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Paramount council introduces updated development‑impact fees, exempts most single‑family additions
Summary
Council introduced an ordinance updating development impact fees (parks, storm drain, water; new transportation, public‑safety and commercial‑linkage fees) and unanimously amended the draft to exempt typical additions to existing single‑family homes from the new fees.
Paramount — The City Council on Feb. 10 advanced a package of updated development impact fees aimed at capturing infrastructure costs from new construction while carving out exemptions for many owner additions to single‑family homes.
Planning staff said the update, based on a yearlong consultant study, modernizes fee categories and adds four new fees for transportation, public‑safety facilities, commercial linkage (to support affordable housing) and general facilities. Staff said fees are generally calculated by land‑use category (residential per square foot, retail, office, warehouse) or, for…
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