Committee discusses 1% impact fee uses and municipal code drafting

Aug 11, 2025

Members debated how the city's 1% construction-project impact fee is coded, whether general-fund supplements are allowed, and how a new municipal-code section should be numbered and presented to council for review.

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Committee members reviewed how the 1 percent capital-projects (profit impact) fee is defined in the municipal code and whether proposed updates should broaden allowable uses. The Chair summarized the current understanding that the 1 percent comes from construction projects and that code language may need to be clarified; members raised the possibility of supplementing the fee from the general fund for specific projects.

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