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Yakima City Council tables study on impact fees after staff presentation
Summary
City staff presented options and cost estimates for an impact-fee program; council voted to table further action until a later date, citing budget and timing concerns tied to the comprehensive-plan update.
City staff presented background, cost estimates and options on a possible impact-fee program on March 11, 2025, and the Yakima City Council voted to table the idea pending later review.
Bill Preston, director of community development, and Trevor Martin, director of planning, briefed the council on what impact fees are and how the city might implement them. Preston described impact fees as “one-time charges assessed by local government against new development projects to help pay for new or expanded public capital facilities that will directly address the increased demand for services created by the development,” citing the Municipal Research and Services Center…
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