§ 5-156. Imposition of Transportation/Road Impact Fee.

(a)

Except as provided in section 5-163 of this article, any person who, after the effective date of this article seeks to develop land by applying to The City of Winter Haven for the issuance of a Building Permit, mobile home move-on permit, or recreational vehicle development order to make an improvement to land for one (1) of the uses specified in section 5-157 of this article which will generate or attract additional traffic shall be required to pay a Transportation/Road Impact Fee in the manner and amount set forth in this article.

(b)

Except as provided in section 5-163 of this article, no Building Permit, mobile home move-on permit, or recreational vehicle development order for any activity requiring payment of a Transportation/Road Impact Fee pursuant to section 5-157 of this article shall be issued by the City of Winter Haven or any participating municipality unless and until the Transportation/Road Impact Fee hereby required has been paid in full.

(c)

In the case of structures or mobile homes which are moved from one (1) location to another, a Transportation/Road Impact Fee shall be collected for the new location if the structure or mobile home is a type of land development listed in section 5-157 of this article, regardless of whether Transportation/Road Impact Fees were paid at the old location, unless the use of the new location is a replacement of an equivalent use. If the structure or mobile home so moved is replaced by an equivalent use, no Transportation/Road Impact Fee shall be owed for the replacement use. In every case, the burden of proving past payment of Transportation/Road Impact Fees or equivalency of use rests with the fee payer.

(Ord. No. O-06-45, § 6, 3-27-06)