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Presents news briefs related to activities in various sectors of the Utah business community as of October 2003. Employees added to the operation of Roger Knight Construction; Rank of the state in a list of municipalities with the lowest building fees; Resignation of Jack Henry from SOS Staffing Services Inc. as a member of its board of directors.

Presents information on the effect of the increase in impact fees on home builders and city officials in Utah in 2005. Statement issued by David Church, general counsel for the Utah League of Cities and Towns; Average increase in building fees in the state; Concern on the effect of impact fee increases on the costs of houses.

Presents the results of a survey on building, hook-up and impact fees. Who conducted the survey; Water connection fees; Statistics.

The article reports on a six-month moratorium on new building permits imposed by the Willard City Council in Ohio due to a lack of sewer availability in the city. It will be imposed until it reforms city ordinances and impact fee schedules to accommodate a new sewer system. The city will start accepting residential building permits once an impact fee schedule is implemented.

Reports on the imposition of a public safety impact fee on real estate developers in Layton, Utah in July 2005. Amount to be paid by developers for each single family home they wish to build; Estimated tax revenues which could be generated from the impact fee; Assessment fees for mobile homes.

Reports on a housing moratorium being considered by the Morgan County Council in Utah in April 2005. Anticipation of an increase in the population of Morgan County; Organizations that will conduct an impact fee study.

Reports on the approval of a public safety impact fee by the city council of Syracuse in Utah for the provision of city services. Population of the city; Increase in the public safety impact fee paid by developers for residential and commercial building permits; Uses of the impact fees; Reason behind the decision of the city council to increase impact fees.

Reports that developers in Mapleton, Utah are being charged the highest developer impact fees in the state for parks and recreation impacts, as of September 6, 2004. Explanation of Mathew Evans, Mapleton planning director, about the increase; Total size of all the parks in Mapleton; Other increased impact fees.

Reports that the Utah Utilities in Highway Rights-of-Way Task Force is expected to decide on compensation rates for telecommunications firms applying for access along segments of interstates in Utah. Authorities given to the Utah Department of Transportation related to rights-of-way.

Reports on the claim by developer Dan Christensen that South Jordan City officials in Utah have reneged on impact fees agreements involving a 33-acre project west of Interstate 15. Claim that the city has denied Christensen's request to waive a certain portion of impact fees based on the value of land donated to the city for a road; Arguments by the city representative.

Focuses on the possibility of increasing impact fees in Woods Cross, Utah due to city council votes on existing infrastructure. Allocation of fees for necessary facilities; Commissioning of Tischler & Associates to determine the condition of present infrastructure; Concern on cities' capability to accept the impact fee.