New impact fees could add about $4,000 to cost of a new American Fork home
June 2, 2026, 4:00 p.m. · City Administration Conference Room, 51 E. Main St.
Consultants told the council that adopting impact fees at the maximum levels in new studies would raise the total for a new single-family home from about $12,700 to about $16,700, with storm drain fees rising most and pressurized irrigation fees falling. Consultants also previewed a transit circulator study recommending the city lean first on a UTA microtransit zone launching in August, and a polycentric city plan built around six activity centers and three trail corridors.
From the approved minutes.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Victim assistance program report | Discussed |
| Master plans, impact fee facilities plans and impact fee analyses | Discussed |
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Presentation
Transit Circulator Study and Polycentric City Master Plan
Discussed
MHTN Architects, Horrocks and Alta Planning presented the MAG- and city-funded study, due for completion Aug. 1. It identifies six activity centers (Transit Center, Commercial Center, Downtown, East Gateway, Employment Center, Recreation Center). The near-term transit recommendation is the UTA/Utah County/UDOT microtransit zone (about 77 square miles, about 16 vans, $2.50 fare) launching in August; longer-term options range from peak-hour FrontRunner-Employment Center shuttles (about 80 riders a day) to a full circulator (about 420 a day in 2026, 920 by 2050). Proposed trail corridors: a Rail Trail through East Gateway, Downtown and the Commercial Center; the American Fork River Trail from the Art Dye Trail to the future Utah Lake Shore Trail (crossings at I-15 and the railroad unresolved); and a Spring Creek Trail on the west side to the FrontRunner station and the Meadows.
- Consultants: MHTN Architects, Horrocks, Alta Planning
- Funding: MAG and American Fork City
- Completion target: Aug. 1, 2026
Item 2 · Public safety
Victim assistance program report
Discussed
Advocates reported serving 218 primary and secondary victims in January-March with 1,653 service contacts, and 121 victims so far in the fourth quarter; domestic violence remains the largest category.
Item 3 · Taxes and fees
Master plans, impact fee facilities plans and impact fee analyses
Discussed
Susan Becker of Zions Public Finance and engineers from Horrocks reviewed new facilities plans and impact fee analyses for culinary water, parks, pressurized irrigation, public safety, sewer, storm drain and transportation. At maximum levels the total fee for a single-family home would rise about $4,000, from about $12,700 to about $16,700. The culinary water fee would be about $2,600 per equivalent residential unit after credits (about $17 million in growth projects identified); sewer about $831 after credits (the separate TSSD fee is extra); pressurized irrigation about $3,000 per irrigated acre, lower than today; storm drain up significantly; public safety up moderately; parks similar; transportation up modestly. The city may adopt any fee up to the maximum.
- Consultants: Zions Public Finance (Susan Becker, Jonathan Concidime); Horrocks Engineers
- Total single-family impact fees: about $12,700 → about $16,700 at maximum
- Culinary water: about $2,600/ERU
- Sewer: about $831/ERU
- Pressurized irrigation: about $3,000 per irrigated acre