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Loveland adopts scalable water, raw-water and wastewater impact fees; updates water-right dedication
Summary
Council voted 7–0 to adopt ordinance 6789 (second reading) and resolution R-699-2025 to change required water-right dedication and implement scalable impact fees that base charges on home square footage and lot size to better align costs with water usage and support smaller, more affordable homes.
The Loveland City Council on Dec. 16 approved on second reading ordinance 6789 and a companion resolution (R-699-2025) to change how the city calculates water-right dedication and water/wastewater/raw-water impact fees.
Utilities staff presented a new 'scalable' fee model that uses total home square footage as a proxy for indoor water demand and lot square footage as a proxy for outdoor water demand. "We wanted to develop something that was scalable and, more flexible," said Jim Lees, utility accounting manager, explaining that the change aims to distribute…
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