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Port Orchard staff recommends per‑bedroom method for park impact fees to meet new state law
Summary
Staff proposed converting Port Orchard’s park impact fees to a per‑bedroom model (recommended $1,559 per bedroom using a four‑year average) to comply with Senate Bill 5258; staff warned of administrative complications with a square‑foot model and noted a June 30 statutory deadline for adoption of new fee schedules.
City staff recommended that Port Orchard adopt a per‑bedroom methodology for park impact fees to comply with state changes from Senate Bill 5258 and to preserve revenue stability, and said the city must adopt conforming impact‑fee schedules by June 30, 2025.
Nick Bond, community development director, summarized the legislative change and options evaluated: square‑foot vs. per‑bedroom approaches and multiple averaging periods for house size data. “The legislature passed Senate Bill 5258, which changed the requirements for how our impact fees are structured,” Bond told the committee. He said the…
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