FOREWORD
PREFACE
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
CHAPTER I. FUNDING PUBLIC CAPITAL FACILITIES: HOW COMMUNITY PLANNING CAN HELP --- Thomas H. Roberts Financing Capital Facilities Associated
with New Development Capital Improvements Programming:
Tradition or Innovation? Impact Fees as a Means of Financing
Capital Facilities Regional Approaches to Capital
Facilities Planning
CHAPTER II. FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE: PAYING THE COSTS OF GROWTH THROUGH IMPACT FEES AND OTHER LAND REGULATION CHARGES ---Julian C. Juergensmeyer Constitutional Challenges to
Impact Fees Judicial Recognition of Impact Fees in Florida: A Case-by-Case Study of Local Governments' Struggle for Capital Funding Sources Drafting Impact Fees to Pass Judicial
Scrutiny Conclusion
CHAPTER III. FLORIDA'S EXPERIENCE WITH IMPACT FEES ---James C. Nicholas Principles of Impact Fees Experience with Impact Fee Administration
CHAPTER IV. SPECIAL DISTRICTS: A STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT ---Lance deHaven-Smith Alternative Mechanisms Issues and Criticisms Three Examples Conclusion References
CHAPTER V. WHO PAYS INFRASTRUCTURE
BENEFIT CHARGES---THE BUILDER OR THE HOME BUYER? ---Stevenson Weitz Hypothetical Problem Basic Concepts
Development Charge versus User Charge
The Effect of Increased General
Funding Summary and Conclusions Endnotes References