With that in mind, the Kaysville City Council is eyeing impact fees as a potential increased revenue source. Additional fees could be imposed on new construction to fund various services.
City Manager John Thacker said the council "approved the concept, and the need to create" an impact fee analysis agreement, Tuesday night.
The Salt Lake City firm of Lewis Young, Robertson & Burningham will be retained at an "initial estimate" of $20,100, although that amount will be modified as the formal agreement is completed, Thacker said.
Five impact fees are being looked at, including the three existing, which are culinary water, parks and recreation and power. The two additional fees would be for streets and police services.
Current fees are based on square footage and other factors related to the specific fees.
Most cities impose a variety of impact fees, which, by law, must be based on actual financial impacts placed on city services by certain services.
"We try to cover the costs" associated with development by imposing the fees, Thacker said.
It will probably be two months before information is available for possible council action.
In a similar vein, the council also approved concept and scope of work for a storm-drain utility and associated fees.
JUBEngineers, which has a Kaysville office, has been selected; the initial contract estimated at $58,000.
No possible fees were discussed, although many other cities across the state have established such fees.
They have been created due to expenses created by federal mandate, often falling in the $2-, $2.50-a-month range.
It's estimated five to six months will be needed for JUB to complete its study.
In other action, the council changed the separation area between a parking lot and residential use from four feet to 10 feet. If there's less than a 10-foot separation, a screening fence is required.
The council also gave its OK to the sale of a 2 3/4-acre lot to Gibbs Smith Publishing for $234,000.
That means only two lots remain in the business park, which has been adding businesses for many years. "People are looking at those (two) lots,"Thacker said.
A five-acre and 4 1/2-acre lot are all that remain. "We'd like to find another area for a new business park,"he said, "but land is kind've scarce."
Funds obtained from lot sales have been used to pay for improving other business lot sites, such as with utility development or to build streets.
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