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Council backs charter amendment to allow impact fees, urges wider legislative push
Summary
Gallatin’s council unanimously approved a second-reading ordinance asking to add impact-fee authority to the city charter and council members discussed pursuing a broader, statewide solution for municipal impact fees.
The Gallatin City Council on Jan. 7 approved a second-reading ordinance amending the city charter to add the power for the city to levy impact fees on new development.
The ordinance — described by proponents as the first step to give Gallatin a tool to offset the costs of growth — passed on second reading with no recorded opposition. Council members and staff, however, acknowledged that state law and prior legislative history make securing practical impact-fee authority complicated and urged a coordinated approach with other cities and the Municipal League.
Mayor Paige Brown framed the item as a fairness…
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