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Springville adopts higher public-safety impact fees to fund fire and police facilities
Summary
The council adopted ordinance 23-2024 to update the Public Safety Impact Fee Facilities Plan and Impact Fee Analysis, increasing the city’s public-safety impact fee for new single-family homes from about $461 to $1,098.78 and applying commercial square-foot charges for fire vehicles and equipment.
Springville — The City Council adopted ordinance 23-2024, approving an updated Public Safety Impact Fee Facilities Plan and Impact Fee Analysis and enacting new impact fees that staff and consultants said are needed to pay for projected police and fire facility needs.
Lee Johnson of Zions Public Finance (Speaker 10) presented the study and walked the council through the methodology: a study horizon, projections of residential units and commercial square footage, calls-for-service calculations and allocation of square footage for police and fire. Johnson reported that Springville’s current total public-safety impact fee was about $461 and that the proposed total for 2024 would rise to $1,098.78 per residential unit. “You can also notice that under fire, there’s an additional two columns for vehicle costs,” he said, noting that replacements for a ladder truck and a fire engine are eligible to be charged to new commercial development in the analysis.
Johnson gave example metrics used in the analysis: 1.81 police calls per residential unit and 0.1521 fire calls per residential unit, and explained that bond credits for an outstanding 2008 lease revenue bond were applied so new development does not double-pay for existing facilities. He told the council the IFFP and IFA appendices contain allocation details and that the planning commission reviewed the materials.
Council members asked which facilities the bond credit covered and how allocation between civic-center police space and fire stations was calculated; Johnson said the civic center allocation and appendix tables specify the allocation. A council member also asked whether the public could contest a fee; staff noted state law requires an ordinance provision allowing a developer or business to submit an alternate study to contest the fee.
Councilmember motioned to adopt the plan, ordinance 23-2024 was seconded and passed by roll call, with the minutes recording votes in favor by Logan, Craig, Mindy and Mike. The ordinance updates the fee schedule and directs staff to implement the new IFFP/IFA calculations when processing development permits.
The decision sets higher up-front fees on new development to help finance expansions (including a planned 9,000-square-foot expansion of Fire Station 42 and vehicle replacements) and applies commercial square-foot charges where allowed by statute. Staff said more detailed, line‑by‑line calculations are available in the IFA.
