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Port Orange adds discretionary permit‑fee and mitigation incentives for targeted businesses in redevelopment areas
Summary
The council approved a code amendment to allow the city to offer incentives such as permit‑fee reductions or mitigation assistance (wetlands, trees, gopher tortoises) to targeted businesses in two community redevelopment areas; such incentives would require a separate economic incentive agreement approved by council.
The Port Orange City Council voted to add an option in the land development code allowing the city to offer incentives, including reductions in permit fees and mitigation assistance, to targeted businesses seeking to develop or redevelop in designated community redevelopment areas (CRAs).
Tim Bergman, Community Development, told the council the amendment "allows that option to be put into the code" while making clear that the ultimate award of any fee or mitigation assistance would require a separately negotiated economic incentive agreement…
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