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Resident asks Charleston County to study development impact fees; councilman directs staff to prepare legal feasibility review
Summary
A Johns Island resident urged the council to consider development impact fees used in other South Carolina counties; Councilman Boykin asked county staff and legal to prepare a presentation on the fees’ legality and applicability.
Danny Imfinger, a Johns Island resident, told Charleston County Council during the Feb. 11 public‑comment period that local growth creates service costs for roads, stormwater, utilities and public safety and urged the county to study development impact fees as one option for offsetting those costs.
“New development creates new cost for local government,” Imfinger said, quoting the Municipal Association of South Carolina. He pointed council members to Beaufort County’s development‑fee…
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