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(a) This division is intended to assure the provision of adequate public facilities to serve new <br />development in the city by requiring each new development to contribute payments towards its <br />share of the costs of the facilities necessitated by and attributable to the new development. <br />(b) Supplemental Regulation. <br />(a) Impact fees established by this division are additional and supplemental to, and not in <br />substitution of, any other requirements imposed by the city on the development or subdivision of <br />land, the issuance of building permits, or the sale of water or wastewater taps. Impact fees are <br />intended to be consistent with and to further the policies of the city's comprehensive land use <br />plan, the capital improvements plan, the zoning division, subdivision regulations and other city <br />policies, divisions and resolutions by which the city seeks to ensure the provision of adequate <br />public facilities in conjunction with the development of land. <br />(b) This division. shall not affect in any manner the permissible use of property, density of <br />development, design, and improvement standards and requirements, or any other aspect of the <br />development of land or provision of public improvements subject to city zoning, subdivision or <br />other regulations, which shall remain in full force and effect without limitation. <br />(c) This division is not intended to replace or supersede the city's subdivision and other <br />regulations requiring the dedication, extension or construction of water or wastewater <br />improvements, and is intended to be interpreted consistently with such regulations. <br />(d) The cost per service unit for any category of capital improvement under this division may be <br />used in determining whether a city regulation requiring the dedication or construction of that <br />type of capital improvement is proportional to the nature and extent of the impacts of a new <br />development on the city's facilities. <br />Sec. 86.293. - Authority. <br />This division is adopted pursuant to TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 395 as <br />amended, and the City Charter. The provisions of this division shall not be construed to limit the <br />power of the city to utilize other methods authorized under state law or pursuant to other city <br />powers to accomplish the purposes set forth herein, either in substitution or in conjunction with <br />this division. Guidelines may be developed and approved by division, resolution., or otherwise to <br />implement and administer this division. <br />Sec. 86.294. - Definitions. <br />Assessment means the determination of the amount of the maximum impact fee per service unit <br />which can be imposed on new development under this division. <br />Capital Improvements Advisory Committee or CIAO means the City's Planning and Zoning <br />Commission., together with ad hoc representatives as may be appointed from time to time to <br />fulfill the composition mandated by TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 395, as <br />amended. <br />3 <br />