§ 24-259. Payment of fee.

(a)

The feepayer shall pay the fee to the county administrator at any time prior to the issuance of a building permit or electrical permit for a recreational vehicle park or mobile home park. The feepayer shall pay a roads impact fee.

(b)

In lieu of all or part of the road impact fee, the board of county commissioners may accept the offer by a developer to construct, dedicate or acquire right-of-way for part of a road improvement project shown in the county comprehensive plan or in the metropolitan planning organization roads impact fee eligibility networks or appropriate to the implementation thereof. Such construction must be in addition to any road improvements required pursuant to other ordinances. In addition, the construction, dedication or acquisition of right-of-way must only be for purposes as set out in section 24-261. The developer shall submit a cost estimate certified by a registered state professional engineer and acceptable to the board of county commissioners or their designee, who shall credit the cost of the construction against the road impact fee otherwise due. The portion of the fee represented by the road construction shall be deemed paid when the construction is completed and accepted by the county or state for maintenance or when adequate security for the completion of the construction has been provided.

(c)

In the event the developer proposes to dedicate or acquire right-of-way, the provisions of section 24-260(6) shall apply. The portion of the fee represented by the right-of-way dedications or acquisitions shall be deemed paid only when the dedicated or acquired property is officially accepted by the county or other appropriate governmental entity.

(d)

If road impact fees are owed, no development permits of any type may be issued for the building or structure in question while the fee remains unpaid. The county administrator may authorize the initiation of any action as permitted by law or equity to collect the unpaid fees.

(Code 1982, § 1-17-30; Ord. No. 85-10, pt. A, 11-12-1985; Ord. No. 87-2, pt. A, 8-25-1987; Ord. No. 93-002, pt. A, 2-16-1993; Ord. No. 95-12, pt. A, 6-27-1995; Ord. No. 00-004, pt. A, 5-9-2000; Ord. No. 05-030, pt. J, 9-6-2005)