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Committee hears bill to bar SDC increases tied solely to residential fire-sprinkler meter upsizing
Summary
House Bill 3505A would prohibit local governments from imposing or increasing system development charges (SDCs) when a larger water meter is needed only to serve an NFPA 13D residential fire-sprinkler system.
On April 16, 2025, the Senate Committee on Housing and Development held a public hearing on House Bill 3505A, which would prohibit local governments from imposing or increasing system development charges (SDCs) for the installation of an NFPA 13D residential fire-sprinkler system when the only reason for a larger water meter is the sprinkler system.
Alana Cox, administrator of the Building Codes Division at the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), told the committee the bill is a narrow technical fix intended to remove an unintentional disincentive for installing residential sprinklers. Cox said many SDC formulas factor meter size into SDC calculations;…
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