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Buckeye holds public hearing on proposed development impact fees; no vote taken
Summary
City staff presented a proposed update to development impact fees that would raise single-family fees from $16,295 to $25,800 and change some water charges from meter-size to per-dwelling calculations; council took public comment but did not act.
City of Buckeye staff presented proposed increases and structural changes to the city’s development impact fees during a public hearing, emphasizing that the proposal applies only to new development and that no council action was taken at the meeting.
In a presentation to the City Council, Bill Coppi, staff member and presenter, said the city’s proposed single-family permit fee would move from the current $16,295 to $25,800, after an earlier draft that exceeded $35,000 was lowered during stakeholder negotiations. “So right now we’re charging $16,295 … when our first draft of our proposal came out, we were actually at a little over $35,000 … we actually lowered that fee by almost $10,000 to what we’re currently proposing at $25,800,” Coppi said.
The proposal would also change how water impact fees are calculated for…
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