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Activist says Ascension school growth 'critical'
2theadvocate.com, LA - Sep 27, 2005
Ascension Parish needs an "adequate public facilities ordinance" that would tie residential development with the capacity of the school system to handle new students, a community activist

 

Port St. Lucie authorizes study of new impact fee
Palm Beach Post, FL - Sep 27, 2005
Hours after approving a $9 increase in storm-water utility fees Monday, city council members took the first step toward creating a new storm-water impact fee to help keep new homes high  

 

Builders to challenge Palm Beach County on growth fees
Palm Beach Post, FL - Sep 27, 2005
Anti-tax sentiment is expected to simmer again in Palm Beach County today as the local builders association plans to oppose a proposed impact fee increase. Owners of new homes

 

Impact fees on new residential development proposed by state
New Bern Sun Journal, NC - Sep 27, 2005
Local governments have been trying for years - if not decades - to get the General Assembly to authorize them to assess impact fees on new residential development. The fees - which could

Jefferson County considering raising impact fees
Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - Sep 26, 2005
School impact fees for new single-family homes in Jefferson County would increase by $1,283 under a proposal being considered by the Jefferson County Commission. Under the plan, the ... (PDF click here)  

Proposal on growth draws fire
Charlotte Observer, NC - Sep 25, 2005
Planners call it a choice for developers. Developers call it an added cost that will be passed to home buyers. By any label, Lincoln County's proposed "adequate public facilities ordinance" ... (PDF click here)

'Smart Growth' isn't always smart growth
Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - Sep 25, 2005
In early 2001, as the stock market bubble was collapsing and companies such as Pets.com, e-Toys and Webvan were fading into oblivion, a money management firm launched an ad campaign ... (PDF click here) 

Libraries' impact fee on table
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Sep 25, 2005
The Polk County Commission will decide Wednesday whether to adopt an impact fee for libraries. If approved, the fee for single-family homes would be $197. 

 

Commissioners this year ... (PDF click here)

State lawmakers could get involved in impact-fee fray
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Sep 24, 2005
As Florida's population booms and impact fees collected to pay the costs of growth fill local coffers, state lawmakers want to know if legislation is needed to regulate how those fees are ... (PDF click here)  

Builders see solution to school-fee dispute
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Sep 24, 2005
Attorneys for a home-builders group offered a compromise in a battle over school-impact fees during a hearing Friday at the Osceola County Courthouse. Lawyers for the Home Builders ... (PDF click here) 

Parking impact fees target of petition
The Union Leader, NH - Sep 24, 2005
When Jim Clark was thinking about relocating his downtown coffee shop a few streets away to a more visible location, he found out he couldn't afford to move. It wasn't the high rents Bow ... (PDF click here) 

 

Red Bluff, Chamber to meet on fee study
Red Bluff Daily News, CA - Sep 23, 2005
The City of Red Bluff and the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce will meet once again regarding the Development Impact Fee Study. The public meeting will take place at the ... (PDF click here) 

City parking fee draws fire
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Sep 23, 2005
A petition drive has been launched to try and persuade officials to change the city’s public-parking system and ease the burden on small business. Copies of a letter addressed to Mayor Evelyn  ... (PDF click here) 

Child-care fee moves forward
The Desert Sun, CA - Sep 23, 2005
An innovative ordinance to charge commercial developers a special fee to pay for more child-care facilities in Palm Desert took a big step toward passage at Thursday's City Council meeting. The  ... (PDF click here)

Cost to extend SAWS: $852
San Antonio Express (subscription), TX - Sep 23, 2005
City Council members on Thursday easily passed a temporary water-supply impact fee of $852 for new homes built in the San Antonio Water System's service area. But the discussion leading  ... (PDF click here)

The Effect of Skyrocketing Park Impact Fees on San Diego Apartment rents
Voice of San Diego, CA - Sep 23, 2005
Sometimes our government, which was established to serve the populace, gets things so turned around that a good citizen can't figure out whether they should laugh or cry. So it is with a   ... (PDF click here) 

County studies education impact fee
Ocala.com, FL - Sep 22, 2005
The cost of building a single-family hoCme in Marion County will increase substantially if a proposed education impact fee is approved.  If the fee recommended by the School Board is ... (PDF click here)

 

Nevada County Transportation Commission: To Fee or Not to Fee
YubaNet, CA - Sep 22, 2005
To fee or not to fee, that was the question before the Nevada County Transportation Commission (NCTC) Wednesday morning as commissioners discussed the Regional Transportation Mitigation ... (PDF click here) 

 

Developers subsidizing childcare?
The Desert Sun, CA - Sep 22, 2005
Families across the country are calling Stella Leonard's child-care center in Palm Desert, hoping to nab one of her highly coveted 75 spaces. And right now she's turning them all down.  "I can't ... (PDF click here) 

 

Wildlife habitat law may change
ReviewJournal.com, NV - Sep 21, 2005
As Congress this week reviews protections for endangered species, Las Vegas stakeholders are casting a nervous eye on an initiative some fear could unravel local efforts to spur development ... (PDF click here) 

Pay now, or later
Florida Today, FL - Sep 21, 2005
Growth. That, in a word, is what Brevard County is all about.  Just since 2000, 44,000 new residents -- roughly the population of Titusville -- have poured into our community.  Meeting the ... (PDF click here)

Polk Home Permit Hot Streak Continues
The Ledger, FL - Sep 21, 2005
Just because summer is ending doesn't mean Polk's real estate market is cooling off. Polk County's builders pulled 980 single-family home permits in August; 359 more than a year ago. This total ... (PDF click here)

City will try to resolve differences
Orlando Sentinel, FL -Sep 21, 2005
The City Council has voted to try to resolve its differences with the Lake County School Board before proceeding with a legal challenge over more than $700,000 in supplemental education ... (PDF click here)

County extends lot fee deadline
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Sep 21, 2005
To the landowners who have already paid the old, lower impact fees on vacant lots, the County Commission lived up to a promise on Tuesday. The Commission voted to extend from ... (PDF click here)

City Impact Fees Add $5,000 To New Home
Polk County Democrat, FL - Sep 20, 2005
Impact fees adopted by the Bartow city commission will add about $5,000 to the price of a new home, Gene Boles, the city's impact fee consultant from theUniversity of Florida, told the city ... (PDF click here)

Sycamore eyes increased impact fees for schools, parks
MidWeek, IL - Sep 20, 2005
Impact fees for the Sycamore School District and the Sycamore Park District may be increased in the near future. Members of the Sycamore Plan Commission approved a motion during their Sept. ... (PDF click here)

Guidon: Growth cause for impact fee
Canon City Daily Record, CO - Sep 20, 2005
Monday night, the Cañon City Council took the next step toward creating a fire district impact fee by approving the first reading of an ordinance imposing an impact fee for fire protection ... (PDF click here) 

County urges up-to-date data in impact fee projections
Reno Gazette Journal, NV - Sep 20, 2005
Use of up-to-date information has been urged in considering projected growth in Lyon County’s future, as impact fees need to be calculated as accurately as possible. This was one of the bigger ... (PDF click here)

Council approves impact fee increase
Dekalb Daily Chronicle, IL -Sep 20, 2005
Developers will pay the Sycamore school and park districts more in impact fees after the city council's decision Monday to raise them.  The council acted on a suggestion to increase the fees ... (PDF click here)

CMS asks city to add fee for rezoning
Charlotte Observer, NC - Sep 20, 2005
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools took an unprecedented step Monday, asking the city to make some developers pay a fee if they add new students to already overcrowded schools. School ... (PDF click here)

Council to work on impact-fee panel
Daily Inter Lake, MT - Sep 19, 2005
Formation of an impact-fees committee faces Kalispell's city council today. The state requires such an advisory committee to review the calculating, assessing and spending of standard ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees for schools belong in win column
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Sep 18, 2005
If the battle over impact fees were a football game, this summer's ruling by a circuit judge upholding the method used to calculate Osceola's school-impact fees is the equivalent of scoring a  ... (PDF click here) 

Who decides? Aldermen want council vote on impact fees; attorney wants election
Northwest Arkansas Times, AR - Sep 18, 2005
The question of who will decide whether Fayetteville will assess additional development charges to pay for police and fire infrastructure comes down to the whether they would be considered  

 

Formula for road costs needed
Ocala.com, FL - Sep 18, 2005
Just when Marion County and Ocala officials are finally giving serious and overdue consideration to ensuring big-money developers pay a larger, more equitable share of our runaway infrastructure  ... (PDF click here)

 

Polk passes big increase in impact fee to aid schools
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Sep 18, 2005
The Polk County Commission secured future funding for education last week when it voted to increase the school impact fee by more than 400 percent on single-family homes.  The school impact ... (PDF click here)

 

Builders just oppose improper impact fees
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Sep 18, 2005
You may have read that the Volusia Home Builders Association recently won a legal judgment over the huge school impact fee increase.  For the record, the association is unopposed to   ... (PDF click here)

Sutherlin looks to add fees to buy park land
The News-Review, OR - Sep 17, 2005
New homes built in Sutherlin next year will likely face an additional system development charge, which would be used to purchase park land. The concept was discussed at a Sutherlin Parks ... (PDF click here)

Homebuilders file suit against city
Herald Zeitung, TX - Sep 17, 2005
The Greater New Braunfels Homebuilders Association filed a lawsuit seeking to have the city’s stormwater development fee ruled illegal — and preventing the collection of fees until a judge ... (PDF click here) 

Impact fees up for debate
Hernando Today, FL - Sep 16, 2005
County Commission Chairman Robert Schenck will have a chance to make good on his promise to try and protect those who paid impact fees before they were nearly doubled this summer.  ... (PDF click here)
 

Population increase funds state of the art parks
WBBH, FL - Sep 16, 2005
As more people move into Southwest Florida, their impact fee dollars are paying for new parks. Some new, state of the art parks are already underway in Lee County. Schandler Hall Park ... (PDF click here) 

 

ACTC urges Plymouth to join regional traffic mitigation fee plan
Amador Ledger-Dispatch, CA - Sep 16, 2005
Charles Field, executive director of the Amador County Transportation Commission, hosted a public workshop on traffic fees for development and urged the Plymouth City Council last ... (PDF click here)

Clash on St. Lucie impact fees still boiling
Palm Beach Post, FL - Sep 15, 2005
City and county officials made little headway in their dispute over how to divide impact fees for public buildings, roads and parks Thursday, meaning new-home builders south of Midway ... (PDF click here)

UF expert gives School Board a primer on impact fees
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Sep 15, 2005
If you wanted to get an education on how impact fees work, Thursday's Collier County School Board workshop was for you. But people who were wondering whether the School Board ... (PDF click here)

Polk jacks up impact fee so it can build more schools
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005
Lagging far behind in getting growth to pay for itself, Polk County commissioners on Wednesday approved a more than 400 percent increase in the impact fee to help build new ... (PDF click here)

New development should help pay for schools, roads
Chambersburg Public Opinion, PA - Sep 15, 2005
Drive just about anywhere in Franklin County and you'll see new development cropping up — both residential and commercial. In southern Franklin County, the growth has exceeded ... (PDF click here)

Home Builders drop impact fee lawsuit
Gulf Breeze News, FL - Sep 15, 2005
At the September Workshop Meeting of the Midway Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Buck Thackeray announced that the Home Builders Association of West Florida (HBA) ... (PDF click here)

New fees for schools are faulty, judge says
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Sep 14, 2005
The Volusia Home Builders Association on Tuesday won a legal battle in its fight against the county's new $5,284-per-new-house impact fee for schools. But it was not immediately clear ... (PDF click here)

Polk Raises School Impact Fee
The Ledger, FL - Sep 14, 2005
Polk County commissioners today approved raising the county's school impact fee from $1,607 for a single-family home to $8,596. Polk will have among highest school impact fees in the ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees tabled
Morris Daily Herald, IL - Sep 13, 2005
At the request of village attorney Scott Belt, the Gardner Village Board Monday tabled an agreement/ ordinance between the village and Gardner Grade School until next meeting. Belt also ... (PDF click here)

Planners say Sycamore needs higher impact fees
Dekalb Daily Chronicle, IL - Sep 13, 2005
Impact fees on new homes aren't high enough to cover the costs of expanding Sycamore's park and school facilities to serve a growing population, according to the city's plan ... (PDF click here)

Hopkinton eyes doubling fees for development
Westerly Sun, RI - Sep 13, 2005
A plan by the Town Council could double impact fees collected on new residential homes. During a workshop at Town Hall Monday night, councilors advanced a proposal that would ... (PDF click here)

Athens raises water, sewer rates, impact fees
The Decatur Daily, AL - Sep 13, 2005
Citizens of Athens, your water and sewer bills are going up after the Athens City Council approved increases at Monday's meeting. John Stockton, manager of the Athens Water and ... (PDF click here)

Ruling frames battle over Volusia County school impact fee
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - Sep 14, 2005
The Volusia Home Builders Association claimed a victory Tuesday ... saying a judge's ruling reopens debate about how much the schools can charge. "We know we are going to have ... (PDF click here)

Developers in Newberry may face extra fees
Gainesville Sun, FL - Sep 13, 2005
Developers would pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in development fees next year under a proposal the City Commission endorsed during a meeting here on Monday. In the first of two ... (PDF click here).

Athens raises water, sewer rates, impact fees
The Decatur Daily, AL - Sep 13, 2005
Citizens of Athens, your water and sewer bills are going up after the Athens City Council approved increases at Monday's meeting. John Stockton, manager of the Athens Water and ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees ease pain of growth
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA - Sep 11, 2005
Every year, more cities and counties are adopting impact fees to mitigate the cost of road improvements, water and sewer lines, parks, libraries and police and ... Local ... (PDF click here)

Education impact fee could hit new homes
Ocala.com, FL - Sep 11, 2005
Marion County home buyers already paying record-high prices could find themselves fronting another cost to help with local schools. Faced with explosive growth and a little pressure ... (PDF click here)

Polk's school fees could jump
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Sep 11, 2005

The Polk County Commission has proved so far this year that it supports allowing growth to pay for itself with impact fees. Already in 2005, the five-member commission has increased ... (PDF click here)

 

Schools pay price of growth
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Sep 11, 2005

Hillsborough school leaders say they are losing the fight to build schools fast enough to keep up with new students. But records show they have done little in recent years to sound the ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees a growing way to pay safety costs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Sep 10, 2005
When the Sturtevant Village Board last month approved a study to determine the feasibility of increasing building fees to help finance the police and fire departments, the village  ... (PDF click here)

City Council rejects school impact fee
Chicago Tribune, IL - Sep 10,2005
Elmhurst officials this week rejected a proposal from Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 to impose an impact fee on home construction in the city. The City Council voted 9-5 ... (PDF click here)

Red Bluff mulls developer fees
Red Bluff Daily News, CA - Sep 09,2005
The City of Red Bluff will consider more than doubling the current developer impact fees from $6,295 to $12,613 per single family residence. Commercial impact fees would be set at ... (PDF click here) 

Impact Fees set for public hearing
Baker County Standard, FL - Sep 09,2005
The long awaited county impact fee ordinance will get its first public hearing on September 19, after commissioners voted Tuesday night to proceed with the [road and school] fees ... (PDF click here) 

Court hears impact fees appeal
Lincoln Journal Star, NE - Sep 07, 2005
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Wednesday was asked to decide if an impact fee adopted by the city of Lincoln constituted an illegal tax. In oral arguments before the high court, Lincoln ... (PDF click here)

New Home Impact Fees Considered
The Ledger, FL - Sep 07, 2005
New homeowners in Lakeland may pay another $720 in water and sewer impact fees. The Lakeland City Commission discussed increased fees at a workshop Tuesday. Based on a new ... (PDF click here)

Impact fee ordinance revision gets board OK
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - Sep 07, 2005
The Selectboard on Tuesday night narrowly approved a new ordinance that would revise new housing construction impact fees for schools and add a fee for fire protection. The 3-2 vote ... (PDF click here)

Logan adopts impact fee resolution
Salt Lake Tribune, UT - Sep 07, 2005
The effects of new growth on essential services - fire and police, water and sewer, roads and electricity - are clear to Logan officials. But how to pay for an ever-increasing demand ... (PDF click here)

Expanded grandfather clause may help ease Indian River's impact fees
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription), FL - Sep 07, 2005
Hundreds of new home buyers may be able to escape the latest increase in impact fees under an expanded grandfather clause endorsed Tuesday by the County Commission. "This ... (PDF click here)

PSL, St. Lucie County bicker over collection of impact fees
Fort Pierce Tribune (subscription), FL - Sep 07, 2005
Unless St. Lucie County and Port St. Lucie officials soon can agree, the county will collect impact fees on its own in the city beginning Oct. 1. The County Commission voted 4-1 Tuesday ... (PDF click here)

Buyers of new Indian River County homes can't avoid impact fees
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription), FL - Sep 06, 2005
Of 360 home buyers who hoped to beat the July 1 increase in county impact fees by showing pre-existing contracts, two-thirds of them may not qualify under the county's rules ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees need to reflect reality
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Sep 06, 2005
The newcomers to Southwest Florida don't mean to be a burden, but they are. They clog our roads, they tap into our drinking water, they demand more police and fire protection... (PDF click here) 

School Board Supports Impact Fees, Recognizes PE Advocate
Polk County Democrat, FL - Sep 05, 2005
The Polk County school board has voted to support the proposed new impact fees to raise money for the increased costs of building new schools. The sole dissenting vote was that of ... (PDF click here)

Down a road less traveled
Ocala.com, FL - Sep 05, 2005
For the better part of a decade the idea of making growth pay for itself in Marion County has had more than its share of advocates. But no matter how massive the backlog of infrastructure.. (PDF click here)

Richmond to hold impact-fees hearing Tuesday
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - Sep 05, 2005
A revised impact fees ordinance will have a public hearing and possibly a Selectboard vote Tuesday night at the Town Center meeting room. Following a narrow defeat of a proposed revision ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees need to reflect reality
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Sep 04, 2005
The newcomers to Southwest Florida don't mean to be a burden, but they are. They clog our roads, they tap into our drinking water, they demand more police and fire protection, their ... (PDF click here)  

Guest commentary: Impact fees must be assessed, analyzed ...
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Sep 04, 2005
With all the rapid growth in our area and the resulting effects upon schools, roads, fire protection, parks, law enforcement and other government services, we often hear that impact fees ... (PDF click here)

Developer complains of impact fees
Aurora Beacon News, IL - Sep 02, 2005
A home builder complained to the Village Board this week about the village's impact fees. Rich Smolik Sr., developer of Alexander Place on the south side of the community, said he felt ... (PDF click here) 

City, county hire firm for planning process
Calhoun Times, GA - Sep 02, 2005
The Gordon County Commission and Calhoun City Council have jointly selected MACTEC Engineering and Consulting to guide them through the state-mandated comprehensive planning ... (PDF click here)

PUB to study impact fees for developers
Brownsville Herald, TX - Sep 02, 2005
After months of disagreements on ways to save money, the Pub-lic Utilities Board is moving ahead on a top-to-bottom organizational study and a com-prehensive review of the fees ... (PDF click here)

Eyed impact fees stir debate
Spokane Journal of Business, WA - Sep 02, 2005
The city of Spokane wants to turn its temporary, voluntary transportation-impact fee into a permanent, mandatory fee on new development, an idea that’s dusting up debate in business ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees one step closer
Catoosa County News, GA - Aug 31, 2005
Catoosa County commissioners will learn the maximum impact fees the county could charge developers on September 6. Impact fees are charged to developers to offset the costs of ... (PDF click here)

Nonresidential impact fees OK'd
Enterprise-Record, CA - Aug 31, 2005
In just under two months it is going to get more expensive to build commercial and industrial developments in Butte County. Tuesday the Board of Supervisors established a ... (PDF click here)

County backs off building ban
Bradenton Herald, FL - Aug 31, 2005
The Manatee County Commission backed away Tuesday from the idea of imposing a building moratorium across the county until more roads and schools are built. No vote was ... (PDF click here)

Supervisors approve non-residential impact fees
Mercury-Register, CA - Aug 31, 2005
BACKGROUND: For months the Butte County Board of Supervisors has discussed the imposition of impact fees on non-residential developments. WHAT'S NEW: Tuesday the ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees, not gas tax, should pay for new roads
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Aug 31, 2005
Re: Raising gas tax is a hard but right road to take, Jim Fowler letter, Aug. 26. The letter by Citrus County Commissioner Jim Fowler states, among other things, his reasoning for his ... (PDF click here)

Builder: Triple the impact fees
MidWeek, IL - Aug 30, 2005
A DeKalb-area builder told the Plan Commission last week that the already tripled impact fees should be tripled again. City staff have proposed that total impact fee be increased from ... (PDF click here)

GOP Executive Committee Opposes New Polk Taxes
Polk County Democrat, FL - Aug 30, 2005
In a rare, perhaps unprecedented, move, the Polk County Republican Executive Committee voted 30-to-4 Thursday night to urge four Republican county commissioners to abandon ... (PDF click here)

County sets hearing on impact fee proposal
Reno Gazette Journal, NV -Aug 30, 2005
The Lyon County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Sept. 15 to consider land-use assumptions that are a requirement towards implementation of impact fees in ... (PDF click here)

Property tax increase to replace failed fire fee
Palatka Daily News, FL - Aug 30, 2005
The growth in the city's budget next year will be covered by an increase in property taxes since the proposed fire service fee was voted down last week, city officials said Monday. ... (PDF click here)

Builders, city debate sewer fee
Gary Post Tribune, IN - Aug 30, 2005
A proposed fee increase to connect new homes to Valparaiso’s sewer system has sparked a squabble between the City Council and the Porter County Builders Association. Developers ... (PDF click here)

Planning committee takes up impact fees in Madison County
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Aug 30, 2005
The Madison County Planning and Development Committee will meet Thursday for the first time since hearing the pro and con arguments of bringing a school impact fee to the county. ... (PDF click here)

Advice is plentiful in debate on impact fees
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Aug 30, 2005
The County Commission looked at the latest offering from the Citrus County Builders Association and politely passed. Thanks, they said in effect last week, but we don't need it. We ... (PDF click here)

Another warning bell
Florida Today, FL - Aug 30, 2005
It's no news to anyone that Brevard County is literally exploding with new homes, condos and apartments. If the pace of building continues through December, the county's ... (PDF click here)

GOP plan targets growth
Gainesville Sun, FL - Aug 29, 2005
As they work to rehabilitate their party's reputation in the eyes of Alachua County's blue voters, local Republican party officials are taking a page from Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign ... (PDF click here)

Polk increases impact fee 175%
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Aug 28, 2005
The Polk County Commission voted last week to increase the transportation impact fee for single-family homes 175 percent. In a unanimous decision, the five-member commission ... (PDF click here)

Managing growth in Stafford is a complex issue
The Free Lance-Star, VA - Aug 28, 2005
As members of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors, we feel that recent opinion pieces by Kathy Beard and Ferris Belman of the Stafford Council for Progress--a development ... (PDF click here)

Plan calls for impact fees to soar
Hilton Head Island Packet, SC - Aug 26, 2005
Consultants who have identified almost $500 million in upcoming infrastructure needs for southern Beaufort County are recommending massive increases in development impact... (PDF click here)

County's burden: Get ready for crush
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Aug 26, 2005
Move over, Osceola residents. You're about to get a whole bunch more neighbors. Those who feel crowded now will feel the squeeze even more in 2025, by which time the ... (PDF click here)

Impact fee decision Tuesday
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Aug 21, 2005
The county and schools want to pin more growth expenses on new homes and businesses as costs for roads, sewer lines and school construction rise. If proposed increases are  ... (PDF click here)

Two local developers appointed to statewide impact fee task force
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Aug 21, 2005
Two local developers have been appointed to a statewide task force that will look into how impact fees are levied in Florida.  As members of the Florida Impact Fee Task Force, Al ... (PDF click here)

School Board: Land offered by developer for school not appropriate
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Aug 21, 2005
The developers of the Coconut Point Town Center in Estero say they're ready to hand over the five acres they pledged to provide for a school site, but the Lee County School Board ... (PDF click here)

Growth Comes To Screeching Halt
The Ledger, FL - Aug 21, 2005
The cheerleaders for unrestrained, explosive growth have worked themselves into more than just a little problem. Nearly two weeks ago, Polk County building officials in Bartow... (PDF click here)

Nye County formally adopts impact fees
Pahrump Valley Times, NV - Aug 19, 2005
Nye County commissioners formally adopted impact fees for new construction in the Pahrump Regional Planning District. The fees, the maximum allowable in the State of Nevada, are ... (PDF click here)

Yuma council imposes new development fees
Arizona Daily Sun, AZ - Aug 19, 2005
The City Council voted to scale back development fees on new construction. The Council voted Aug. 3 to impose the maximum fee allowed, but decided Wednesday instead to charge only... (PDF click here)

Plan nearly doubles fire impact fees
Ocala.com, FL - Aug 19, 2005
If you plan to build in Marion County after Oct. 1, you could find yourself paying roughly double the current fire impact fees. At a workshop meeting Thursday, the four members of the .. (PDF click here)

Maximum impact
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Aug 19, 2005
Next week, the Manatee County Commission is expected to decide whether to boost impact fees to levels that a consulting firm identified two years ago as the highest that could be ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees to face review
Bradenton Herald, FL - Aug 12, 2005
Some impact fees levied on new construction in unincorporated Manatee County may rise more than 30 percent Oct. 1. County commissioners are slated to review three sets of fee. ... (PDF click here)

Port Orange finds error, lowers fee for roads
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - Aug 12, 2005
Traffic engineers and homebuilders found out this week they were right: Port Orange's math didn't compute. Developers in May questioned how the city calculated its new road ... (PDF click here)

Santa Rosa working on details before beginning impact fees
Pensacola News Journal, FL - Aug 12, 2005
Fees on new development to help pay for roads in Santa Rosa County are closer to reality as the county looks to flesh out details soon. The County Commission on Thursday ... (PDF click here)

Panel backs county impact fee in Port St. Lucie
Palm Beach Post, FL - Aug 12, 2005
The St. Lucie County Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday endorsed a new way of collecting impact fees in Port St. Lucie that involves putting liens on new buildings. But the ... (PDF click here)

St. Lucie planners approve increase in impact fees
Fort Pierce Tribune (subscription), FL - Aug 12, 2005
Beginning Oct. 1, every new single-family home built in St. Lucie County could pay 55 percent more in school impact fees. The county Planning and Zoning Board approved an increase. ... (PDF click here)

North Port project's fees may not cover needs
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Aug 11, 2005
A West Palm Beach developer is projecting the city will reap $784 million in property taxes and impact fees by the time his 15,000-home project is completed in 2021, including... (PDF click here)

DeKalb proposal would triple impact fees on new homes
Dekalb Daily Chronicle, IL - Aug 10, 2005
Impact fees charged on new home construction and used to pay for things like roads, schools and parks would more than triple under a proposal before the DeKalb Plan Commission ... (PDF click here)

School Board weighs legal fight
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Aug 10, 2005
(Lake County) School Board members thought they had a deal. Groveland agreed to collect an extra $2,000 in impact fees for each home from developers so the district could build ... (PDF click here)

Realtors object to proffers’ fast track
Virginia Gazette, VA - Aug 10, 2005
Leaders of the Williamsburg Association of Realtors fear the public is uneducated about cash proffers and could become snookered if they're adopted next month (by James City). ... (PDF click here)

County restarts impact fee waiver program
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Aug 10, 2005
Some affordable housing buyers can now knock $16,000 off the price of their new home. Collier County officials have created a new impact fee deferral program, which will reduce ... (PDF click here)

Impact Fees Case Reaches High Court
Omaha Channel.com, NE - Aug 9, 2005
Developers across the state are watching a court case that will decide the legality of Lincoln's decision to charge a so-called "impact fee'' on new homes. The state Supreme ... (PDF click here)

Parks and Recreation Impact Fee Approved
Polk County Democrat, FL - Aug 9, 2005
An ordinance imposing a parks and recreation fee on new homes and motel rooms built in Bartow was passed on first reading by the city commission on Monday. Unlike most ... (PDF click here)

North Port officials tentatively OK three impact fee increases
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Aug 9, 2005
After balking at an increase recommended by a consultant five years ago, the City Commission now agrees higher impact fees are needed to pay for new parks and public safety ... (PDF click here)

Osceola school-impact fee upheld
Tallahassee Democrat, FL - Aug 9, 2005
A circuit judge late Friday struck down a home builders' challenge to Osceola County's school-impact fee, the highest in the state, potentially freeing up nearly $30 million held in ... (PDF click here)

Oakwood looks at county impact fees
Access North Georgia, GA - Aug 9, 2005
Assistant Hall County Administrator Phil Sutton spoke before the Oakwood City Council Monday night to encourage the city to begin collecting county impact fees. He stressed that... (PDF click here)

School officials consider tax increase
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Aug 8, 2005
Hillsborough school officials may soon ask voters to approve a half-cent sales tax that would raise $80-million a year to build new schools and repair old ones. Without it, the school ... (PDF click here)

Editorial: School funding
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Aug 7, 2005
The Lee County School Board had to do something. Members confronted a deadline for sending a half-cent sales tax hike to an off-year November referendum. At their last ... (PDF click here)

Queen Anne's County to reduce its sewer fees
Annapolis Capital, MD - Aug 7, 2005
Queen Anne's County officials are considering a drastic reduction in sewer hookup fees in hopes of attracting more new businesses, such as Anne Arundel Medical Center's proposed .... (PDF click here)

Two From Polk Appointed to State Task Force
The Ledger, FL - Aug 7, 2005
Polk County will have a voice greater than its population should merit in a coming statewide discussion of impact fees. School Board member Frank O'Reilly and engineer ... (PDF click here)

Editorial: Higher impact fees in Martin push up costs for everyone
Stuart News (subscription), FL - Aug 7, 2005
On Oct.1, it will cost more to build a home or business in Martin County than any other county in the state except Indian River County and Charlotte County. Martin County.... (PDF click here)

Judge upholds Osceola school-impact fee
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Aug 6, 2005
A circuit judge late Friday struck down a home builders' challenge to Osceola County's school-impact fee, the highest in the state, potentially freeing up nearly $30 million held in ... (PDF click here)

Commission looks to update impact fees
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - Aug 6, 2005
At the July 11 meeting, (North Port) City Commissioners voted to approve a new agreement with James Duncan & Associates Inc., to perform updates to the city's impact fees. ... (PDF click here)

Impact Debate Affects Schools
The Ledger, FL - Aug 5, 2005
Should the burden of paying for Florida's class size reduction effort fall on local homebuyers or state taxpayers? That question is emerging as central to the debate over a huge ... (PDF click here)

Yuma looking at highest-allowable impact fees
KOLD-TV, AZ - Aug 4, 2005
Yuma is a step closer to imposing the highest possible impact fees allowable by law. City council members voted this week to introduce an impact fee ordinance and could adopt ... (PDF click here)

Turnaround may hurt credibility
The News-Press, FL - Aug 4, 2005
The Lee County School District, which was saying recently that it likely would need to ask voters for a sales-tax increase to build enough schools for its burgeoning student population ... (PDF click here)

Lee builders unhappy with decision not to pursue sales tax vote
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Aug 4, 2005
As much as some builders oppose ever-escalating impact fees, many have consistently said they could live with the fees as part of a broad-based funding scheme for publicl ... (PDF click here)

Pittsburg raises developer fees for road projects
Ledger Dispatch, CA - Aug 4, 2005
The City Council voted Monday to raise the fees it charges developers to fund regional transportation projects. Effective immediately, the city will charge developers $15,000 ... (PDF click here)

Bartow Gives Preliminary OK To Raising Fees on New Homes
The Ledger, FL - Aug 4, 2005
The cost of a new home in Bartow is about to swell by an average $1,400. City commissioners gave preliminary approval Monday night to a fee on new construction to offset costs... (PDF click here)

Consultant To Revisit Impact Fee
The Ledger, FL - Aug 4, 2005
A consultant on Wednesday agreed to revisit a proposed school impact fee after the Polk County School Board said the recommended increase may be too steep. Consultant Randy... (PDF click here)

Richmond residents to weigh in on impact fees, again
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - Aug 4, 2005
Following the narrow defeat at the polls in December of a proposed change to impact fees on new housing construction, the Richmond Selectboard plans to hold a public hearing .. (PDF click here)

Development must pay its own way
Camden County Tribune, GA - Aug 3, 2005
At a long and sometimes contentious work session last week, the Camden County commissioners hashed out their preliminary plans for controlling the high pace of residential ... (PDF click here)

County lets developers keep lower road fees
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Aug 3, 2005
Developers scored a victory Tuesday after Orange County commissioners backed a disputed policy that allows them to build on clogged roads by paying a fee that's half as much as ... (PDF click here)

Seattle Parks: Pay as you grow
Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA- Aug 3, 2005
Seattle parks need the help that Mayor Greg Nickels is proposing. Indeed, Seattle residents will probably want more of the same if the mayor and City Council go ahead with his ... (PDF click here)

Paying for city growth, Part 2 of 2
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ - Aug 3, 2005
Between Sandia and the area where unfinished homes are currently popping up, there are several other PADs with developers anxious to start building and selling, and this month ... (PDF click here)

The impact of it all
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, LA - Aug 3, 2005
One of the great enigmas of our time is the never-ending boom that is the Baton Rouge construction market. Those who deal in hardy plank and stucco have theories, but all have ... (PDF click here)

Palmer Ranch sues over school impact fees
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Aug 2, 2005
Palmer Ranch Holdings has sued Sarasota County, claiming that it doesn’t have to pay school impact fees and that the county can’t withhold building permits for nonpayment. ... (PDF click here)

Bennington scraps size caps, keeps impact fees
WCAX, VT - Aug 2, 2005
The Select Board in Bennington (Vermont) has rejected a new move to cap the size of big-box retailers in town. But the board voted yesterday to impose impact fees on ... (PDF click here)

Richmond to set library impact fees
Contra Costa Times, CA - Aug 2, 2005
The Richmond Library is joining the ranks of other regional and county libraries that collect impact fees from developers of new homes and businesses to pay for books, materials ... (PDF click here)

Granville OKs delay in new impact fee
Durham Herald Sun, NC - Aug 1, 2005
The Granville County commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to allow a 30-day grace period before they would begin assessing impact fees on homebuilders. Three .... (PDF click here)

Palmetto spotlights impact fees
Bradenton Herald, FL - Aug 1, 2005
The Palmetto City Commission will hear a report from its consultants on impact fees, which are construction taxes charged to new development. Palmetto is planning to ... (PDF click here)

Rochester planners warn of shortcomings of impact fees
Laconia Citizen, NH - Aug 1, 2005
When it comes to possibly enacting citywide impact fees to cover things like school or library upgrades — as opposed to just improvements to new developments as is presently ... (PDF click here)

Council may vote on citywide impact fees
Yuma Sun, AZ - July 31, 2005
Citywide impact fees will be up for debate and a possible vote at the Yuma City Council meeting 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the council chambers in City Hall, One City Plaza. ... (PDF click here)

Martin County may adopt second-highest impact fees in state
Stuart News (subscription), FL - July 31, 2005
Martin County will have Florida's second-highest impact fees on new development if the County Commission approves a new fee proposal on Tuesday. New businesses would ... (PDF click here)

Growth brings costs and opportunities
Greensboro News Record, NC - July 31, 2005
The rumblings of bulldozers and clamor of new construction are among the familiar signs -- and sounds -- of growth in Guilford County. We can expect more to come, and along... (PDF click here)

Paying For Polk's Needs
The Ledger, FL - July 31, 2005
Tax increases are never popular. But when tax cuts take place on the national and federal level, the money to keep up locally has to come from somewhere. This trickle-down effect... (PDF click here)

Council to consider IGA, impact fee question
Canon City Daily Record, CO - Jul 30, 2005
The Cañon City Council will consider Monday two measures that were tabled at the July 18 meeting be-cause of a miscommunication with the Cañon City Area Fire Protection ... (PDF click here)

Stakes high in impact fee game
Durham Herald Sun, NC - Jul 30, 2005
Durham County's the one in court, but it's hardly the only North Carolina county trying to find a way to levy per-home impact fees or something like them to extract money ... (PDF click here)

Study calls for jump in impact fees
The News-Press, FL - Jul 30, 2005
School impact fees could double so Lee County's housing growth pays for its share of school growth, according to a consultant's study released Friday. But higher impact fees .... (PDF click here)

Officials consider big hike in Lee school impact fees
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Jul 30, 2005
Lee County's school impact fees may be on the rise, with consultants recommending an increase of 95 percent. The fees, currently $2,232 for every new single-family home, .... (PDF click here)

Road impact fees could be next to go up in Lee County
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Jul 30, 2005
When consultants updated the calculations for school impact fees in Lee County, the main factors driving the recommended 95 percent increase were construction and land ... (PDF click here)

Study suggests nearly doubling Lee school impact fees
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Jul 29, 2005
A just-released study of Lee County school impact fees recommends a 95 percent hike, one that would take the fee from $2,232 to $4,343 for every single-family home built. ... (PDF click here)

School impact fees could double
The News Press, FL - Jul 29, 2005
School impact fees should nearly double so builders of new homes in Lee County would pay their fair share to construct new schools, according to a consultant's study released ... (PDF click here)

School district considers doubling impact fees
WBBH, FL - Jul 29, 2005
New homeowners could be paying even more for new schools in Lee County. A new impact fee study recommends those building new homes pay double what they do now. Impact ... (PDF click here)

Home builders vigorously oppose impact fees
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Jul 29, 2005
Delegates from the housing industry presented to Madison County Board members Thursday reasons they believe school impact fees could crush the area's residential growth. ... (PDF click here)

Dover couple gets waiver on school impact fee to build home
Laconia Citizen, NH - Jul 29, 2005
The Planning Board granted a local family a waiver for a fee associated with construction of their new home, saying it's time that the panel used its discretionary power to give ... (PDF click here)

Idaho group complains of rising property taxes
Twin Falls Times-News, ID - Jul 29, 2005
Charging that Idaho lawmakers are not doing enough to prevent rising property taxes from driving people out of their homes, a grass-roots group says it will file papers today with ... (PDF click here)

Somersworth planners mull whether to implement impact fees
Foster's Daily Democrat, NH - Jul 28, 2005
At least one city planner is wondering why in the world the city is waiting to implement some method of collecting impact fees from developers. Somersworth Vice Planning ... (PDF click here)

City considers new fee
Baraboo News Republic, WI - Jul 28, 2005
For a little more than a year, fees on new housing have generated money for parks in Baraboo. Now some want to apply that system to the public library as well. Impact fees, as ... (PDF click here)

Growth management follies include political pandering
Tallahassee Democrat, FL - Jul 28, 2005
Florida's growth management debate heated up this year, but it still boils down to two basic issues: how to regulate growth and how to pay for it. I'll skip the regulatory issue except ... (PDF click here)

Sides make their case in school-fee debate
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Jul 28, 2005
Volusia school officials defended the county's new $5,284-per-house impact fee against a challenge by home builders during a hearing Wednesday in Tallahassee. The Volusia Home ... (PDF click here)

School impact fees OK'd
News Leader, FL - Jul 28, 2005
Nassau County will assess a $3,726 school impact fee on every new home effective Aug. 24. Nassau County Commissioners unanimously approved the fee Monday based on a ... (PDF click here)

Antrim considers impact fees to pay for connector road
Waynesboro Record Herald, PA - Jul 27, 2005
Taking the lead from neighboring Washington Township, Antrim Township is considering an impact fee to pay for the second phase of a planned connector road between Route 16 ... (PDF click here)

County hires new consultant
Newszap Florida, FL - Jul 27, 2005
In a significant step forward towards bringing a profitable change to county policy, the Glades County Board of County Commissioners moved to actively investigate and ... (PDF click here)

Fire and police impact fee ordinances ready for city’s consideration
Northwest Arkansas Times, AR - Jul 27, 2005
Impact fees for fire and police are ready for review by the Fayetteville City Council, though work remains on the road fee. City Attorney Kit Williams drafted separate ordinances ... (PDF click here)

County to reconsider pre-paid impact fee rule
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Jul 27, 2005
Hernando County landowners who prepaid their impact fees could get a two-year extension on when they need to begin building. The Hernando County Commission voted 4-1 Tuesday... (PDF click here)

City to update impact-fee study
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Jul 27, 2005
Fees associated with the development of land in Bentonville are about to be reviewed and updated. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Bentonville City Council unanimously decided to ... (PDF click here)

Builders could see earlier, costlier fees in Manatee
Bradenton Herald, FL - Jul 27, 2005
Impact fees levied on developers and builders in Manatee County may be raised more and faster than scheduled. ounty Commissioner Amy Stein suggested Tuesday that ... (PDF click here)

Builders want responsible growth
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - Jul 27, 2005
Asking commissioners to raise impact fees 300 percent won't solve all of the city's road problems, said members of the North Port Contractors Association. At last week's ... (PDF click here)

Prineville to raise development fees
Bend Bulletin, OR - Jul 27, 2005
The cost of doing business with the city of Prineville is going up. The Prineville City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to raise and set new fees in the planning, police and public works ... (PDF click here)

Beach buys into county impact fee plan
St. Augustine Record, FL - Jul 26, 2005
St. Johns County impact fees collected inside the limits of St. Augustine Beach will now be partially shared with the city. On a 4-1 vote at Monday night's special meeting, the City ... (PDF click here)

Tools can help ease property tax burden
The State, SC - Jul 26, 2005
Property taxes have long been the whipping post of those who like to rail against local government. For years, property taxes were the only own-source revenue for funding local ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees to begin sooner
Bradenton Herald, FL - Jul 26, 2005
Citing continuous growth in the student population and construction costs, the Manatee County School Board voted Monday to move up a scheduled school impact fee increase ... (PDF click here)

Council tied up on drainage ordinance
Herald Zeitung, TX - Jul 26, 2005
New Braunfels’ controversial drainage ordinance remains in place for now, after city council debate ended in a 3-3 tie vote Monday. Councilwomen Kathleen Krueger, Beth Sokolyk ... (PDF click here)

Real Estate Center to study local growth-control ordinances, impact fees
The Lincoln Tribune - Jul 25, 2005
The Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte has received grants totaling $57,500 for research projects on Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances (APFO) and impact fees. ... (PDF click here)

Developer fees may be earmarked for schools
Beaufort Gazette, SC - Jul 25, 2005
Beaufort County and school district officials are considering ways to raise money for new schools that don't depend on raising property taxes. At meetings today, two County ... (PDF click here)

Stable policy: Fayetteville’s sewer committee forwards proposed rate policy to full council
Northwest Arkansas Times, AR - Jul 25, 2005
An established sewer rates policy — like the one that made it out of the Fayetteville City Council’s Sewer Committee Thursday — might have helped head off hours of emotional ... (PDF click here)

New Impact Fee Study On Agenda
Springdale Morning News, AR - Jul 25, 2005
Bentonville might add stormwater impact fees if a new study recommends it. Members of the Bentonville City Council approved impact fees for sewer, water and fire in 2002 ... (PDF click here)

County launches impact fee appeal
Durham Herald-Sun, NC - Jul 23, 2005
With a little help from its friends, Durham County has begun its attempt to convince the state Court of Appeals to reverse a lower-court ruling and allow it to levy school impact fees. ... (PDF click here)

Judge weighs options in suit over school fees
Osceola News-Gazette, FL - Jul 22, 2005
Osceola Circuit Judge R. James Stroker is looking for a way to rule on the school impact fee lawsuit that is fair to all parties. Near the end of the trial Wednesday, Stroker asked ... (PDF click here)

Fees make impact on Minooka High
Morris Daily Herald, IL - Jul 22, 2005
Joe Cook on Thursday presented Minooka Community High School a symbol of the village of Channahon’s ongoing support of local taxing districts. The symbol, appropriately ... (PDF click here)

County, school holds joint meeting on impact fees
Baker County Standard, FL - Jul 22, 2005
Baker County is at a cross roads between being a rural county and something more." That was how Ed Lehman, with the Northeast Florida Regional Council, opened his presentation ... (PDF click here)

Area school districts push for fees
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Jul 22, 2005
The first of three public hearings was held Thursday to explain how school impact fees could help or hinder the future growth of Madison County. During the hearing, school officials ... (PDF click here)

Developers agree to pay up to $50 million to build Rincon Hill
San Francisco Examiner, CA - Jul 22, 2005
Developers of five proposed downtown residential towers agreed Thursday to pay a record-setting $25 per square foot in impact fees, under a deal that could yield $34 million in ... (PDF click here)

Sandwich increases fees on new homes
Dekalb Daily Chronicle, IL - Jul 21, 2005
The city council last week increased a spate of fees charged on new housing and used to pay for things like new city buildings and police and fire protection. Mayor Tom Thomas ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees hit one man's home
St. Augustine Record, FL - Jul 21, 2005
Paul Vladimir Wolfgang Christian Hansen shook his head Wednesday outside the patched and weathered mobile home he owns near Cypress Road in St. Augustine. "I should ... (PDF click here)

Tell taxpayers the real choice
Charlotte Observer, NC - Jul 21, 2005
The headline on Joe Polite Jr.'s piece in the June 27 Charlotte Observer, "I favor bonds, not new fees," would have been more correct if it had read, "I favor property tax rate ... (PDF click here)

County, builders argue in court over impact fees
Osceola News-Gazette, FL - Jul 21, 2005
How should property taxes have been used in the formula that set Osceola County’s school impact fee at $9,708 for each new home? That’s the principal question Circuit Judge R. ... (PDF click here)

Judge rules Bentonville’s impact fee ordinances valid
Benton County Daily Record, AR - Jul 21, 2005
The ordinances enacting the city of Bentonville’s impact fees are valid, but the only remaining issue is whether impact fees are actually fees or taxes. Circuit Judge Tom Keith issued a ... (PDF click here)

Judge Rules Impact Fee Ordinances Valid
Springdale Morning News, AR - Jul 21, 2005
Ordinances establishing the collection of impact fees in Bentonville are valid, a judge ruled Wednesday. But whether the money collected should be considered a fee or a tax ... (PDF click here)

Impact fee vote set for Monday
Bradenton Herald, FL - Jul 21, 2005
Desperate to find ways to cover soaring construction costs, the Manatee County School Board is expected to vote Monday to move up a planned increase in school impact fee rates ... (PDF click here)

Bonita impact fees to swell 132 percent
The News-Press, FL - Jul 21, 2005
Road impact fees charged to single-family home builders in Bonita Springs will surge nearly 132 percent during the next nine months, making the city's road fees the highest in Lee... (PDF click here)

Quite an impact
Bay News 9, FL - Jul 21, 2005
In an effort to manage skyrocketing growth and the needs that come with it, Polk County commissioners are considering a very steep hike in impact fees. Impact fees for... (PDF click here)

Share the burden
Bradenton Herald, FL - Jul 20, 2005
Manatee County commissioners will doubtless try to justify an earlier increase in impact fees by citing the inflation in building costs and land values. That's what's behind plans ... (PDF click here)

Impact fee ordinance adopted in Washington Township, PA
Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - Jul 20, 2005
Two ordinances that will affect the lives of Washington Township, Pennsylvania residents - one to ban leaf and brush burning, the other establishing an impact fee ... (PDF click here)

Fire Impact Fees On The Way In Lowell
Springdale Morning News, AR - Jul 20, 2005
Developers may soon have to factor fire impact fees into their costs if they plan to continue developing in Lowell. An ordinance establishing a fire impact fee on land ... (PDF click here)

Spring Hill would be ninth city in Midstate without property tax
Dickson Herald, TN - Jul 20, 2005
Spring Hill, which stunned its residents Monday night with a proposal to get rid of itsproperty tax, would become only the third city in Tennessee with more than 10,000 residents to ... (PDF click here)

Tense schools watch fee fight
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Jul 20, 2005
As the legal battle about impact fees raged in an Osceola County courtroom Tuesday, school district officials braced for the outcome. Ever since the Home Builders Association of ... (PDF click here)

Osceola fees unfair, lawyers say at trial
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Jul 19, 2005
Lawyers for a home builders group spent the first day of trial Monday picking apart the methodology used in creating Osceola County's school-impact fee. In April 2004, the Home ... (PDF click here)

DeLand to assess parks impact fee
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - Jul 19, 2005
It's going to cost new homeowners $1,000 more to live here after city commissioners agreed Monday to begin charging them for parks and recreation services. The impact fee, ... (PDF click here)

City to delay applying for impact fees
Herald Zeitung, TX - Jul 19, 2005
City council agreed Monday roadway impact fees were a good way to help alleviate some of the city’s growing pains but decided they could wait until October to begin the process ... (PDF click here)

Guest columnist: Resist scheme to make state pay for 'growth management'
Stuart News (subscription), FL - Jul 19, 2005
Florida's growth-management debate heated up this year, but it still boils down to two basic issues: how to regulate growth and how to pay for it. I'll skip the regulatory issue except ... (PDF click here)

Judge will decide fate of Osceola impact fee
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Jul 18, 2005
A judge will decide whether the state's highest school-impact fee on new homes in Osceola County is constitutional in a nonjury trial that begins today. At stake in the case, county ... (PDF click here)

Clay County Schools Target Impact
WJXX, FL - Jul 17, 2005
A hard look is being given in Clay County to increasing the impact fee on new home construction to help build new schools. The Clay County School Board is entertaining a plan that ... (PDF click here)

School district math: Does it add up?
Miami Herald, FL - Jul 17, 2005
How many new students will head to a public school in Broward County from each new home that pops up in a development? Ask the Broward County School District, and you'll get ... (PDF click here)

Debate over traffic impact fees begins
Herald Zeitung, TX - Jul 17, 2005
City council will resume the journey toward better streets Monday by deciding whether impact fees are the best funding method for new and improved roadways. The fees are designed... (PDF click here)

County hires expert to study impact fees
News Leader, FL - Jul 16, 2005
The man who "wrote the book" on impact fees will add Nassau County to his long list of clients. University of Florida professor Dr. James C. Nicholas has agreed to help the county ... (PDF click here)

Locally Derived Funding Is On Rise
The Ledger, FL - Jul 16, 2005
State lawmakers have slowly shifted the cost of paying for public education away from the state's sales tax toward an increased reliance on property taxes -- a shift made easier by ... (PDF click here)

Impact fee trial to start-more than $30 million in fees now held in escrow
Osceola News-Gazette, FL - Jul 15, 2005
How Osceola County pays for future schools will be at stake Monday as a lawsuit over increased impact fees begins in Osceola circuit court. A group of plaintiffs — the Home ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees face challenge
Baxter Bulletin, AR - Jul 15, 2005
Determining the actual cost of upgrading public utilities to serve an expanding city and dividing that cost fairly among all residents is a challenging problem common to all growing .... (PDF click here)

Council delays review of housing, fees plan
Pasadena Star-News, CA - July 14, 2005
The (Pasadena) City Council has delayed consideration of a proposal to use development fees charged for new parks as an incentive for affordable housing. Because of the ... (PDF click here)

City task force report maps future growth
Columbus Business First, OH - Jul 13, 2005
Columbus' future should include impact fees, focused tax breaks and a little more cooperation between local governments, according to a group of community volunteers. ... (PDF click here)

Lenexa views growth as a two-way street
Kansas City Business Journal, MO - Jun 8, 2005
Ringo Starr once cautioned, "Don't go where the road don't go." Substandard and yet-to-be-built roads in western Lenexa, however, haven't stopped rampaging residential... (PDF click here)

Council delays land transfer fee decision
Dekalb Daily Chronicle, IL - Jun 8, 2005
The (Sycamore) city council wants two more weeks to think about whether to pursue a referendum that, with voters' approval, would charge a fee each time a property changes ... (PDF click here)

Bonita's road fees may jump to $5,647
The News-Press, FL - Jun 8, 2005
The road fees charged for those building a single-family home in Bonita Springs could increase 131 percent as the result of a Texas consultant's study. A revised study by ... (PDF click here)

Victorville to study plan to raise development fees by 140 percent
Victorville Daily Press, CA - Jun 7, 2005
Victorville City Council tonight will discuss a plan to raise city development impact fees by 140 percent. The plan would generate more than $400 million for the city over 15 years ... (PDF click here)

Adopt Realistic Impact Fees
The Ledger, FL - Jun 7, 2005
Polk County commissioners voted 4-1 last week to give initial approval to an increase in property taxes in the unincorporated areas of the county to fund parks and library ... (PDF click here)

Bigger impact fee would allow Hall to spruce up parks
Gainesville Times, GA - Jun 7, 2005
The Hall County Board of Commissioners soon will be holding public hearings on increasing residential impact fees. That is the amount charged to property owners for their ... (PDF click here)

DeLand parks fee proposal draws ire
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - Jun 7, 2005
The City Commission on Monday -- the same day impact fees on new homes jumped across the county -- considered tacking on another $1,300 for recreation. With building ... (PDF click here)

PSL on track to drop county fees
Stuart News, FL - Jun 7, 2005
The St. Lucie County Commission and Port St. Lucie City Council met Monday to discuss the fate of county impact fees collected by the city, but no decision will be made until the ... (PDF click here)

Granville passes impact fee proposal
Durham Herald Sun, NC - Jun 7, 2005
Among the reasons George Lesher didn't want an impact fee ordinance in Granville County is the fact that he believes they are illegal. The Granville County Commissioners ... (PDF click here)

Higher Impact Fees Take Effect In Volusia County
WESH.com, FL - Jun 6, 2005
Starting Monday, it will cost more to build a home, and consequently to buy a home, in several Volusia County cities. Keeping up with rapid growth is costly, so now, homebuilders ... (PDF click here)

Spreading the burden
Northwest Arkansas Times, AR - Jun 5, 2005
Fayetteville residents may be asked to approve impact fees for roads, police and fire at the same time they decide the fate of a $140 million sales tax bond issue for transportation ... (PDF click here)

Ordinance would lower fees for affordable housing
St. Augustine Record, FL - Jun 5, 2005
A proposal before the St. Johns County Commission might make it possible for impact fees for affordable housing builders to go below last year's level. ... (PDF click here)

Grants could be offered to offset new impact fees
St. Augustine Record, FL - Jun 5, 2005
Johns County officials said they will consider paying grants to new and expanding businesses to offset high new impact fees, and also will consider easing the effect of high ... (PDF click here)

Population boom leads to debate on impact fees in Outer Banks
Virginian Pilot, VA - Jun 5, 2005
The people are coming to northeastern North Carolina. Houses will be built, the population will grow, and commercial growth likely will follow. In the meantime, counties and towns ... (PDF click here)

PSL to discuss county impact fees
Stuart News, FL - Jun 5, 2005
St. Lucie City Council members will meet for the first time in a year Monday to decide the fate of county impact fees collected by the city. City Council members took a step ... (PDF click here)

Council to discuss impact fee bill for new houses Tuesday
Baltimore Sun, MD - Jun 5, 2005
Seeming more like a seesaw than legislation, the proposed impact fee on new homes in Harford could shift yet again. The County Council is scheduled to take up an amendment ... (PDF click here)

Editorial: Lee County schools
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Jun 4, 2005
Congratulations to Lee County public schools. They have persevered and won a strategic legal battle one that should not have been necessary. The system stared down the Lee ... (PDF click here)

Impact fees called 'divisive'
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - Jun 4, 2005
An expert on financing roads, schools and other public projects told Warren County leaders Friday that charging impact fees on home builders isn't the only way to pay the costs of ... (PDF click here)

Construction impact fees going up July 15
Bonita Daily News, FL - Jun 4, 2005
Michael and Tona Nelson are racing to get the building permits for their new Spanish Wells home by the end of this month. Beginning July 15, new Bonita Springs homes are expected... (PDF click here)

Santaquin votes in favor of impact fees
New Utah, UT - Jun 4, 2005
Building a home in Santaquin will now cost about $700 more. Santaquin City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night in favor of an impact fee to help fund a new... (PDF click here)

Wildwood studies feasibility of impact fees for annexed areas
Villages Daily Sun, FL - Jun 4, 2005
As Wildwood expands outward, the distance some residents must travel to reach the city's library and parks becomes greater, police officers must patrol a larger area, and residents... (PDF click here)

Planning consultants foresee revenue gap
The Island Packet, SC - Jun 3, 2005
Carson Bise of Maryland-based TischlerBise suggested the use of increased impact fees, a capital projects sales tax, a real estate transfer fee and a local option gas tax ... (PDF click here)

School adds $4000 more impact fees
Baker County Standard, FL - Jun 2, 2005
The Baker County School board met in workshop session, last Thursday afternoon and after serious discussion settled on a flat rate schedule of impact fees. The Board elected ... (PDF click here)

County to Consider Jail Impact Fees
The Ledger, FL - Jun 2, 2005
Proposals for lower jail impact fees for homes and a first jail impact fee for businesses will be coming to the (Polk) County Commission for consideration July 13, ... (PDF click here)

Court upholds decision backing school impact fees
Bonita Daily News, FL - Jun 2, 2005
Lee County schools won a major court victory Tuesday when the Second District Court of Appeals upheld a local court decision supporting school impact fees, which are used to ... (PDF click here)

Court OKs school fees on homes
The News-Press, FL - Jun 2, 2005
A state appeals court has cleared the way for school fees on new homes in Lee County. The fees, which already are being collected, could double as early as this ... (PDF click here)

Recalculated impact fees not likely to affect road plans
Hernando Today, FL - Jun 2, 2005
County planners' latest proposal to cut about $1,000 from their latest impact fee hike would not hurt the county's plans to improve and build new roads. That was what County ...(PDF click here)

Building Industry Association says county traffic fees too steep
North County Times, CA - Jun 1, 2005
Calling it an illegal tax, the local building association sued the county of San Diego on Wednesday and asked the courts to throw out the county's new fees to make developers pay ...(PDF click here)

Court strikes down challenge to school impact fees
The News-Press, FL - Jun 1, 2005
A state appeals court has struck down another challenge to school impact fees, a decision that could end legal battles already stretching more than three years. School board ... (PDF click here)

Hernando County could be going to court again
Hernando Today, FL - Jun 1, 2005
It is clear to us our county government does not want to cooperate with the business community and is headed to court again after a halfhearted attempt to achieve a win-win ... (PDF click here)

Cape impact fees top $10,000
The News-Press, FL - May 31, 2005
Cape Coral's road impact fee will increase by 80 percent on Sept. 1, adding $1,199 to the cost of a new home and making the city's total impact fee the highest in Lee County. ... (PDF click here)

The real cost of development
Roanoke Times, VA - May 31, 2005
Once upon a time, most people were convinced that growth paid for itself. "We must expand our tax base to survive," was the rallying cry of many pro-growth governments. But ... (PDF click here)

A close look at impact fees
Lahontan Valley News, NV - May 30, 2005
Impact fees sound like a good idea, don't they? I mean, after all, shouldn't new developments pay for mitigating the negative impacts on the existing community. Probably, but ... (PDF click here)

Lexington County right to consider impact fees
The State, SC - May 30, 2005
Lexington County Council is wisely continuing its quest to implement impact fees despite a state law that limits their use. The council has been working to determine how it can use ... (PDF click here)

County weighs merits of fees
Gwinnett Daily Post, GA - May 30, 2005
A majority of Gwinnett County commissioners say they have no problem with taking a look at implementing development impact fees. But one said he doesn’t want ... (PDF click here)

Cutback in works for impact fees
Hernando Today, FL - May 28, 2005
County planners are scaling back their original proposal of a month ago to more than double impact fees. Planning Director Larry Jennings said yesterday he would ask ... (PDF click here)

Stop delaying on impact fees
The Ledger, FL - May 28, 2005
A few weeks ago, a spokesman stood before the Hernando County Commission in Brooksville. He said, "We are for increasing impact fees to the highest level the law allows. ...(PDF click here)

North Hall cities oppose increase in impact fees
Gainesville Times, GA - May 27, 2005
Two North Hall cities may resist the Hall County Board of Commissioners' decision Thursday to double impact fees assessed on new single-family homes. City officials in ... (PDF click here)

Madison water board may raise new-home impact fees
Huntsville Times, AL - May 27, 2005
The (Madison) Water and Wastewater Board is expected to increase its water and sewer impact fees for new residential development at its next meeting, with an eye toward ... (PDF click here)

North Port's first step
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - May 27, 2005
The 27 percent increase in road-impact fees approved Monday by the North Port City Commission is a small but significant step toward making growth pay a larger share of the cost ... (PDF click here)

Council decides to keep impact-fee waivers
The News-Press, FL - May 26, 2005
The millions of dollars in water and sewer impact fees Fort Myers has waived for residential builders is bringing millions more to the city in new taxes and utility revenue. That was the ... (PDF click here)

Corning Council more than doubles building fees
Red Bluff Daily News, CA - May 26, 2005
The cost to build in Corning will rise dramatically as soon as new fees go into effect. As of now, the fee to build a new home in the Olive City is $5,655. The council unanimously ... (PDF click here)

Consultant says St. Lucie will need five new schools in next two ...
Fort Pierce Tribune, FL - May 26, 2005
The St. Lucie County student body will grow by more than 8,200 students — a 23.9 percent increase — by October 2007, according to a 119-page consultant's report ... (PDF click here)