Comparison of Infrastructure Financing Associated with
New Development in
Forty Midwest Cities
In 39 of the surveyed cities developers, builders, and/or the end users pay for some off-site infrastructure costs in the form of development fees, impact fees, excise taxes, connection fees, exactions, and/or liens on their properties.
In 26 cities the developer or builder pays development fees, impact fees, excise taxes, and/or connection fees.
When ranked on the total of such fees, Columbia with fees totaling $1,200 for a 2,000 square foot house, is fourth from the lowest.
Columbia’s fees will increase to $1,600 in 2008 and will move up one place in the ranking.
Mission Statement
The Coalition works to facilitate adoption of land use planning policies that:
- Protect areas of natural significance
- Preserve and revitalize urban neighborhoods
- preserve the area's natural character
- Conserve open space
- Reduce leapfrog development
- Reduce public subsidy of infrastructure that supports and encourages urban sprawl
- Encourages the viability of family farms
Over
a dozen community
and environmental groups have formed the Boone County Smart Growth Coalition
to work toward sustainable, prosperous communities
that strike a balance
between private
and public interests, between urban and rural land use, and between developed
areas and natural spaces.
Boone
County Smart Growth meets the first Wednesday of each month
at 7:15 p.m. in the Boone County Commission Chambers.
See you there and bring a friend who is concerned about how Columbia and Boone County is growing and what will be preserved in the process.
Join Us!
To become a member of Boone County Smart Growth please fill out the appropriate form and return it to us.
Individual Membership Application
