§ 21-18. Application process.

(a)

Upon notification of a lack of capacity to satisfy transportation concurrency, the applicant shall also be notified in writing of the opportunity to satisfy transportation concurrency through the proportionate fair-share program pursuant to the requirements of section 21-16.

(b)

Prior to submitting an application for a proportionate fair-share agreement, a pre-application meeting shall be held to discuss eligibility, application submittal requirements, potential mitigation options, and related issues. If the impacted facility is on the SIS or any other road on the state highway system, then the FDOT will be notified and invited to participate in the pre-application meeting.

(c)

Eligible applicants shall submit an application to the county that includes an application fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and the following:

(1)

Name, address and phone number of owner(s), developer and agent;

(2)

Property location, including parcel identification numbers;

(3)

Legal description and survey of property;

(4)

Project description, including type, intensity and amount of development;

(5)

Phasing schedule, if applicable;

(6)

Description of requested proportionate fair-share mitigation method(s); and

(7)

Copy of concurrency denial.

(d)

The concurrency administrator shall review the application and certify that the application is sufficient and complete within fifteen (15) business days. If an application is determined to be insufficient, incomplete or inconsistent with the general requirements of the proportionate fair-share program as indicated in 21-16, the applicant will be notified in writing of the reasons for such deficiencies within fifteen (15) business days of submittal of the application. If such deficiencies are not remedied by the applicant within sixty (60) days of receipt of the written notification, then the application will be deemed abandoned. The commission may, in its discretion, grant an extension of time not to exceed sixty (60) days to cure such deficiencies, provided that the applicant has shown good cause for the extension and has taken reasonable steps to effect a cure.

(e)

Pursuant to F.S. § 163.3180(16)(e), proposed proportionate fair-share mitigation for development impacts to facilities on the SIS requires the concurrency of the FDOT.

(f)

When an application is deemed sufficient, complete, and eligible, the applicant shall be advised in writing and a proposed proportionate fair-share obligation and binding agreement will be prepared by the county or the applicant with direction from the county and delivered to the appropriate parties for review, including a copy to the FDOT for any proposed proportionate fair-share mitigation on a SIS facility, no later than forty-five (45) days from the date at which the applicant received the notification of a sufficient application and no fewer than thirty (30) days prior to the commission meeting when the agreement will be considered.

(g)

The county shall notify the applicant regarding the date of the commission meeting when the agreement will be considered for final approval. No proportionate fair-share agreement will be effective until approved by the commission, or pursuant to staff approval for agreements less than or equal to the dollar values established by the Santa Rosa County Roadway Impact Fee Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 2008-07, § 9, 3-27-08)