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Walton County amends impact fee ordinance language and proceeds with proposed fee increase; second hearing set for December
Summary
Walton County commissioners approved amended ordinance language removing a steering‑committee requirement from the impact fee order and voted to proceed with the proposed increase in impact fee amounts, with a second and final hearing scheduled in December.
County staff presented OA25‑0356, an amendment to Walton County's impact fee order, proposing to remove ordinance language that requires a steering committee for the impact‑fee process. Staff noted the Georgia Code (OCGA) does not mandate a steering committee, and the ordinance language was being clarified to align with state law. The proposal also accompanies a planned increase in impact fee amounts; staff said this meeting constituted the first public hearing and that a second and final hearing would be held in December.
No members of the public spoke during the hearing. After the public hearing was closed, the board voted to approve the amended ordinance language and to proceed with the process related to the proposed impact fee increase; staff confirmed the second, final hearing will take place in December as part of the required public process.
Provenance: Transcript passages beginning at the OA25‑0356 item introduction (00:59:05) through the public hearing record document staff explanation, the OCGA reference and the board votes.
