The attached ordinance establishes a new Special Service District (SSD) in the County named the Jackson Village and Alexander's Crossing Special Service District. The district includes land zoned Mixed Use that is within the Jackson Village and Alexander's Crossing developments. The SSD also includes portions of Route 1, I-95, and Massaponax Church Road, as well as several Industrial 1 (I-1) zoned parcels located between Route 1 and Jackson Village. While these I-1 zoned parcels are within the SSD boundary, the ordinance exempts the I-1 zoned parcels from the special tax. The proposed special tax rate is $0.30/$100 of assessed value. The funds must be used for transportation infrastructure benefiting the district, which could include improvements to Route 1 and Massaponax Church Road, and the construction of a bridge over I-95 that will link the two Mixed Use projects.

The proposal to create an SSD dates to the rezonings for these projects in 2015. As the projects develop, they will have significant impacts on the surrounding road network. Both projects included commitments to transportation infrastructure and cash contributions to the County to help offset the traffic impacts. The applicants also indicated they were amenable to being part of an SSD to contribute to transportation improvements in the area, with a focus on inclusion of commercial and not residential.

Mixed Use zoning allows for a wide range of commercial and residential uses. While GDPs for the projects show proposed development patterns, the proffers for both projects allow for the relocation of uses to other land bays than what is shown on the GDP. Due to this flexibility and the lack of any platted single-family residential tracts or parcels, the SSD includes all of the land within the development. The proposed approach to excluding future single-family residential development is to amend the boundary of the SSD as the residential sections are platted. This will require the approval of the Board of Supervisors after a public hearing for each amendment. The number of amendments will depend upon the number and timing of the developers' platting of residential parcels.