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Development Impact Fees
Many counties, cities and towns have one standardized
impact fee schedule that covers the entire jurisdiction. Although
this type of impact fee structure has many advantages, including
simplicity of calculation and ease of collection, it could lead to
a relatively unfair distribution of infrastructure costs that promotes
development in areas without existing infrastructure and penalizes
development in areas that have better access to existing facilities.
The City acknowledges that,
because of the large size of Phoenix, several fee areas are needed to
more fairly allocate future capital facility costs. As a result, there
are two infrastructure financing areas; one in the north and one in the south. These two fee areas have been subdivided to better allocate specific types of facility
costs. By assessing the fees on the basis of a specific fee area, or
even sub-fee area, the City can better ensure that new development is
only paying for capital facilities that it needs and will benefit from.
View a map of the six main fee areas
in Phoenix.
Last modified on
02/03/2011 11:10:24
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