The Town of Standish recognizes that efficient use of public resources requires long-term planning in the area of capital expenditures. Consequently, the Town maintains and annually updates a Capital Improvements Plan which identifies anticipated capital expenditures.

The Town of Standish also recognizes that growth and development within Standish, both residential and nonresidential, is a gradual and ongoing process. The Town recognizes that this development incrementally and indirectly impacts the Town's existing road inventory. For this reason, it is the policy of the Town of Standish that new development within Standish shall be evaluated for potential impact on the Town's facilities and assessed a corresponding impact fee, where deemed appropriate.

It shall be the policy of the Town to calculate and assess all capital impact fees and required improvement in a fair manner which reasonably correlates incremental capital cost to the beneficiary of the same.

Road and Streetlights Impact Fee.

Recreation and Open Space Impact Fee.

Public Safety Impact Fee.

Acquisition of land or easements including conservation easements;

Engineering, surveying, and environmental assessment services directly related to the design, construction, and oversight of the improvement;

The actual construction of the improvement, including without limitation, property acquisition costs, demolition costs, clearing and grading of the land, and necessary capital equipment;

Mitigation costs;

Legal and administrative costs associated with construction of the improvement including any borrowing necessary to finance the project;

Debt service costs including interest if the Town borrows for the construction of the improvement;

Relocation costs;

Capital costs of vehicles, machinery, and equipment; and

Similar costs that are directly related to the project.

If a building permit is surrendered or lapses without commencement of construction, the developer shall be entitled to a refund, without interest, of any impact fee paid in conjunction with that project. In the case of a refund, the Town shall retain 4% of the impact fee paid to offset a portion of the administrative cost of collection. A request for a refund shall be made in writing to the Town Planner and shall occur within 90 days of the lapse or expiration of the permit.

Any fees collected that are not spent or obligated by contract for the specified improvement within a ten-year period for the specific impact fee account by the end of the calendar quarter shall be returned to the developer or its designee without interest.

The Town shall refund impact fees, or portions of those impact fees, that exceed the Town's actual costs of providing the capital improvement or facility for which the fees were paid.

The developer voluntarily agrees to construct the improvement for which the impact fee would be collected, or

The developer is required, as part of a development approval by the Town or a state or federal agency, to construct or to pay for infrastructure improvements that are of the same nature as the improvement to be funded by the impact fee, or

The infrastructure that the impact fee relates to has been created to attract industry and the fee would be charged to an industrial use, or

The residential development activity will not result in a net addition of new dwelling units because the new dwelling unit will replace a demolished dwelling unit that was previously owned and occupied by the developer.

Capital road projects related to new residential development on existing local public roads includes light capital projects like mill and fills or paving shoulders, to heavier capital projects like road widenings or rebuilds. Capital planning for specific road projects will be based on the location of new residential development and observed local road conditions.

The Town maintains miles of local, public streets and roads. Many of these roads were built before modern road standards were in place and as a result, see increased wear and maintenance issues due to traffic levels that exceed anything that could have been envisioned with historic patterns of development. Capital improvements to these unbuilt road sections, or sections built to outdated road standards, are required for public safety on these now busier public ways that we subject to less traffic, bicycle and pedestrian volumes in the past.

Residential and nonresidential impact on existing public road inventory. If the Planning Board determines that proposed residential or nonresidential development will have a capital expenditure impact on any existing road within Standish, the Planning Board shall determine an impact fee, prior to granting final approval of a given application, for the related improvement of that road. Such Planning Board determination shall be supported by factual findings and testimony from Town department heads, the applicant and any other relevant source in assessing these fees and/or requiring related capital improvements. Any applicable fees required shall be paid to the Town prior to the issuance of any building permit or performance of any work on site for the approved work, whichever comes first. Any development to occur on roads classified as "D" or "E" as described in Appendix A (existing road inventory) of Chapter 181, shall be improved to standards as described in Article V, Design Standards and New Construction, of Chapter 252, Streets and Sidewalks

All proposed subdivision plans submitted to the Planning Board for review shall contain acceptable provisions for adequate, well-placed streetlighting, both within proposed rights-of-way and affected intersections of proposed rights-of-way and existing ways. The applicant may choose to install streetlights at the applicant's expense at time of construction or to pay the Town of Standish an amount equal to the full cost of installation of all proposed streetlights in accordance with Subsection C(2), except in a Form Based Code Village District, where streetlights in subdivisions with new FBCVD street frontage types shall be installed at the time of the new road construction or, if located on an existing street, then prior to issuance of a building permit for the first lot or unit. In the event that the applicant chooses to install streetlights, the Planning Board shall be provided with documented proof that all costs of equipment and installation have been paid in full.

The Planning Board shall calculate an impact fee for the improvement of existing Town ways as follows:

The Town is planning for the acquisition of additional equipment based on new growth in the community, and for the acquisition of new lands for development of recreational facilities including trails.

Existing municipal and school district recreational facilities, including playing fields, and courts are in high demand, and conflicts regarding scheduling and access to facilities among user groups occur throughout the sports seasons. New residential growth creates additional demand for recreation facilities, which can result in a loss of access to recreational activities and facilities. The Capital Improvement Plan outlines how the Town can maintain the existing levels of service for recreational facilities faced with demand driven by a growing population.

Any residential development that creates new dwelling units shall pay this impact fee based upon the expected population of the project. For the purposes of this ordinance, each dwelling unit will be assessed the fee based on a presumed occupancy rate of 2.6 persons/unit, based on the 2021 American Community Survey average household size for Standish.

This fee shall apply to the construction of new dwelling units whether or not such unit is part of a subdivision. It shall apply to conversion or alteration of an existing building that creates or increases the number of dwelling units in a building. In the case of a development activity that increases the number of dwelling units in a building, the impact fee shall only apply to the new dwelling units.

This impact fee shall not apply to new accessory dwelling units.

The amount of the Recreation and Open Space Impact Fee is based on the estimated cost of land acquisition costs, capital equipment and building and facility development costs, calculated on a per capita basis, multiplied by the average household size. The formula for this shall be calculated as follows:

The Town is planning for new capital equipment and capital improvements to existing municipal facilities to keep up with the service demands of a growing residential population. The impact fee will be used in part to partially fund the expansion of the existing public safety building by adding an additional bay door and associated interior space to the structure, to pay for an additional ambulance, and for other capitals costs related to the need to additional staff to support the growing number of calls for service in Standish.

The Town's growing population is putting more pressure on the delivery of public safety services. With more people living in the community, there is an expected increase in demand for ambulance and fire protection services.

Any residential development that creates new dwelling units shall pay this impact fee based upon the expected population of the project. For the purposes of this ordinance, each dwelling unit will be assessed the fee based on a presumed occupancy rate of 2.6 persons/unit, based on the 2021 American Community Survey average household size for Standish.

This fee shall apply to the construction of new dwelling units whether or not such unit is part of a subdivision. It shall apply to conversion or alteration of an existing building that creates or increases the number of dwelling units in a building. In the case of a development activity that increases the number of dwelling units in a building, the impact fee shall only apply to the new dwelling units.

This impact fee shall not apply to new accessory dwelling units.

Public Safety Impact Fee = (Capital Equipment Costs) + (Facility Development Costs)/(2040 Projected Population) - (2020 Baseline Population) x (Average Household Size)

The amount of the impact fee charged to each residential unit is based on the Methodology for Developing a Public Safety Impact Fee, dated X XX,XXXX. The Town Council has determined that the methodology referenced herein establishes a fee that is reasonably related to the portion or percentage of the infrastructure that is made necessary by the new development to which this fee applies.