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Bothell planning commission advances study of multimodal transportation impact fee updates
Summary
Staff presented Title 17 updates to implement Bothell’s 2024 multimodal level of service, shifting from vehicle-trip concurrency to a person‑trip ledger and updating impact fee schedules with targeted reductions; the commission closed the public hearing, requested edits to findings, and will return recommendations to council in February 2026.
Planning commission staff on Dec. 17 presented proposed updates to Bothell Municipal Code Title 17 aimed at implementing the city’s 2024 comprehensive plan multimodal level of service and updating the transportation impact fee program.
Boyd Benson, Public Works utilities and development services manager, said the changes move Bothell away from a vehicle‑trip concurrency model toward a ledger‑based person‑trip approach that treats vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists and transit riders as part of the same system. “We are looking to update the transportation impact fee approach to comply with multimodal level of service and to utilize the transportation improvement plan within the comprehensive plan,” Benson said.
Kenda (Kenda/Kendra) Breeland, consultant, explained the technical approach and the ledger concept, telling…
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