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Sunbury zoning officer applies 2.63% inflation adjustment to impact fees; single-family fee rises to about $4,000
Summary
Under the city ordinance that allows automatic annual adjustment using the Engineer News-Record construction cost index, the zoning officer applied a 2.63% inflation factor to impact fees covering the period since January 2024; the single-family detached fee increases from about $3,900 to roughly $4,000.
Sunbury’s zoning officer applied the ordinance’s automatic annual inflation adjustment to the city’s development impact fees, increasing the single-family detached dwelling fee by about 2.63% to approximately $4,000, council members were told Aug. 20.
City staff explained the impact-fee ordinance authorizes the zoning officer to make an automatic annual adjustment based on the Engineering News-Record construction cost index. The adjustment covers the period from the last adjustment (January 2024) through June 2025, a roughly 18-month interval that produced a 2.63% inflationary factor.
Packets provided to council showed proposed fee changes by housing and nonresidential categories; staff noted the change takes effect under the ordinance without additional council action unless the council directs staff to use a different index or factor. Council members asked whether commercial and industrial uses are included; staff confirmed fees for nonresidential uses are assessed per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area and are billed to the developer prior to occupancy.
Staff also presented impact-fee collections and expenditures for the period June 1, 2024, through May 30, 2025, and said the fund balances are healthy. Council discussion included the possibility of using certain impact-fee categories to help pay debt service for municipal projects in the future; no policy change was adopted at the meeting.
