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Planning Commission recommends increases to police, fire and parks impact fees; consultants cite growth and rising construction costs
Summary
On Dec. 9 the Planning Commission recommended City Council adopt increases to municipal impact fees for police, fire/EMS and parks and recreation (Ordinances 3145 and 3146). City staff and consultants said growth, capital plans (including a proposed public safety complex) and construction-cost inflation justify the increases; commissioners requested more comparative and operating-cost detail before council action.
The Planning Commission on Dec. 9 recommended approval of proposed increases to Apopka’s municipal impact fees for police, fire/EMS and parks and recreation, forwarding Ordinances 3145 and 3146 to City Council with a consistency finding.
Finance Director Blanche Sherman and consultant Sean Ocasio (Raftalis) presented the study and methodology. The consultant described the dual-rational-nexus test, which requires fees to be proportional to growth-related capital costs and restricted to capital…
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