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Harrisville council adopts parks impact-fee ordinance after public hearing, 3–2
Summary
After a public hearing and staff presentations, the Harrisville City Council adopted Ordinance 563 to raise the city’s parks and recreation impact fee for new residential development to about $5,949 per household; the measure passed on a 3–2 roll call vote.
HARRISVILLE — The Harrisville City Council on Tuesday adopted Ordinance 563, raising the city’s parks and recreation impact fee for new residential development to roughly $5,949 per household. The council approved the ordinance on a 3–2 roll call after a public hearing and a staff presentation of the impact-fee analysis.
City consultant Lee Johnson of Zions Public Finance and city planning staff presented an Impact Fee Facilities Plan (IFFP) and Impact Fee Analysis (IFA) the council and the public could review. Johnson said impact fees are one-time charges on new development to cover capital costs associated with growth, limited by Utah Code Title 11, Chapter 36a. He described how the analysis converts the city’s current park service level — measured in improved acres per 1,000 residents — into a per-capita and…
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