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Council hears transportation impact‑fee update; Planning & Zoning recommended adoption 6–1, downtown stays at 0% collection
Summary
Staff presented a draft update to Georgetown’s transportation impact‑fee program, showing new maximum fees and a staff recommendation to collect at phased rates; the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended adoption 6–1 and council kept the existing downtown 0% collection practice and left developer timing at preliminary plat.
City staff and consultants presented a 2025 update to the transportation impact‑fee (TIF) program, including new maximum fees tied to a revised capital improvement plan and land‑use assumptions. The presentation included policy choices for council: collection rates by land use and service area, whether to separate warehousing from other commercial rates and whether to assess fees at preliminary plat or final plat.
What staff presented - Methodology: staff explained the standard TIF method — project list (numerator) divided by growth measured in vehicle‑miles (denominator) — and included adjustments for existing capacity, the share of projects serving growth in the next 10 years,…
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