10-2-1: SHORT TITLE, AUTHORITY, APPLICABILITY, AND PURPOSE:

   A.   Short Title: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Ada County Development Impact Fee Ordinance.

   B.   Findings: The Board of Commissioners of Ada County finds that:

      1.   Within unincorporated Ada County, the County is experiencing considerable growth and development, which growth and development places increased demands on public safety services and/or facilities provided by Ada County and the tax revenues generated from that new growth and development often do not generate sufficient funds to provide the necessary improvements and expansion of the public safety facilities to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. Those users that create the increased demand should bear their proportionate share of the cost of public safety facilities needed to serve the new growth and development.

      2.   The Idaho Development Impact Fee Act (Act), Chapter 82, Title 67, Idaho Code, requires an entity to adopt an ordinance in order to impose and collect development impact fees.

   C.   Authority: This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the County's general police powers, its authority to enact ordinances, and its authority as provided by the Act and other applicable laws of the state of Idaho to impose and collect development impact fees.

   D.   Applicability: This chapter shall apply to the development of property located within the boundaries of unincorporated Ada County.

   E.   Purpose: The intent of this chapter is to ensure that new residential and non-residential development bears a proportionate share of the cost of system improvements; to ensure that such proportionate share does not exceed the cost of such system improvements required to accommodate new development; and to ensure that funds collected from new development are actually used for system improvements in accordance with the Act.

(Ord. 995, 4-9-2025)