Could Impact Fees Be Used for Mitigation?
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 137, Issue 2
Abstract
Development impact fees are an effective way for communities to recoup some of the costs of growth. Typically, they have been used to raise revenues to help pay for new capital spending. In this paper, the possibility of using impact fees to help offset the costs of additional carbon dioxide () emissions that are caused by growth is explored. After briefly summarizing the problem of pollution, the author identifies eight issues that make a impact fee unique, and which would likely be confronted by a community attempting to implement such a fee. The author concludes by organizing these issues by whether they pose primarily a legal, practical, and/or political challenge.
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Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 137 • Issue 2 • June 2011
Pages: 204 - 206
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Feb 4, 2009
Accepted: Aug 24, 2010
Published online: May 16, 2011
Published in print: Jun 1, 2011
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