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County planner outlines process, costs and timeline for development impact fees
Summary
Planning and Development Director James Pope gave a high-level overview of development impact fees to the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners, outlining steps, an estimated consultant cost of about $100,000 and a roughly one-year timeline for implementation.
James Pope, Bulloch County planning and development director, gave the board a high-level overview of development impact fees during the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners meeting on Feb. 4, 2025, saying the tool would charge new development a fair share of the costs it imposes on public services.
"So what is an impact fee? It's really defined as it's a fee that would pay for the development's fair and proportionate share of impact to the community," Pope told commissioners. He said impact fees are one-time charges collected at construction or at certificate-of-occupancy and would apply countywide to new single-family homes, mobile homes, commercial and industrial development in unincorporated Bulloch County.
Pope said the county would first hire a…
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