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Bothell holds public hearing on multimodal transportation impact fees and Title 17 updates
Summary
City staff proposed moving to a multimodal level-of-service and revised transportation impact-fee schedule tied to person‑trips, with exemptions and reductions for affordable housing and certain change-of-use projects; public comment was supportive and council directed staff to return for adoption in March.
Bothell staff opened a public hearing Feb. 3 on proposed updates to the city’s transportation impact fees and corresponding changes to Title 17 of the municipal code that would implement a multimodal level‑of‑service framework.
Boyd Benson, Utilities and Development Services manager, told the council the 2024 comprehensive plan requires measuring person‑trips across vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists and transit rather than vehicle trips alone. The update ties the impact‑fee schedule to the plan’s project list and establishes concurrency procedures that align verification timelines to permit types.…
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