Land Acquisition Methods and Funding County staff indicated that Road Impact Fees constitute a prime method of guaranteeing from developers the preservation of right-of-way so long as construction produces a net public benefit for the county. Specifically, if developers are willing to construct roads that are capacity building or on the LRTP, the county will provide 40% -100% of the cost of construction in road impact fee credits depending on public benefit and value. A limitation of this method is that the County impact fees are purely road impact fees and credits are not offered for non-auto improvements. Figure 15 depicts roads that have been or will be funded through road impact fee credits. Road Impact fees are described in Article VIII. of the County Land Development Code. This fee is calculated using tables found in Sec. 24-258. (Computation of the amount of roads impact fee). Use of the road impact fee is limited to “capital improvements or enhancements to transportation facilities associated with the arterial and collector road network of the county as identified in the county's comprehensive plan or the comprehensive plans of the City of Fort Pierce, City of Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie Village or by the FDOT.” Road impact fee credits are described in Sec. 24-264 and detail use towards right-of-way dedication in sub paragraph (6). This section states, “Credit for the dedication of non-site related right-of-way shall be valued at 120 percent of the assessed value by the county property appraiser plus the reasonable cost, as determined by the county administrator, of any survey, closing costs or title information provided by the fee-payer to the county at the request of the county.”
Figure 15. St. Lucie County Future ROW Network Map Source: St. Lucie County staff.
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