Moderate-income housing units are for households earning equal to or less than 80% of the median gross income for the county. As outlined in the resolution, the waiving of the impact fees is not retroactive, but it will apply to all pending and new applications.

Lindon Mayor Carolyn Lundberg praised the city’s work to ensure “the city aligned with the goals outlined in the Lindon City Moderate-Income Housing Plan.”

According to Adam Cowie, city administrator, the approval “completes one of the strategies, or goals, to provide improved opportunities for future moderate-income housing within the community.”

These strategies come from 2022’s House Bill 462, requiring each city to choose from a set of strategies updated from 2019

Mike Florence, community development director, said cities must adopt at least three moderate-income housing strategies to be eligible for transportation funds through the State Transportation and Investment Fund and Transit Transportation Investment Fund. Any city that adopts five receives “prioritization for the transportation funding.”

The resolution approved Monday was for strategy four of the five that Lindon chose to adopt. Strategy four is to “reduce, waive, or eliminate impact fees related to moderate-income housing,” Florence said.

The five strategies outlined in the Lindon City Moderate-Income Housing Plan:

• “Strategy One: Create or allow for, and reduce regulations related to, internal or detached accessory dwelling units in residential zones.
• “Strategy Two: Eliminate impact fees for any accessory dwelling unit that is not an internal accessory dwelling unit as defined in Section 10-9a-530.
• “Strategy Three: Demonstrate utilization of a moderate-income housing set aside from a community reinvestment agency, redevelopment agency, or community development and renewal agency to create or subsidize moderate-income housing.
• “Strategy Four: Reduce, waive, or eliminate impact fees related to moderate-income housing.
• “Strategy Five: Implement zoning incentives for moderate-income units in new developments.”

The plan outlines steps for adopting each strategy. The first two steps were completed at the city council meeting — city staff must prepare a recommendation to the council, which then reviews the recommendation for consideration of adopting the strategy.

“Lindon City is continuing to seek strategies that will result in broader opportunities of homeownership for families while maintaining the unique character and quality of life our community treasures,” Lundberg said.