Metropolitan Builders Ass'n v. Village of Germantown

¶ 1. This case involves a dispute over the use of impact fees that the Village of Germantown assessed on developers. The Village collected these fees for an Aquatic Center/Youth Center. Originally, it had contemplated a regular swimming pool, but it decided to build a spray ground — a playground with water — after voters rejected the swdmming pool proposal. The Metropolitan Builders Association of Greater Milwaukee (MBA), an organization whose members include developers that paid the impact fees, challenged the permissibility of applying the fees to this new purpose. They want the money…