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Planning board denies request to waive impact fees for two duplex projects
Summary
Developers asked the board to reduce transportation and recreation impact fees to zero for two duplexes; the board denied the request and urged the applicant to seek council review of the city’s fee structure.
Developers seeking to reduce Concord’s residential impact fees to zero for two proposed duplexes on Sewell's Falls Road and Palm Street were denied by the Planning Board on Aug. 20.
Ryan Taber of Eastern Development asked the board to reduce transportation and recreation impact fees to zero, saying fees make modest residential projects less feasible and arguing that commercial projects — such as new restaurants — impose far greater incremental loads on water, sewer and transportation but frequently are not assessed comparable fees.
“The house prices in Concord have surged,” Taber told the board, adding that the…
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