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Frederick County directs staff to draft road-impact fee ordinance after debate over cash proffers
Summary
After a months-long study, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to draft a road-impact fee ordinance applying to residential and nonresidential development and also discussed a voluntary cash-proffer alternative; the board voted to move forward with drafting an impact-fee ordinance framework for further board review and public hearings.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors voted on May 14 to direct staff to draft an ordinance and program framework for a road-impact fee — a mandatory, schedule-based assessment on new development — after hearing consultant analysis of a parallel option: transportation cash proffers.
Consultants from Tishler Bice presented a study comparing a mandatory road-impact fee under the Virginia statute cited in the presentation ("Virginia 15.2-2328," as read during the meeting) with the county’s existing voluntary cash-proffer process. “Cash proffers are voluntary while impact fees would be mandatory,” the consultant said during the presentation, describing the primary statutory difference and implementation trade-offs.
Tishler Bice told the board the two approaches…
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