Port Orchard staff recommend per-bedroom park impact fee, set public hearing for March 11

City staff presented proposed changes to Port Orchard's park impact fee structure during a Feb. work study session and recommended a per-bedroom fee method to comply with recent state legislation that requires lower proportional fees for smaller housing units and places limits on accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) charges.

Project manager Mr. Bond told the City Council the Legislature passed two bills that affect local impact-fee practice: one (identified in the presentation as Senate Bill 5258) requires jurisdictions to adopt a rate structure that proportionately lowers fees for smaller housing units using either square footage, bedrooms, or trip generation; a separate provision limits impact fees on an ADU to no more than 50% of the fee that would be charged on the primary unit. "This bill set out that by June thirtieth of 2025, all jurisdictions that charge impact…