Fayetteville staff present park impact fee study; recommend fee-in-lieu for Tiggs Farm subdivision

City of Fayetteville staff presented a draft park impact fee study and recommended a parkland fee-in-lieu for the Tiggs Farm Subdivision during the Parks, Natural Resources and Cultural Affairs Board meeting on July 7.

The study — described by staff as the product of consultant work and city analysis — calculates new maximum fees of $8,864 for single-family detached units and $6,982 for multifamily units, compared with current city fees shown in the presentation as $1,089 for single-family and about $952 for multifamily. Staff said the study uses both land value and development costs, consistent with Arkansas law, to compute the suggested fees.

The Tiggs Farm Subdivision proposal is roughly 16 acres and was described in the meeting as planned for 195 single-family lots and 79 multifamily units; staff recommended a fee-in-lieu payment of $287,563 rather than dedication of parkland. A presenter summarized the project’s location as north of Martin Luther King Boulevard near Rupal Road and across from the Sloanebrook and Mountain Ranch subdivisions.

Why it matters: staff said the city’s current parkland dedication ordinance allows developers to choose…