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Centerton council holds lengthy public hearing on impact-fee study; council votes to recommend consultant's numbers
Summary
The Centerton City Council opened a public hearing on a consultant'prepared impact-fee study and, after extensive public comment and back-and-forth with developers and residents, moved to "recommend the fees as presented" by the consultant. The study would impose one-time development fees to fund new roads, parks, police and fire facilities; the
The Centerton City Council opened a public hearing and heard more than an hour of testimony and department-head responses on a consultant-prepared impact-fee study that would impose one-time development charges on new construction to pay for capital facilities.
The consultant’s study—presented as the maximum recommended levels—proposes fees that would be charged per new housing unit and per commercial square foot to finance parks, streets/drainage, police and fire capital. City staff emphasized that impact fees can only be used for new capital infrastructure and must be kept in segregated funds, not the general fund.
Councilor Joshua Hagen moved the council "to recommend the fees as presented," a motion the body approved after public comments and department-head assurances. The vote is a council recommendation; the ordinance establishing the fees and the effective date would come later if the council proceeds.
Why it mattered: The hearing drew developers, home builders and residents who warned of higher housing costs and urged phased implementation, grandfathering…
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