Murrieta council adopts updated WRCOG TUMF fee schedule after lengthy debate over housing costs

Murrieta — The Murrieta City Council voted 4-1 on Feb. 18 to adopt an updated ordinance and resolution joining WRCOG’s revised Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) schedule, a regional impact fee program used to fund arterial and intersection improvements.

The council approved the change after a multi‑hour public hearing and staff presentation that described a shift required by recent state rules, new fee tiers for single‑family homes and a proposed reallocation of the TUMF administrative charge. Council member Stone cast the lone dissenting vote.

The update implements WRCOG’s new fee schedule and a tiered approach to single‑family fees prompted by state law AB 602, which requires some residential impact charges to reflect unit size rather than a single flat fee. Under the proposed schedule presented at the meeting, single‑family fees are tiered by dwelling size (the staff presentation used approximate examples of about $12,000 for…