Policy
LEGAL UPDATE: Palm Beach County Road Impact Fees and Palm Beach Gardens Mobility Fees
On October 1, 2024, CS/HB 479 will become effective. CS/HB 479 was supported by the Home Builders Association, the Association of Florida Community Developers, the Florida League of Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties. CS/HB 479 will have the following effects on development/redevelopment in the City of Palm Beach Gardens ("City") in the following manner:
- Traffic concurrency review, pursuant to the Palm Beach County Traffic Performance Standards Ordinance, will no longer be required for any development/redevelopment within the City's Mobility Plan/Mobility Fee zone (primarily east of the Beeline Highway). Only the City's Mobility Fee will be charged and collected within the City's Mobility Plan/Mobility Fee zone. The subject fee will be collected by the City. Palm Beach County impact fees will neither be charged nor collected within the City's Mobility Plan/Mobility Fee zone.
- Traffic concurrency review is required outside of the City's Mobility Plan/Mobility Fee zone.
- Any County Road impact fees that are due (excluding proportionate share payments) will be collected by the City and held in escrow for release to the County at such time as the County constructs the required improvement(s).
- Existing Proportionate Share Agreements remain in full force and effect, as they are not affected by the new law.
Letter to all prospective Developers, Contractors, and/or Impact Fee Payer
Mobility Plan and Fee
View the Palm Beach Gardens Mobility Plan (PDF).
View the May 2019 Mobility Fee Technical Report (PDF).
The City Council approved and adopted the Mobility Plan and Fee in September of 2019. Accordingly, the Mobility Fee Land Development Regulations (LDR) Amendment was also approved and adopted by the City Council in September of 2019, with an effective date of January 1, 2020. Please see links to the Ordinances below:
Ordinance 16, 2019: Mobility Plan and Mobility Fee Technical Report
Ordinance 19, 2019: Mobility Fee-related LDR Amendment
In September of 2020, the City Council approved and adopted Mobility-related Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments to various elements of the Comprehensive Plan, as well as a Land Development Regulations Amendment to provide consistency with the adopted Mobility Plan and Mobility Fee. Please see links to the Ordinances below:
Ordinance 8, 2020: Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments for Mobility
Ordinance 9, 2020: Mobility-related LDR Amendment
The City is currently working on an update to the Mobility Plan in 2024, and will post updates regarding the progress of this project as they become available.
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
In November of 2020, the City Council approved and adopted a Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to incorporate a Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) objective and associated policies. In November of 2022, the City Council approved and adopted a Land Development Regulations (LDR) Text Amendment to incorporate the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) regulations and provide consistency with the adopted Comprehensive Plan. Please see links to the Ordinances below:
Ordinance 10, 2020: Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment for TOD
Ordinance 10, 2022: TOD-related LDR Amendment