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Committee forwards competing impact-fee ordinances to city board after heated debate
Summary
Hendersonville’s General Committee sent two competing impact-fee ordinances — one residential-only and one including commercial development — and a separate credits ordinance to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen with neutral recommendations after members raised concerns about commercial fees deterring retail development and asked staff for more data.
The Hendersonville General Committee voted Dec. 9 to forward two competing impact-fee ordinances and a separate ordinance establishing credits for assessed impact fees to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) with neutral recommendations, setting the stage for a fuller debate at the city board level.
Committee Chair Bob Garza said the ordinances — Ordinance 2025-25 (residential impact fees) and Ordinance 2025-23 (impact fees including commercial/industrial) — are similar but mutually exclusive and should be debated by the full board. Planning staff presented Ordinance 2025-26, a stand‑alone ordinance that would establish credits developers could claim for certain public…
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