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City directs staff to draft code change after developercredits exceed needs for Coyote Ridge storm project
Summary
City staff told to prepare an ordinance to allow greater flexibility for system development charge credits after Coyote Ridge installed an oversized 30-inch storm line that generated more credits than the development can use.
The Estacada City Council instructed staff to draft an ordinance to allow greater flexibility in the city—s system development charge (SDC) credit rules after engineers reported that the Coyote Ridge subdivision built an oversized 30-inch storm line that produced more credits than the development can use.
City staff said the issue matters because state law allows a local government to provide credits, transfer them or reimburse developers for oversize infrastructure, but Estacada—s current code restricts credits to the subject property. Carrie Richter, a city staff member who explained the legal framework to the council, said, "the code right now says that these credits are not transferable."…
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