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Franklin City Council reviews proposed 2026–2030 park impact fee plan; public hearing set for Jan. 21
Summary
Director of Parks and Recreation Chip Horner presented an introductory 2026–2030 park impact fee plan that would raise the single-family per-unit fee from $11.42 to $24.90 and project roughly $4.6 million in revenue over 10 years; council set a public hearing for Jan. 21 to consider the ordinance.
Franklin City’s Parks and Recreation director, Chip Horner, presented the introduction of a proposed 2026–2030 park impact fee plan at the Jan. 5 council meeting, saying the city’s current single‑family impact fee of $11.42 would increase under the proposal to $24.90 per new housing unit and that reduced rates for apartments and duplexes would be $16.90. Horner said the study projects roughly $4,600,000 in revenue over the next 10 years and that the park impact fee account currently holds about $601,000.
Horner told the council the impact fee is charged when a building permit for new residential construction is issued and is intended for capital projects only — not for staffing or routine…
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