Seattle Wants Developers To Pay For Parks

Mayor proposes imposing impact fees that would be used to pay for Seattle parks.

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August 4, 2005, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Developers would have to contribute money for parks and public open space for the first time in Seattle under a proposal announced yesterday by Mayor Greg Nickels.Nickels wants to impose "impact fees," common in other Washington cities, as a way to "make growth pay for growth," said Nickels' spokesman Marty McOmber."

Thanks to Felix Sukhenko

FULL STORY: Developer fee to pay for parks?

Wednesday, August 3, 2005 in The Seattle Times

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