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City staff outlines how House Bill 1001 changes local planning and impact fees
Summary
City staff told the Fishers City Council that the adopted version of House Bill 1001 reduces some earlier by‑right land‑use allowances but still requires the city to update its UDO and establish new impact‑fee zones; staff warned road/drainage fees may be limited to projects within 5 miles of collection points.
City staff presented a detailed readout of House Bill 1001 and its local implications, telling the Fishers City Council that while the introduced bill had threatened broad preemption of local planning authority, the adopted version now focuses on prescriptive UDO guidance and new impact‑fee procedures.
The presenter said the new law requires cities that wish to impose impact fees after June 30 to create impact‑fee zones that are contiguous, coterminous with utility service where appropriate and show a functional relationship between infrastructure type and zone. "The road and drainage impact fees have to be used within 5 miles of wherever that fee is collected," the presenter said, emphasizing the mileage limit on eligible…
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