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Clay County adopts new impact‑fee ordinance after months of debate; ordinance effective June 1, 2023
Summary
After a long public hearing and weeks of stakeholder meetings, the Clay County Board of County Commissioners voted 5–0 to adopt a countywide impact‑fee ordinance to fund future public safety, parks, library and other capital needs; the board set the ordinance to take effect June 1, 2023 and will revisit implementation details in January.
The Clay County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday adopted a comprehensive impact‑fee ordinance intended to make new development pay a share of future public facilities.
The measure passed unanimously after hours of testimony from developers, builders and residents and presentations from county staff and consultants about how fees were calculated and what the money would pay for. Commissioners set the effective date for June 1, 2023.
Consultants working on the updated fee study said they revised the methodology in several categories to use a ‘‘functional population’’ approach—aimed at better accounting for nonresident workers and visitors—updated…
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