growth that causes the need, and
WHEREAS, the provisions of this Ordinance are necessary to
preserve the financial integrity of the City as well as to protect
and preserve the public health, safety and general welfare, NOW
THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
I.
That Chapter 1, Code of Ordinances, City of Round Rock is hereby
amended by adding Section 33, which shall read as follows:
Section 33. Road Improvement Fee:
A. Purpose
It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this Section to
insure that public health, safety and welfare is preserved
by requiring adequate roads to new and existing
developments. To this end it is hereby declared to be the
policy of the City of Round Rock to exert its authority
over the regulation of development and construction, and to
require payment for a proportionate share of the cost of
road improvements due to such City approved land use
developments.
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B.•Road Improvement Fee:
(1) Each applicant for a permit for new construction inside
the City limits shall at the time the permit is issued,
pay a Road Improvement Fee of Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) for each single family house or for each
living unit equivalent to be constructed.
(2) The number of living unit equivalents for non -single
family detached residential use shall be determined as
follows:
(3)
Type of Number of
Residential Unit Living Unit Equivalents
Duplex 0.9
Tri-plex, four-plex 0.7
and multi -family
The number of living unit equivalents for commercial
and industrial use shall be determined in accordance
with the following formula:
Building Area X 6 X Land Area = LUE's
Land Area in Area
C. Road Improvement Fund:
All money generated by the Road Improvement Fee shall
be deposited in a separate account and used only for
the purpose of the construction and improvement of the
City's road and street system.
II.
A. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
B. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
III.
A. This Ordinance shall be effective on March 25, , 19 O 1985.
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READ and APPROVED on first reading this the r da
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READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the `-
day of nte2Atilti , 191K.
ATTEST:
nne Land, City Secretary
Mike Robinson, Mayor
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