§ 52-55. Tax rates.  


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  • (a) The Council must establish the Countywide rates for the tax under this Article by resolution after a public hearing advertised at least 15 days in advance.
    (b) The tax on any single-family detached or attached dwelling unit must be increased by $2 for each square foot of gross floor area that exceeds 3,500 square feet, to a maximum of 8,500 square feet.
    (c) Any Productivity Housing unit, as defined in Section 25B-17(j), must pay the tax at 50% of the otherwise applicable rate.
    (d) The County Council by resolution, after a public hearing advertised at least 15 days in advance, may increase or decrease the rates established under this Section.
    (e) The Director of Finance, after advertising and holding a public hearing as required by Section 52-17(c), must adjust the tax rates set in or under this Section effective on July 1 of each odd-numbered year in accordance with the update to the Subdivision Staging Policy using the latest student generation rates and school construction cost data. The Director must calculate the adjustment to the nearest multiple of one dollar. The Director must publish the amount of this adjustment not later than May 1 of each odd- numbered year. (, § 1; , § 1; , § 2; , § 1; v, §1.)
    Editor’s note—, § 1, states: Sec. 2. Effective date; Transition. This Act takes effect on March 1, 2017. The amendments to the development impact tax for transportation improvements and the development impact tax for public school improvements added by Section 1 of this Act, must apply to any application for a building permit filed on or after March 1, 2017. If a property owner is required to pay the development impact tax rates for transportation or public school improvements that take effect on March 1, 2017, the Director of Finance:
    (a) must not require the payment of a transportation mitigation payment or a school facilities payment for the same development; and
    (b) must refund the payment or give the property owner a credit against the development impact tax for transportation due for the development in the amount of any transportation mitigation payment made for the same development prior to March 1, 2017.
    , § 2 states: Expedited Effective Date. .... This Act takes effect on the date on which it becomes law and must apply to any transportation mitigation payment made on or after November 29, 2016.
    , § 2, states: Effective date; Transition. This Act takes effect on March 1, 2017. The amendments to the development impact tax for transportation improvements and the development impact tax for public school improvements added by Section 1 of this Act, must apply to any application for a building permit filed on or after March 1, 2017. Any property owner who is required to pay the development impact tax rates for transportation or public school improvements that take effect on March 1, 2017 must not be required to pay a transportation mitigation payment or a school facilities payment.