Impact Fees: Smart Growth Recommendations from New Jersey Future

This New Jersey Future (NJF) position paper gives recommendations related to Smart Growth and points out that NJF supports legislation that would broaden impact fees only if there is a strong connection between impact fees and the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. The following would be necessary elements in an amendment to the Municipal Land Use Law authorizing broader impact fee ordinances: (1) Link fees to plan endorsement; (2) Link fees to municipal capital improvement plans; (3) Link fees to fees to State Development and Redevelopment Planning areas; (4) Exempt affordable housing; (5) Use fees as an incentive for plan endorsement; (6) Regionalize impact fees to recognize crossborder impacts of development; and (7) Review and sunset impact fee legislation.New Jersey Future is the state's oldest and largest smart-growth organization, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and planning organization that focuses on land use issues and improved quality of life.NJF Position Papers: Issue 4, January 200