Life after impact fees

HAUSER - For a year and a half, Rob Thomas scratched and clawed over impact fees.

In the meantime, his storage unit project in the Hauser area was stalled because it didn’t make business sense to continue to build with the fee structure that was in place. He appealed the fees, lost and continued to plead his case and research the fees.

“It was a long, hard fight,” he said. “But I never quit.”

This spring marks a new beginning for Thomas since the fees - charged by taxing districts to make new growth mitigate its impact on services - were suspended by Kootenai County commissioners in December. Read more , Brian Walker, Cda Press

Do you agree with the decision to suspend impact fees?