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Idaho Falls council narrows impact‑fee options, directs staff to test three square‑footage tiers and to remove police vehicles from CIP
Summary
After extended debate about basements, per‑door versus square‑footage methods and affordable‑housing waivers, council asked staff to run the impact‑fee update using three square‑footage tiers, remain silent on other taxing districts (effectively exempting them), not reinsert an affordable‑housing waiver in the ordinance now, and update the CIP to remove police vehicles and pursue a second sheet of ice.
The Idaho Falls City Council spent much of its meeting debating how to update the city's impact fee methodology and reviewing planned‑unit development (PUD) standards. Council members examined competing proposals — a detailed, multi‑tier square‑footage system recommended by the consultant and a simpler per‑door (per‑unit) approach — and directed staff to test a compromise.
Mayor summarized council's near‑term direction: staff should update the impact fee study to a simplified three‑category square‑footage model, remain silent in the ordinance about other taxing districts (which will exclude them from paying impact fees by default), not include an affordable‑housing waiver provision in the revised ordinance now, and update the Capital Improvement Plan to remove police vehicles and prioritize funding for a second sheet of ice.
The debate focused on two technical tradeoffs. The consultant's original…
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