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Canton opens public hearing on updated impact fee methodology; consultant recommends higher parks and transportation fees, lower police fees
Summary
Consultant Henry Thomas presented a first public hearing on Canton's proposed impact-fee update, recommending reduced police fees but notable increases for parks and transportation. Staff and committee members said the city is ahead of neighboring municipalities; council will hold a second required hearing before a final decision.
Canton opened a required public hearing Nov. 20 to consider an update to the city's impact fee methodology and fee schedule, a staff-led effort intended to tie new development's share of infrastructure costs to the city's capital plan.
Henry Thomas, senior vice president with Raftelis Financial Consultants, told the council that Georgia's law narrowly limits what capital costs can be recovered through impact fees and requires a dual "rational nexus" between the projects listed in a capital improvement element and the fees collected. "When we're talking about impact fees, it's really a fee charged to new development or redevelopment that requires an increase in service capacity," Thomas said, adding that the methodology focuses on police, parks and recreation, and transportation services.
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