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Council discusses interim discounts and incentive options for transportation impact fees for businesses on state roads
Summary
Staff recommended redoing North Ogden's transportation impact fee study and proposed a possible interim 20% discount for businesses whose trips use UDOT roads; council discussed alternative incentive structures tied to incremental sales tax generation.
City Manager and City Attorney John McPaul briefed the North Ogden City Council on Sept. 23 about a proposed update to the city’s transportation impact fee study and possible interim measures to encourage commercial development on corridors where much of the travel uses Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) roads.
McPaul said the city’s transportation impact fees have not been comprehensively updated in about 10 years and that an updated study is warranted. In the interim he suggested the council consider an ordinance offering a temporary 20% discount on transportation impact fees for businesses located on UDOT right‑of‑way corridors, arguing those businesses cause a lower net impact to the city’s street system because many of their customer trips remain on…
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