14.00.01 The purpose of this article is to provide for a capital improvement program (CIP) that is designed to maintain adopted levels of service in facilities that provide sanitary sewer, solid waste, stormwater management, potable water, transportation, recreation and open space.

(Ord. No. 00-10-01, 10-10-00)

14.00.02 Chapter 14, Table 14-1 of the comprehensive plan presents a schedule of capital improvement projects for Niceville. This schedule may be changed by ordinance.

(Ord. No. 00-10-01, 10-10-00)

14.01.01 The CIP shall be reviewed on an annual basis by the committee created by Policy 14.A.3.6 of the comprehensive plan.

(a)

The following members shall comprise the committee:

(1)

City manager;

(2)

Planning director;

(3)

Public works director;

(4)

City clerk.

(b)

The committee shall maintain information on development activity, level of service conditions and other data necessary to accurately evaluate the implementation of the comprehensive plan.

(Ord. No. 00-10-01, 10-10-00)

14.02.01 Article 6 of this Code provides methodologies by which concurrency may be determined. To provide the infrastructure required for continued and orderly growth, CIP planning must be properly timed and projects prioritized for maximum utility and cost effectiveness. The rules contained herein express procedures and methodologies adopted by the City of Niceville.

(a)

Timing. In each of the public service facilities identified in section 14.00.00 above, the following schedule shall be adhered to by the CIP committee:

(1)

Sanitary sewer. Provisions to expand treatment plant facilities, effluent disposal and collector systems shall be made at the point where existing flow and committed flow total at a level eighty-five (85) percent of the total treatment facility capacity.

a.

Permitting of new development projects shall not occur after ninety-five (95) percent of the total treatment facility capacity has been utilized. In such cases where construction to provide additional capacity has begun with a scheduled completion date, and upon the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection, permitting against the new capacity may be granted.

(2)

Solid waste. Solid waste transfer and/or landfill capacity shall be expanded, or a new disposal methodology initiated, when the receiving capacity of the transfer station or landfill reaches eighty-five (85) percent of capacity levels.

a.

Failure to provide for new expansion or a disposal methodology at or before the eighty-five (85) percent capacity level by the servicing agency (Okaloosa County) shall obligate the city to seek through the intergovernmental comprehensive plan committee ways and means to provide uninterrupted solid waste disposal service to the citizens of Niceville.

(3)

Stormwater management. Storm-
water management facilities shall be constructed as required by Section 62, F.A.C, Stormwater Rule, so as to achieve an eighty (80) to ninety-five (95) percent removal of stormwater pollutants before discharge into receiving waters. The city's adopted LOS shall not be degraded, i.e.,

a.

Treat the first inch of run-off on-site (one-half inch minimum). That amount will vary depending on the amount of impervious surface, from one-half inch up to one inch. For discharges into Outstanding Florida Waters, must treat an additional fifty percent (50%) of the applicable treatment volume; and

b.

Must provide detention so that the peak rate of post development run-off will not exceed the pre-development peak rate of run-off for the 25 year, 24 hour design storm event, utilizing a Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Type II distribution with an antecedent moisture condition II. Required detention volume must be available within 14 days following the design storm event.

(4)

Potable water. New potable wells and storage tanks shall be constructed to maintain a minimum LOS of one hundred twenty-four (124) gallons per capita per day (gpcd); maintain a minimum sustained fire flow in accordance with standards promulgated by the National Board of Fire Underwriters (NBFU) and the Fire Suppression Rating Guide of the Insurance Services Office (ISO) and a minimum static pressure of thirty-five (35) pounds per square inch (PSI).

a.

Whenever demand is within fifteen (15) percent of the minimum standards for potable water, provisions shall be made to expand and/or improve the system.

(5)

Recreation and Open Space. Acquisition of land for resource-based and activity-based parks and recreational facilities shall occur at the point no later than when the adopted LOS of one (1) acre per 1000 population is measured less (on an annual basis) than 1.05 acres per 1000.

(b)

Setting priorities. The following checklist shall be used by the committee in conjunction with the LPA in assigning capital outlays to proposed/needed CIP projects. Individual projects shall be prioritized based on the number of "yes" responses vis-a-vis other desired projects. "Yes" answers implement the goals, objectives and policies of the comprehensive plan. "No" answers do not directly support plan goals, objectives and policies.

PRIORITY CHECKLIST (Objective 14.A.4)

(Ord. No. 00-10-01, 10-10-00; Ord. No. 11-04-02, 4-12-11)

14.03.01 As may be determined by the assignment of priority to CIP projects under subsection 14.02.01 (b), the city shall require that approved growth totally pay for itself except under the following conditions in which case pro rata costs shall be assessed for facility needs as set forth in Table 14.03.01A.

TABLE 14.03.01 A

FACILITY NEEDS

PRO RATA COST SHARING

Project     Developer Pro Rata Cost

1.

Project provides very low, low to moderate income housing.       ___ percent

2.

Project promotes infill and does not extend infrastructure requirements       ___ percent

3.

Project provides jobs per 100 population that is greater than the existing unemployment rates per 100 population.       ___ percent

4.

Project fulfills a community need i.e., social, cultural, recreational, educational, historical or archaeological preservation, etc.       ___ percent

5.

Project adds to quality of life and aesthetic appeal of the city.       ___ percent

(Ord. No. 00-10-01, 10-10-00)

14.04.01 Reporting. By April 1st of each year the committee shall report to the Niceville Planning Commission on the status of implementation activities and existing level of service conditions in the city.

(a)

Committee reporting to the LPA shall be as follows:

(1)

Recommendations of the committee to maintain level of service standards.

(2)

Status of projects adopted in the current CIP.

(3)

Future CIP projects under consideration.