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Residents urge Laurens County to make growth pay for roads, schools and emergency services
Summary
Residents and community members told the Laurens County council to require developers to pay for new infrastructure, create a transparent infrastructure preservation trust, and enforce rural lot minimums. Councilors said the planning commission will study impact fees and a moratorium is in place while rules are reviewed.
An unidentified resident urged the Laurens County council to shift the burden of growth from current taxpayers to developers, asking that every new home, subdivision and business “help fund the roads, schools, water, sewer, fire, EMS, and parks that growth requires.”
The speaker proposed placing all development fees into a single, publicly auditable infrastructure and historic-preservation trust overseen by a citizen board so that “there’s no shifting dollars around, no pet projects, no special favors,” and argued for rural minimum lot sizes and…
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