§ 23-51. Refund of fees paid.

(a)

If a building permit or certificate of use expires, is revoked or is voluntarily surrendered and is, therefore, voided, and no construction or improvement of land (including moving a mobile or recreational vehicle on to land) has been commenced, then the current parcel owner of record shall be entitled to request a refund of the fire protection and emergency medical services capital facilities impact fee paid as a condition for its issuance, except that three (3) percent of the fee paid shall be retained an administrative fee to offset the cost of processing the refund; accordingly, the current parcel owner of record shall be entitled to request a refund equal to ninety-seven (97) percent of the fire protection and emergency medical services capital facilities impact fee paid by making application to either the county where the subject parcel is located within one of the three (3) fire districts under the county's control, or to the City of Brooksville where the subject parcel is located within the boundaries of the City of Brooksville, or to Spring Hill Fire where the subject parcel is located within the Spring Hill Fire District. No interest shall be paid on refunds under this section.

(b)

Any funds not expended or encumbered by the end of the calendar quarter immediately following ten (10) years from the date the fire protection and emergency medical services capital facilities impact fee was recorded as revenue by the county shall, upon application of the current parcel owner of record within one hundred eighty (180) days of the expiration of the ten-year period, be returned to the current parcel owner of record with interest at the county's average annual rate of return.

(Ord. No. 86-31, § 11, 12-16-86; Ord. No. 93-11, § 11, 5-4-93; Ord. No. 96-12, § 11, 7-16-96; Ord. No. 97-17, § 11, 7-7-97; Ord. No. 2001-01, § 11, 1-9-01; Ord. No. 2005-05, § 5, 6-2-05; Ord. No. 2009-14, § 1, 11-10-09; Ord. No. 2013-9, § I, 3-12-13)