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Development Impact Fees Summary Handout

Development Impact Fees are charged at the time building permits are issued to all development within certain growth areas of the city, with the exception of water and wastewater hookups which are paid when the permit is issued for the water meter. This Web site has been established to help you understand how the city calculates impact fees.

On June 11, 2008, the City Council adopted the Impact Fee Update: Policy Memorandum which provides a diagnostic review and evaluation of the city's existing development impact fee system, identifies policy issues and presents alternatives for the city and stakeholders to consider when updating the impact fee program. The intent is to provide broad policy guidance to the City Council as it reviews the Development Impact Fee Program. The City Council may adopt amendments to the Infrastructure Financing Plan as may be appropriate taking into consideration the Policy Memorandum and any other factors that may be relevant.

Using the Policy Memorandum as a guide, the city of Phoenix is in the process of revising the Infrastructure Financing Plan for the Development Impact Fee Areas of Phoenix , the Infrastructure Financing Plan Appendices , and support documents including the Offsets Report and the Offsetts Report Appendices . Eventually, these documents will be consolidated into one document.

The Roadway Facilities, Parks and Trails, and Open Space development impact fee categories were revised with an amendment to the Specific Infrastructure Financing Plan for the City of Phoenix, Arizona in March 2009. This amendment, entitled Impact Fee Update, Phoenix, Arizona: Roadway Facilities, Parks and Trails, and Open Space , was adopted by the City Council on March 4, 2009, together with changes to the Chapter 29 Development Impact Fee Ordinance and the Infrastructure Improvements Plan, Phoenix, Arizona: Roadway Facilities, Parks and Trails, and Open Space, March 2009 .

Impact Fee Update Information

We are currently in the process of updating the Fire, Police, Library and Drainage development impact fees with another amendment to the Specific Infrastructure Financing Plan for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. The following draft documents are presented for public review and comment:

• Specific Infrastructure Financing Plan for the City of Phoenix, Arizona: Fire, Police, Library and Drainage Fee Categories, Amended January 2010
• Chapter 29, draft Feb. 15, 2010

Below is a tentative schedule for the update of these development impact fees. Additional meetings may be held as necessary.

To provide comments, request printed copies of these documents, or for additional information, please contact us.

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