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Decatur staff presents plan to cut roadway impact fees; residential rate recommended to fall to 40%

City Council of Decatur · March 9, 2026
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Summary

City staff presented a first reading of an impact-fees ordinance that keeps water and wastewater fees unchanged, recommends cutting many roadway fees (residential from 100% to 40%, institutional to 0%) and introduces impact-fee credits; council will consider action at a later meeting.

City staff on March 9 presented a first reading of a proposed amendment to the city's impact-fee ordinance that would scale back several roadway impact fees after benchmarking and a Capital Improvements Advisory Committee recommendation.

The proposed ordinance (new Ordinance 2026-0312) leaves water and wastewater impact fees unchanged but would reduce roadway-impact charges in many categories. According to staff, the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee recommended lowering the residential roadway fee from 100% of the calculated maximum to 40% and reducing institutional land-use percentages (including…

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