Plan commission approves ordinance to reestablish park impact fee after consultant presentation; members and public raise timing concerns

The Town of Maryville Plan Commission voted 6-0 on Feb. 18 to forward Ordinance 25-02, a proposed amendment to the municipal code to reestablish a park infrastructure impact fee, to the Town Council for final action.

The proposed ordinance would raise the residential park impact fee from about $475 to a recommended $1,582, according to a consultant who presented the report. Haggi Arshami, principal of Arsh Group, told the commission the study follows state procedures and that the town’s park and recreation assets used in the calculation now total about $27,000,000. “We have been preparing these impact fee reports for the last 20 years,” Arshami said.

The ordinance is a land‑use action that the commission must certify as consistent with the town’s comprehensive plan before the council may adopt it.…