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Vancouver council approves short-term deferral of traffic and park impact fees and utility SDCs with clarifications
Summary
On Aug. 11, 2025 the Vancouver City Council approved ordinances allowing developers to defer payment of certain city impact fees and utility system development charges (SDCs) until later in the construction process, adding a clarifying exclusion for school impact fees and directing staff to update reports and monitoring.
The Vancouver City Council on Aug. 11 approved amendments that let developers defer payment of two city fees — traffic and park impact fees and utility system development charges — until later stages of construction, while adding clarifying language and staff reporting requirements.
City staff and councilors emphasized the change defers collection rather than waives the fees. The ordinances amend the Vancouver Municipal Code (impact fees: section 20.915; water and sewer SDCs: VMC 14.04) to allow payment at temporary occupancy or another later point in the construction timeline, with a maximum deferral cap of 36 months.
City staff told council the typical expectation is the impact-fee deferral will average about 23 months and deferral of SDCs about nine months; council members and the public pressed for…
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