Council adopts impact-fees ordinance O-04-25 to set capital-improvement charge limits for new development

The Glenn Heights City Council on March 18 approved Ordinance O-04-25, adopting new impact-fee provisions for water, wastewater and roadway capital improvements tied to new development.

The ordinance, presented on second reading by Parvis Porozisian, director of planning and development services, updates Article 10.3 of the city code and adds section A2.1 to the master fee schedule. Porozisian said the ordinance implements a study-based approach and applies the state's statutory maximum: "Per state law... we can charge up to 50% of that" calculated impact fee, he said, describing the adopted ceiling for typical domestic water impact charges.

Councilmember comments focused on implementation details such as meter charges and the unit basis for residential assessments. Porozisian said the ordinance will charge impact fees "one time per meter" for domestic water service, consistent with the study and state regulation.

A motion to approve Ordinance O-04-25 as written was moved and seconded; the council approved it in roll call, recorded as six ayes and no nays. Mayor Sonya A. Brown announced the result. The ordinance replaces the city's prior roadway-impact-fees article and establishes impact-fee rates and a process for assessment and use of collected fees.

The ordinance text, as read into the record, described repeal and replacement of existing Article 10.03 (Roadway Impact Fees) and adoption of a new Article 10.3 (Impact Fees). The presentation did not include a line-item budget or a map of fees by subdivision; councilmembers asked a clarification question during debate and Porozisian referred to the study and state requirements for fee calculation.