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Expert outlines legal limits and methodology for Pflugerville parkland dedication; presents $9,163-per-unit cap as a legal maximum
Summary
Dr. John Crompton, a national parkland-dedication expert, told the Planning & Zoning Commission the city can calculate a legal cap for parkland exactions based on existing service levels; his working numbers for Pflugerville produced a cap near $9,163 per dwelling unit, which he described as a legal maximum, not a political recommendation.
Dr. John Crompton, a professor and national consultant on parkland dedication, presented an overview of parkland dedication law and methodology during a January 6 Pflugerville Planning & Zoning Commission meeting. Crompton told commissioners that local governments have three basic options to pay for growth — existing-resident subsidy (bonds/taxes), doing nothing (reducing service levels), or requiring new growth to pay for itself — and that parkland dedication is one of the front‑end tools to avoid future infrastructure deficits.
Crompton reviewed the U.S. and Texas legal framework that limits exactions: a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court…
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