40.620.050    Fire District Impact Fee – Capital Facilities Plan

Clark County shall collect fire district impact fees on behalf of any fire district whose capital facilities plan has been adopted as a portion of the Clark County comprehensive plan in accordance with the provisions of this section.

A.    Plan Submittal.

    A fire district requesting impact fees shall submit to the county, and update at least every five (5) years, a capital facilities plan adopted by the fire district and consisting of the following elements:

1.    Fire Protection Services and Inventory: This section provides a narrative description of the fire district operations and the current inventory of stations and apparatus;

2.    Capital Projects: This section lists the capital improvements that will eliminate existing deficiencies, make available adequate facilities for future growth, and repair or replace obsolete or worn out facilities;

3.    Forecast of Future Needs: This section identifies the level of service standards and analyzes the need for capital improvements to achieve levels of service;

4.    Financing Plan: This section lists the funding sources that will pay for needed capital improvements. It also addresses the requirement that the land use element and capital facilities plan element are coordinated and consistent;

5.    Periodic Review and Update: This section identifies methods to be used to ensure that the accuracy and functionality of the capital facilities plan is periodically evaluated, updated, and maintained.

(Added: Ord. 2024-02-03)

B.    Planning Commission Review.

    The planning commission shall review a fire district’s capital facilities plan or plan update in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.

1.    Factors. The planning commission shall consider:

a.    Whether the district’s forecast of future needs appears reasonable and reliable; and

b.    Whether the anticipated level of funding described in the district’s financing plan appears reasonable and historically reliable; and

c.    Whether the level of service standards set by the district are reasonably consistent with standards set by other districts in communities of similar socioeconomic profile; and

d.    Whether the district appropriately applied the formula set out in Section 40.620.060.

2.    Public Hearing. In the event the district or the planning commission on its own motion proposes to modify the fire impact fee, the planning commission shall not make its recommendation until holding a duly advertised public hearing on the proposal.

3.    Recommendation. The planning commission may request a fire district to review and to resubmit its capital facilities plan or update consistent with the provisions of this section. The planning commission shall submit an annual report to Council for each school district for which school impact fees are collected.

(Added: Ord. 2024-02-03)

C.    Council Action.

    No new or revised fire impact fees shall be effective until adopted by Council following a duly advertised public hearing to consider the fire district’s capital facilities plan or plan update. Fire district impact fees shall not become effective until the fire district has entered into interlocal agreement provided for in Section 40.630.090.

(Added: Ord. 2024-02-03)