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Committee considers updates to impact fees: CPI indexing, exemptions for affordable housing and redevelopment, and planning board conditions
Summary
The New Castle County Land Use Committee on June 17 reviewed Ordinance 25045, which would update county impact fees by indexing them to the Consumer Price Index, require periodic studies, and clarify exemptions for affordable housing and redevelopment.
New Castle County Land Use Committee members discussed Ordinance 25045 on June 17, a proposed update to county impact fees that would index fees to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), require an annual review and a full study every five years, and preserve exemptions for certain affordable housing and for existing gross floor area on redevelopment/brownfield sites.
County staff presentation: Matthew Rogers and Anthony Sikowski of the Department of Land Use presented the ordinance and accompanying slides. Rogers described the proposal as updating fees to reflect inflation since the 1999 baseline and moving the fee index from the Engineering News‑Record construction index to CPI on the grounds that many fee‑funded items (vehicles, equipment, technology) are not captured by…
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