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Planning commission backs Power Department's impact-fee update, endorses sharp commercial increase
Summary
Springville planners on Sept. 24 recommended that City Council receive the Power Department's 10-year capital plan and impact-fee analysis, which proposes modest residential fee changes but an approximate 89% increase for many commercial categories; staff said fees must be used within six years and the city will revisit them annually.
The Springville Planning Commission on Sept. 24 recommended the City Council accept updates to the Power Department's capital facility plan, impact-fee facility plan and impact-fee analysis, endorsing staff's recommendation to implement higher commercial impact fees.
Jason Miller, director of the Power Department, told the commission the plan is designed to allocate costs of new incremental infrastructure to new development rather than shifting them to existing ratepayers. "The whole point of the impact fee... is to cover that new incremental cost that…
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