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Edgefield County planning commission to pursue impact-fee study after council resolution
Summary
County staff told the Edgefield County Planning Commission at its Jan. 9 work session that county council passed a resolution asking the commission to move forward with a required impact-fee study; staff outlined legal limits, likely costs, timelines and possible use of university partners.
At its Jan. 9 work session, the Edgefield County Planning Commission was briefed on a county council resolution directing an impact-fee study that state law requires before the county may impose an impact fee, county staff said.
Staff said the study is required to tie any fee to specific capital improvements and to show cost estimates; impact fees cannot be vague or discriminatory and generally apply only to new construction in the area where the improvement will be built. “Impact fees must be used to pay for specific improvement,” Staff member (planning staff) said.
The presentation stressed several legal and practical constraints: fees must fund identifiable capital projects (for example, a substation or a new ambulance), cannot be applied unequally, and generally cannot pay…
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