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Council adopts updated impact fees; members raise concerns that marina charges may be impractical

5964705 · September 24, 2025
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Council approved revised impact-fee schedules covering police, fire and transportation impact fees, but councilors and staff questioned whether the fees as applied to a potential marina — expressed as a per-slip calculation — could make a marina project economically infeasible and discussed negotiating case-by-case impact-fee agreements.

The Palm Bay City Council approved updated impact-fee schedules for fiscal years 2025–26 through 2028, covering police, fire and transportation facilities. The resolution adopting impact fees passed unanimously.

Council discussion focused on whether the underlying study addressed marinas and how fees would apply to a potential marina project on city land. A councilor raised that he had not seen marinas specifically addressed in the…

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