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Builder 'New Traditions' challenges Benton City impact fees; city notes $46,170 study cost and legal requirements
Summary
A builder identified as New Traditions has challenged Benton City's impact fees. City staff said state law requires studies showing nexus and proportionality; staff estimated a city study would cost about $46,170 and cannot be paid from collected impact fees.
City officials told the Benton City Council on July 1 that a builder, New Traditions, has formally challenged the city's impact fees, prompting discussion of the legal standard for fee validation and the cost to perform a required study.
The mayor said the builder—named in meeting discussion as New Traditions—has challenged the fees and that the city has contracted with a consultant (SonicQuote) to prepare a fee-validation study. The mayor…
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