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Narrow Supreme Court Decision on Impact Fees Leaves Ambiguity
by Christina Mun, Chief Strategy Officer | LeSar Holdings, Inc.
On April 12, the Supreme Court issued its decision on the case of George Sheetz, who applied for a permit to place a manufactured house on his land in El Dorado County and was required to pay a $23,420 traffic mitigation fee to do so. Sheetz challenged the fee’s constitutionality, arguing that the fee violates the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause, which is intended to uphold the principle that the government should not single out isolated individuals to bear excessive burdens, even in support of an important public good.
Read more to learn the details of the Supreme Court's narrow decision >
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