Springville adopts 2024 Transportation Master Plan and new transportation impact fees

Springville — The City Council voted to adopt the 2024 Transportation Master Plan, the associated impact fee facility plan and the amended impact fee analysis prepared by Horrocks Engineers, and enacted ordinance 24-2024 establishing transportation impact fees.

Staff (Speaker 11) reviewed existing level-of-service standards (LOS D), identified trouble spots such as backups on Main Street and 400 South at the evening peak, described planned intersection and corridor improvements (including a new high school connector signal and the Twelfth West Corridor), and explained how trip-generation factors from the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) are used to translate peak trips into fee formulas.

Using ITE factors and the city’s cost-per-trip methods, staff provided example math for a single-family residence: a per-trip cost of about $3,109 multiplied by an adjusted ITE trip factor produced a transportation impact fee of approximately $14.62 for a single-family home. Staff recommended adopting the maximum allowable fee and noted the planning commission reviewed the plan earlier.

Council members discussed signal timing, the planned new signal to tie into existing signals, constraints related to a June Sucker habitat area for a planned alignment on 2600 West, and the process for businesses to contest fees using state-authorized study provisions. A motion to adopt the master plan, the IFFP/IFA update and ordinance 24-2024 passed by roll call; votes recorded in the minutes include Logan, Mike, Mindy and Craig voting yes.

The adopted plan sets the policy framework for transportation improvements and the city’s fee formulas; staff recommended annual review of fees to ensure fairness to residents and developers.