Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
DeBary council adopts consolidated Southwest Sector mobility fees after credit clarifications
Summary
The City of DeBary adopted Ordinance O‑4‑2025 to consolidate city and county mobility/road impact charges into one fee collected by the permitting agency; council refined credit language and left trail landscaping credits limited to sod on second reading.
The City of DeBary City Council on second reading approved Ordinance O‑4‑2025, updating the Southwest Sector Mobility Plan and creating a single, consolidated mobility fee to be collected by the agency that issues development permits.
City Management Director Stephen Babgrove, who presented the ordinance materials, said the consolidated fee responds to 2024 state changes and aims to have new development finance a 20‑year list of mobility projects. "The Southwest Mobility fee consolidates the existing mobility fee and county fee into one single mobility fee schedule to be collected by one agency," Babgrove said.
The change responds to House Bill 479, passed in 2024, which altered methodology for assessing transportation mitigation and specified that a single fee be used and collected by the permitting agency. Under the new plan the city projects about $44 million in mobility needs;…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
