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Tequesta council weighs impact‑fee study to capture development fees locally
Summary
Staff recommended a roughly $50,000 study to allow the village to set its own impact fees for parks, police and other capital needs; councilors heard the county deadline to opt‑in or retain county collection may be October 1 and asked staff to report back after a regional meeting.
Village of Tequesta staff urged councilors on March 7 to consider paying for an impact‑fee study so the village could establish its own development impact fees rather than remitting most of those receipts to Palm Beach County.
The study would calculate allowable, legally defensible fees tied to specific capital categories — parks, police, transportation and others — and to the village’s facilities plans. Staff said the consultant estimate for the study is about $50,000 and that, if the village adopts its own fee schedule, the fees would apply only to new development or…
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