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<br />3. Nothing herein shall prevent the Commission from electing to retain the existing <br />Municipal Facilities Impact Fee or from electing to waive the inflation adjustment for <br />any given fiscal year, or years. <br /> <br />Section 10. Liberal Construction. The provIsIons of this Ordinance shall be liberally <br />construed to effectively carry out its purposes in the interest of further promoting and protecting <br />the public health, safety and welfare. <br /> <br />Section 11. Method of Payment. <br /> <br />A. Payment Due <br /> <br />1 General. All payments shall be made in the following manner: <br /> <br />a. Payment shall be made in cash or by personal check, cashier's check, or money <br />order payable to the City of Sunny Isles Beach. All payments shall be made to the <br />Building Official. <br /> <br />At the sole discretion of the City Manager, the City may accept payment in escrow <br />of the full amount of impact fees attributable to a particular land development <br />activity, or mix of land development activities on a single parcel by the impact <br />fees schedules, in order to allow the issuance of building and other development <br />permits while the City makes a determination on a feepayer's claim to a fee <br />adjustment. The escrow payment shall be made as set out above and shall be <br />earmarked as escrowed funds, within the appropriate impact fee trust fund. No <br />escrowed funds will be accepted which are not accompanied by a signed letter <br />agreement, acceptable to the City Attorneys Office, stating, the purpose of the <br />escrow and releasing the City from any claim to the escrowed funds by the <br />feepayer or his successors if the City ultimately denies the feepayer's request for a <br />fee adjustment. If the City subsequently approves the requested fee adjustment the <br />difference between the amount paid into escrow and the adjusted fee shall be <br />returned to the feepayer. If the fee adjustment is denied, the escrowed funds shall <br />be released to the City and the feepayer may pursue an appeal of the determination <br />as set out in the ordinances. <br /> <br />2. Invalid Payment. <br /> <br />a. Deficient Payment. In the event the payment of required impact fees <br />subsequently proves to be invalid due to insufficient funds, improper <br />execution, or for any other reason, then the following action shall be taken: <br /> <br />(1) No building permit, mobile home move-on permit, or <br />recreational vehicle development order shall be issued until the <br />required impact fees are paid. <br /> <br />Municipal Facilities Impact Fee Ord <br />Legislative/Ordinances! Attorney <br />7/18/01 -- 11 :45 AM <br /> <br />16 <br />