The Lompoc City Council took up two complicated issues — whether developers should receive refunds for fees paid as a result of now-reduced rates, and how to better enforce the city’s overnight RV parking ban.

During the Nov. 4 regular meeting, the finance department provided a detailed presentation on the feasibility of refunding development impact fees collected before the council voted to scale them back earlier this year.

Presenter Christie Donnelly, city management services director, explained that before Aug. 5, developers were charged impact fees covering at least a dozen infrastructure categories, including “parks improvements, park land acquisition, recreation centers, libraries, police and fire facilities, traffic signals, bikeways, streets, storm drains and refuse containers.”

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