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St. Lucie County delays vote on road impact fee increase after wide public pushback
Summary
After a workshop on extraordinary circumstances that would allow the county to raise road impact fees above a statutory cap, commissioners voted Aug. 19 to continue the first reading to Sept. 16 to allow more outreach and review; speakers from the City of Port St. Lucie, builders and developers urged additional analysis and coordination.
St. Lucie County commissioners on Tuesday postponed consideration of an ordinance that would raise the county's road impact fees after a two-part presentation and a series of public comments from municipalities, developers and business groups.
The county held a statutorily required workshop on "extraordinary circumstances" and then opened a public hearing on proposed fee changes. Consultant Negan Kemp (Vanessa/Banesta, as introduced by staff) presented a study stating that updates to impact-fee variables and higher construction costs meant the calculated fees would exceed the 50% cap imposed by earlier state law unless the county documented "extraordinary circumstances" and held two workshops as provided in statute.
Kemp told commissioners the county's permitting and cost trends show…
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