Erie staff present draft impact-fee study that could raise development fees sharply

Oct 20, 2026

Consultants presented a preliminary impact-fee study showing draft fee increases across parks, public facilities, police and especially transportation; staff emphasized the numbers are preliminary and will be refined after stakeholder input.

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Town staff and consultants presented a draft impact-fee study that outlines how new growth could pay for future parks, facilities, police and transportation needs. The presentation used an incremental-expansion methodology and DRCOG growth assumptions (2.2% household growth; 1.4% employment growth) to estimate a 10-year addition of about 10,600 residents and roughly 3,800 housing units.

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