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City staff: commercial development is addressed through project‑specific mitigation, not a standardized commercial impact fee
Summary
Commissioners asked whether commercial projects pay impact fees; staff said Sammamish’s fee schedule currently lists residential fees and that commercial or mixed‑use impacts are typically handled through project‑specific traffic analyses, frontage requirements, SEPA mitigation and negotiated contributions.
Commissioners asked on July 24 whether Sammamish levies a standardized commercial impact fee like it does for residential units. David Pyle told the commission that the city’s current fee schedule does not list a blanket commercial impact fee. Instead, staff explained, commercial and mixed‑use impacts are typically addressed through project review tools — traffic…
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