BUILDER FEE LIKELY FOR CITY.Byline: EUGENE Eugene, city (1990 pop. 112,669), seat of Lane co., W Oregon, on the Willamette River; inc. 1862. A processing and shipping center in a farming area, the "Emerald City" has lumbering, food-processing, and microchip and other electronics industries. TONG tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer GLENDALE -- Amid concerns about a soft real estate market, the City Council on Tuesday finalized See finalization. the details of a proposed fee on local development projects to finance parks and libraries. The draft Development Impact Fee ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been -- considered a watered-down version by at least one councilman -- could return for approval later this month. "We got to bite the bullet," Councilman Dave Weaver
The Weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical said. "We already waited two years. ... We owe it to this community and to the people who live here." An earlier ordinance proposed nearly two years ago would have raised up to $200 million for new parks New Parks is an area in the city of Leicester, England. It is in the west of the city, close by the county border (west of which is Glenfield. South of New Parks is the Western Parks area, and to the east is the Newfound Pool area. , libraries and an open space. But that was sent back to the drawing board after developers complained. The current proposal would phase in the fee over 12 years. Residential projects already under way would pay $2,000 per unit, with the fee steadily increasing to $14,197 per unit by 2019. Over the same period, commercial project fees would hit a maximum $5.42 per square foot; office space fees would reach $6.61 per square foot and industrial development would be $2.70 a square foot. Those proposed fees are less than those suggested a year ago, when new commercial buildings would have been assessed $12.50 per square foot, office space at $15 a square foot, and industrial buildings at $6 per square foot. The new draft also grants exceptions for auto dealers and hotel development. "This proposed fee schedule is really a neutered neu·ter adj. 1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender. b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs. 2. a. version of what it should be," Mayor Ara Najarian said. "If I were a one-man council, I would just have $14,000 a unit." But Councilman Bob Yousefian said it's the wrong time to hit developers amid a chilling real estate market. "More and more developers are dropping out of building projects," he said. "Four years ago, I would've voted for this. ... My inclination inclination, in astronomy, the angle of intersection between two planes, one of which is an orbital plane. The inclination of the plane of the moon's orbit is 5°9' with respect to the plane of the ecliptic (the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun). is to vote no and to see what happens." Weaver disagreed, saying Glendale will remain an attractive place for developers even with the fee. "We're one of the cheapest cities to do business in," he said, citing the city's strong showing in a recent Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey. "You want me to sit here and believe nobody wants to do business in Glendale? "This is a reasonable amount to pay your fair share. Slip it down three years ... and we'll never get any money." eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 |
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