The city is authorized to enact the ordinance from which this article is derived in
accordance with V.T.C.A., Local Government Code ch. 395, which authorizes home rule
cities, among others, to enact or impose impact fees (capital recovery fees) on land
within their corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdictions, as charges or
assessments imposed against new development in order to generate revenue for funding
or recouping the costs of capital improvements or facility expansions necessitated
by and attributable to such new development; and by the city Charter. The provisions
of this article shall not be construed to limit the power of the city to adopt such
article pursuant to any other source of local authority, nor to utilize any other
methods or powers otherwise available for accomplishing the purposes set forth in
this ordinance, either in substitution of or in conjunction with this article. Guidelines
may be developed by resolution or otherwise to implement and administer this article.
