Will Impact Fees Help Mitigate Sugar House Development Problems? Impact fees are one-time charges imposed by a city on new development projects to help fund the cost of providing infrastructure and services to that new development. A project, or portion of a project, must be deemed necessary to ensure the level of service provided in the new development area matches what … [Read more...]
Sugar House – More Building More Congestion
By the year 2020, Salt Lake City’s population will grow to an estimated 210,592 people, and close to 30,000 people will live in Sugar House. Since 2012, 661 new apartment and condominium units have been built for incoming residents, and commercial development has attracted even more people to downtown Sugar House. The economic growth is proof of city planners’ projection that co … [Read more...]