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Greenville County planners hear workshop on impact fees; no formal action taken
Summary
Planning commissioners heard a detailed presentation on impact fees from Carson Bise of TischlerBise, including South Carolina legal limits, affordable-housing analysis requirements and credit rules. Commissioners asked procedural and timing questions; the panel did not vote to start a study at the meeting.
Greenville County Planning Commission members on 2025-01-01 heard a workshop on impact fees from Carson Bise, president of TischlerBise, who outlined how impact fees are calculated, legal constraints in South Carolina and options for reducing effects on affordable housing.
Bise told the commission: "Impact fees are a one-time payment. They're designed to offset new developments' impact on different infrastructure categories or infrastructure systems. We can't use them for operations, maintenance, or general replacement of infrastructure. We can't commingle the impact fees into our general fund." He also said South Carolina law requires an analysis of an impact fee's effect on affordable housing and that the state’s statute requires certain timing and accounting rules.
The presentation focused on the mechanics and legal framework that govern impact fees, why communities use them and common misconceptions. Bise described three common methodologies—buy-in for existing excess…
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