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Berkeley County adopts residential impact fee ordinance and capital improvement plan; fees set per housing type
Summary
The commission adopted a new impact fee ordinance and capital improvement plan for residential development; single-family fees total about $5,500 per unit, multifamily around $3,857 per unit and mobile-home fees about $4,122 per unit, with funds designated for schools, public safety, parks and county facilities.
The Berkeley County Commission adopted an impact fee ordinance and an accompanying capital improvement plan that will assess residential impact fees on new development to fund schools, public safety, parks and county facilities.
County planning staff presented fee schedules and the capital improvement plan. The ordinance applies to new development only; replacement of burned or demolished structures will not trigger fees. The ordinance includes an affordable-housing discount tied to the state housing index: units built below the published index may qualify for a proportional discount when the…
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