Fee Hikes Backed to Add Parkland: ADVISORY PANEL URGES INCREASES FOR BUILDERS
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By Janice Rombeck, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 7--A proposal to significantly raise housing developers' fees to generate more parkland got unanimous support Wednesday from a San Jose advisory commission that has wrestled with the issue for two years.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 25--Two proposals to build homes on less than a full acre on properties touching the county's urban development boundary were unanimously rejected by the Redland Community Council on Wednesday.
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By AMY WOLD  NEW ORLEANS - A federal coastal-restoration task force is combing the books for money to get more projects built.
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By Garin Groff, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Feb. 18--Tempe has boosted the fees to use its popular Beach Park after complaints that the destination has been loved to death.
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By Erika Pesantes, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 6--BOYNTON BEACH -- It's only air, but developers of the touted Promenade development don't want it.
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By Nicole Warburton Deseret Morning News  A simple plan to ask voters to approve a tax hike to build new TRAX lines in Salt Lake County has become a lot more complicated because of a bill passed Tuesday by the Utah Legislature.
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By Michael Andersen, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 1--The more builders and developers benefit from wider streets, the more they'd have to pay.
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Last August, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry pledged to boost funding for the national park system by $600 million a year by raising fees on mining companies. The National Mining Association immediately denounced the proposal, saying it would cost Nevada, a key battleground state, 44,000 jobs.
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Logistics parks operators expect a hike in business from new tenants in the manufacturing industry, executives and consultants said last week.
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By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Mar. 9--BELLINGHAM -- National builder D.R. Horton's project to construct a major housing development on 72 acres in north Bellingham may stall over a disagreement with the city on fixing roads.
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By Lena Warmack, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 17--Developers with one of Catawba County's largest proposed residential developments are expected to seek rezoning on more than 2,000 acres this spring.
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By Elias E. Lopez, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--Palmetto Bay Mayor Eugene Flinn asked residents to join him in a fight against overdevelopment in Miami-Dade County, rising insurance rates and "unfair" mitigation fees during his annual State of the Village address Wednesday.
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By Laura Figueroa, The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Members of the Miami Lakes Town Council were back to a familiar discussion point at Tuesday night's council meeting: the fight to eliminate the county mitigation fee.
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By Daniel Wells Staff Writer  Warren County's attempt to slow residential growth through a zoning overhaul died last week when commissioners reached an impasse over limits on home density in new developments.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 11--As President Bush boasts of increases in funding for national parks, his administration continues to take a few steps back in other areas related to the environment. Consider proposed funding for national wildlife refuges.
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By Emma Burgin, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Mar. 12--HIGH POINT -- The High Point Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a proposed 80-acre multiuse development during its meeting Wednesday night.
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Supporters see federal move granting greater flexibility. Critics predict more logging.