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Palm Coast council adopts higher transportation impact fees citing "extraordinary circumstances"
Summary
The City Council voted unanimously to adopt updated transportation impact fees after a study and extraordinary-circumstances findings; builders and housing advocates warned the increases will raise housing costs.
Palm Coast — The City of Palm Coast City Council voted unanimously on July 1 to adopt updated transportation impact fees after receiving a comprehensive technical report and an "extraordinary circumstances" study, moving the city to collect the new rates beginning this fall.
City planning staff said the fee changes respond to local growth and sharply higher construction and right-of-way costs. The ordinance, which amends Chapter 29 (Impact Fees) of the Palm Coast Code of Ordinances, implements rates based on the June 2025 Transportation Impact Fee Technical Report and an extraordinary-circumstances analysis prepared by LTG and New Urban Concepts LLC.
The increases were opposed by representatives of the local building community and affordable-housing advocates who urged the council to limit increases to the 50% cap expressly allowed under state law. "We support a legal, justified increase up to the…
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