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Pleasant Hill moves to phase in higher traffic impact fees over three years
Summary
Council approved a three‑year phase in of updated traffic impact fees to increase funding for transportation projects while attempting to limit near‑term impacts on development; council debated charging some high‑trip uses the full rate immediately.
The Pleasant Hill City Council voted June 1 to proceed with a three‑step phase‑in of updated traffic impact fees after a staff presentation showing recommended fee increases in several land‑use categories.
Senior staff explained the city is shifting from a nexus‑based approach to a project‑list basis and presented consultant‑recommended rates that in some categories are two to three times higher than current charges. To avoid discouraging development, staff proposed implementing one‑third of the increase on Sept. 1, followed by a second step one year later (with a 4% construction‑cost index cap) and full implementation on Sept. 1, 2028. “We recommend that we implement a third of the difference between what is recommended by Fair and Peers and what we currently charge,” staff said.
Council members raised the possibility of treating certain high‑trip “other” uses (for example drive‑throughs or gyms) differently and discussed whether to apply the full rate to those uses immediately. Staff described that the “other” category is based on per‑trip generation rates from the ITE trip‑generation manual and said the per‑trip accounting would already charge higher totals for high‑trip uses.
Council member Sakach moved the item and the council approved the intention to implement the phased fee schedule and to return the first step for adoption via the master fee schedule. The motion passed on a roll‑call vote.
