Impact fees are fees charged to new development for the local government's cost associated with providing infrastructure to serve the new development. Utah law requires that cities prepare an impact fees facilities plan and an impact fee analysis in order to support charging impact fees.
Use of Impact Fees
These fees are called impact fees because all new development have a direct impact on the City’s current infrastructure. Impact fees are used to offset costs of improvements to infrastructure caused by the additional demand on the system.
Syracuse Impact Fees
Syracuse has established the following impact fees: