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Commissioners split on proposed development impact fee ahead of public hearing
Summary
St. Mary's County commissioners debated a proposed overhaul of the countydevelopment impact fee during commissioner time April 4, with at least one commissioner saying he cannot support the ordinance as drafted. A public hearing on the proposal was set for the same day at 6:30 p.m.
St. Mary's County commissioners spent a significant portion of their April 4 meeting debating a proposed revision to the county's development impact fee and urging residents to attend a public hearing on the ordinance later that evening.
Commissioner Todd Morgan said the proposal in its current form contains "a huge pile of legal entanglements" and signaled firm opposition to the draft. "In the present form of the ordinance, I will not be able to support any way whatsoever increasing an impact fee," Morgan said during commissioner time.
Why it matters: The county has not changed its impact fee since 2000, when the fee was $4,500, even as population grew from about 86,232 in 2000 to 112,587 in 2016, according to figures cited at the meeting.…
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