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Council backs studying square‑footage approach and park fees on commercial development for impact fee update
Summary
City consultant Tishler Bice presented a status update on the development impact fee study, and councilors indicated they favor switching residential fee calculations from bedrooms to square footage and exploring a park impact fee on nonresidential development.
A consultant update on the city’s development impact fee study prompted the Sandpoint City Council to signal support for two major methodological changes under consideration — changing residential impact fees from a bedroom‑based schedule to a square‑footage basis and exploring whether nonresidential development should contribute to park impact fees.
Colin Maccawini of Tishler Bice told councilors the firm is updating Sandpoint’s 2012 study and that state law requires the city to document need, benefit and proportionality in a nexus study. The firm recommended calculating residential fees from square footage…
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