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City commission adopts downtown mobility fee; Palm Beach County objects and cites interlocal rules
Summary
The commission approved an ordinance establishing a downtown mobility fee and a mobility fee benefit district; Palm Beach County officials warned the city to coordinate via an interlocal agreement and said the county may object because municipalities cannot unilaterally repeal county impact fees under state law and pending litigation.
The West Palm Beach City Commission on May 27 adopted an ordinance to establish a downtown mobility fee and create a mobility fee benefit district that will fund local transportation projects in the downtown area.
Jessica Keller, the city’s mobility and transportation manager, told commissioners there were no substantive changes since the first reading and described the ordinance as creating a downtown mobility fee schedule, establishing credits and appeals, and creating a mobility fee fund and benefit district for spending locally.
Representing Palm Beach County, Khurshid Mayuddin from the county planning division urged the commission to postpone adoption and said the county objects to any municipal action that would repeal or replace county transportation concurrency, proportionate…
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