Idaho § 67-8205 - Development impact fee advisory committee

§ 67-8205. Development impact fee advisory committee

(1) Any governmental entity that is considering or that has adopted a development impact fee ordinance shall establish a development impact fee advisory committee as provided in this section.

(2)(a) The development impact fee advisory committee shall be composed of not fewer than five (5) members appointed by the governing authority of the governmental entity or as the members’ appointments are provided for in an intergovernmental agreement.

(b) Two (2) or more members shall be active in the business of development, building, or real estate. An existing planning or planning and zoning commission may serve as the development impact fee advisory committee if the commission includes two (2) or more members who are active in the business of development, building, or real estate. Two (2) members who are not employees or officials of a governmental entity shall also be appointed to the committee.

(c) New appointments and reappointments to a committee on and after July 1, 2023, must also comply with the provisions of this paragraph. All members must reside within the boundaries of the service area. Employees or officials acting in their official capacity for a governmental entity may not be appointed as members of the committee. An existing planning or planning and zoning commission may serve as the development impact fee advisory committee for the governing authority if the commission includes two (2) or more members who are active in the business of development, building, or real estate and two (2) or more members who are not in such business; otherwise, two (2) such members who are not employees or officials of a governmental entity shall be appointed to the committee until the membership requirements of this subsection are met.

(3) Intergovernmental agreements between governmental entities and districts identified in section 67-8204A , Idaho Code, shall provide for the establishment of a development impact fee advisory committee, and the nomination and membership of such committee shall be in compliance with the provisions of this section.

(4) The development impact fee advisory committee shall serve in an advisory capacity and is established to:

(a) Assist the governmental entity in adopting land use assumptions;

(b) Review the capital improvements plan, and proposed amendments, and file written comments;

(c) Monitor and evaluate implementation of the capital improvements plan;

(d) File periodic reports, at least annually, with respect to the capital improvements plan and report to the governmental entity any perceived inequities in implementing the plan or imposing the development impact fees; and

(e) Advise the governmental entity of the need to update or revise land use assumptions, the capital improvements plan, and development impact fees.

(5) The governmental entity shall make available to the advisory committee, upon request, all financial and accounting information, professional reports in relation to other development and implementation of land use assumptions, the capital improvements plan, and periodic updates of the capital improvements plan.

[67-8205, added 1992, ch. 282, sec. 1, p. 867; am. 2021, ch. 136, sec. 1, p. 382; am. 2023, ch. 146, sec. 1, p. 399.]