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Glenn Heights holds first reading of impact-fee ordinance after consultants outline up-to-$10,000 charge for new single-family home
Summary
City consultants presented a technical impact-fee study and a range of potential fees tied to a 10-year capital improvements plan; council held a public hearing, asked technical questions and signaled preliminary preference for a 50% credit cap but took no final vote on the ordinance.
The Glenn Heights City Council on Wednesday held a public hearing and the first reading of ordinance O-04-25, a proposed impact-fee ordinance that would adopt land-use assumptions and a 10-year capital improvements plan (CIP) and allow the city to levy fees on new development to pay for additional road, water and wastewater capacity.
The ordinance, which would repeal and replace article 10.3 of the code of ordinances and add section A2.1 to the master fee schedule, was presented by consultants from Fries & Nichols and discussed at length by council members and staff. Council opened and then closed the hearing by unanimous votes; no final adoption vote was taken on the ordinance at first reading.
Why it matters: The study frames how new development would share the cost of major infrastructure projects included in the CIP. Adopting impact fees would shift some infrastructure costs from current taxpayers to new development; how much new development pays will depend on the council’s chosen collection rate (policy) within legal ceilings set by state law and the study’s technical calculations.
Consultants described the technical basis for fees and offered…
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