Politics & Government

Bonney Lake City Council Tables Traffic Impact Fees Ordinance

The Bonney Lake City Council voted last night to revisit the ordinance to lower traffic impact fees in town at their next workshop meeting.

The Bonney Lake City Council decided to table thethey were scheduled to vote on at last night's regular council meeting.

The council will discuss the ordinance further at next week's Tuesday night workshop, with councilmember Katrina Minton-Davis the lone "nay" in the motion to table.

Bonney Lake's traffic impact fees are among the highest in the state, charging $3,995 for each evening rush hour trip the development would create. Councilmembers hope the ordinance will spur local growth, which has slowed in the bad economy.

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Under the city's new proposal, developers of projects with little traffic impact, such as a single-family home, wouldn’t have to pay at all. It would also temporarily reduce the traffic-impact fee rates for most projects by 25 percent.

Lora Butterfield, executive director of the Bonney Lake Chamber of Commerce, voiced her support for the ordinance on behalf of Bonney Lake's local businesses in her Patch blog.

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