The Woodland Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council adopt Ordinance 1580 to update fire impact-fee rates charged on new development, the commission’s Community Development Director said.

Travis Goddard, the city’s Community Development Director, told commissioners the proposed ordinance aligns Woodland’s fees with Clark County Fire Rescue’s revised capital facilities plan and with Woodland Municipal Code (WMC) provisions on impact-fee review. He summarized current and proposed rates in the staff report: existing rates shown in attachment B are $15.30 for single-family residential and $14.26 for multifamily; commercial and industrial development pays a fee based on structure area, at $0.51 per square foot. Under the proposal, staff said single-family fees would drop (to $6.54 in the staff draft) and multifamily fees would decline (to about $3.08), while some commercial/industrial rates would rise.

“As noted, this is a one-time fee paid with every building permit that gets issued,” Goddard said, describing impact fees as capital contributions for new stations, apparatus or equipment rather than operations costs.

Commissioners asked about accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and how state law limits apply. Goddard said state law caps ADU fees at 50% of the primary structure’s rate, which produces an ADU fee example in the staff packet (about $3.27 in the draft).

After discussion, a commissioner moved and the panel took a roll-call vote to recommend the ordinance to the City Council. The recorded vote was in favor; the commission forwarded the recommendation for council consideration.

What happens next: the City Council will receive the commission’s recommendation; council action is required to adopt the ordinance and set the effective date.

Note: rate tables and the full fee calculations were attached to the staff report and remain the official source for the detailed figures.