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Commerce outlines proportional impact‑fee guidance and CHIP role in making reduced fees workable

5868495 · September 16, 2025
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Summary

The Department of Commerce presented proportional impact‑fee guidance to help jurisdictions set defensible, location‑sensitive fees and explained the CHIP program can reimburse system funds when jurisdictions reduce or defer connection and impact fees to incentivize housing.

Dave Anderson, managing director of the Growth Management Program at the Department of Commerce, briefed the committee on proportional impact fees and the state’s Capital Infrastructure and Housing Program (CHIP).

Anderson said impact fees and system development charges must be proportional to the cost of facilities required by new development and based on a capital facilities…

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