§ 4.02.01. General Provisions

A.

This Division shall be known and may be cited as the "Hillsborough County Adequate Public Facilities Regulations."

B.

The standards and requirements of the adequate public facilities regulations for potable water, sanitary sewer, solid waste, and stormwater management are necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Hillsborough County and the protection of the environment and natural resources of Hillsborough County.

C.

The standards and requirements of the adequate public facilities regulations for parks are necessary for the health, safety, welfare and enjoyment of the citizens of Hillsborough County.

D.

The standards and requirements of the adequate public facilities regulations for school facilities are necessary to facilitate coordination of planning for the location and development of public educational facilities to serve the children of Hillsborough County.

E.

The purpose of the adequate public facilities regulations is to implement the goals, objectives, policies and level of service standards in the Hillsborough Comprehensive Plan; to ensure that necessary public facilities and services be available concurrent with the impacts of development; to ensure that development orders and permits be issued in a manner which will not result in a reduction of the level of service below the adopted level of service standards in the Hillsborough Comprehensive Plan; to ensure the accurate review of proposed development by the limitation of the effectiveness of a certification of public facility availability to two years unless additional assurances are provided in the form of a local government development agreement or a development of regional impact development order or development is commenced and is continuing in good faith; to adhere to and implement the schedule of capital improvements in the Hillsborough Comprehensive Plan and other capital improvements as necessary to maintain the level of service standards in these adequate public facilities regulations; to adopt reasonable land development regulations in furtherance of the public benefit while at the same time ensuring that property owners have a reasonable, beneficial, and economic use of property and that no property rights be taken.

(Ord. No. 08-10, § 2(Exh. A), 7-10-08; Ord. No. 16-13, § 2(Exh. A), 6-16-16, eff. 7-30-16)