Coloradans deserve to know that command and control extremists have captured government institutions. Growth should pay its own way is a worthy ideal. Yet the problems of assessing impact fees properly are very substantial. A 1998 Colorado Municipal League survey reported on 168 cities. That same city had no fees in eight of twelve categories.
Developments typically bear costs for constructing adjacent streets.
Perhaps the largest unacknowledged impact is schools. Every 2,000 homes fills an elementary school. Once collected, impact fees are frequently treated as general revenues. Thus, their purpose is subverted unless protected by complex rules. However, paying its own way, begs a basic question about central control.