Saturday, July 11, 2009

Proposed School District Development Impact Fees - Pt 2

This is the second part of a two part blog post. The following is the proposed language to amend the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code:

 

Section 503-B. Educational impact assessment.

For a subdivision located in a school district that imposes an educational impact fee, the subdivision plan shall include an educational impact assessment, a copy of which must be filed with the school district. No subdivision plan may be accepted that does not include an educational impact assessment. The assessment must include the following information:

(1) The name and location of the proposed subdivision.

(2) The number and type of dwelling units proposed for the subdivision, including the target population that will be residing in the dwelling units.

(3) The approximate sales cost of each type of dwelling unit.

(4) The primary access roads to the proposed subdivision.

(5) The time frame for construction of the dwelling units.

(6) An estimate of the number of school-age children who can reasonably be expected to reside in the dwelling units based on the demographic characteristics of similar housing located within the school district.

Section 504-B. School district facility expansion.

If a school district determines after reviewing an educational impact assessment that it will be necessary to expand school facilities as a result of the impact of the proposed development, the school district may offer the developer of the development the option to pay twice the impact fee owed in return for the option of having naming rights for any expansion required to be constructed.

Will we see a school named after a developer?

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