City of Colorado Springs - File #: 22-339

• File #: 22-339
• Version: 3
• Name: Affordable Housing Construction Sales and Use Tax Refund
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 5/23/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 7/26/2022
• Final action: 7/26/2022
• Title: Ordinance No. 22-39 amending Section 810 (Refunds) of Part 8 (Tax Returns and Payments) of Article 7 (Sales and Use Tax) of Chapter 2 (Business Licensing, Liquor Regulation and Taxation) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to Refunds Presenter: Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer
• Indexes: Fees
• Related files: 22-285

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/26/2022	2	City Council	finally passed	Pass
7/12/2022	2	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
6/28/2022	1	City Council	postpone to a date certain	Pass
6/13/2022	1	Council Work Session	referred

Title
Ordinance No. 22-39 amending Section 810 (Refunds) of Part 8 (Tax Returns and Payments) of Article 7 (Sales and Use Tax) of Chapter 2 (Business Licensing, Liquor Regulation and Taxation) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to Refunds

Presenter:
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer

Body
Summary:
The attached Ordinance adds a new section to the Sales Tax Code that allows the owner of a qualifying Affordable Housing project to be eligible for a refund of City taxes paid for the purchase or use of construction materials.

In conjunction with the Affordable Housing Fee Rebate Program, the refunding of Sales and Use Tax paid for construction material on qualifying Affordable Housing projects will provide additional incentive for Affordable Housing projects.

Background:
As a companion item to the Affordable Housing Fee Rebate Program, the attached Ordinance would allow for the refunding of City taxes paid on construction material for qualifying Affordable Housing projects.

***July 12, 2022 - Regular Meeting Update: During the City Council Work Session on June 13, 2002, City Council expressed a desire to incorporate changes to the definition of a "qualifying affordable housing project." In particular, City Council expressed a desire to provide the refund when only part of a project is considered affordable housings, meaning that a mixed-use/ mixed-income project would qualify, and to reduce the minimum number of affordable units required. The Ordinance has been updated to incorporate these changes. A redline version is included, in addition to the clean version, to demonstrate the changes.

The updated Ordinance contains newly defined terms to qualify for the refund - the project would need to meet the following requirements:
- The project is located in the City of Colorado Springs
- The project is new construction of multi-family dwellings, substantial rehabilitation of an existing multi-family dw...