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Councilors and staff discuss impact fees, capital timing and infrastructure needs as growth continues
Summary
Councilors pressed staff about using impact fees to fund new capacity — e.g., fire stations or recreation facilities — and planning requirements under RSA 674:21; city staff said impact fees can finance new capacity but must be tied to specific capital projects and used within statutory timeframes.
Council members asked city staff about impact fees and whether Concord should expand or resume their use to help pay for capital needs driven by growth, such as new fire stations, school expansions or recreation facilities.
City staff reminded councilors that New Hampshire statute limits impact-fee use to new capacity for growth and that a municipality must either spend collected fees within the statutory timeframe or refund them.…
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