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City staff and consultants outline proposed impact fee updates across utilities and parks
Summary
Consultants presented updated master plans and impact fee analyses for culinary water, sewer, storm drain, pressurized irrigation, transportation, public safety, and parks; the proposed fees reflect credits, projected growth, and large transportation and storm-drain project lists.
Consultants from Zions Public Finance, Horrocks Engineers, and Franson Civil Engineers presented updated Impact Fee Facilities Plans and Impact Fee Analyses covering seven service areas. Susan Becker explained legal limits on impact fees, the buy-in and growth components of fees, and how credits and prior financing alter final fee levels.
The analysis showed a range of changes: the combined maximum impact-fee burden for a typical single-family home could rise by roughly $4,000 (from about $12,700 to $16,700) if the city adopted fees at the legal maximums shown in the study. Sewer and culinary water fees remain relatively moderate due to existing excess capacity and credits; pressurized irrigation fees are calculated per irrigated acre (about $3,000/acre gross) but translate to modest per-lot charges after conversion of irrigated area; storm drain fees would increase substantially from the current level (Council noted the present fee is about $121), and transportation fees were estimated at roughly $3,400 per single-family home based on a $7,000 per PM peak-hour trip metric. Consultants recommended additional outreach to stakeholders such as the Utah Valley Home Builders Association and emphasized statutory steps and careful rule-based policies for fee reductions or exemptions.
