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Okeechobee County adopts new impact‑fee ordinance after contested public hearing
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 2026‑0001 to reintroduce impact fees for parks, transportation, fire/EMS, law enforcement, schools and other categories; consultants outlined methodology, developers raised legal concerns, and county attorneys said the adoption complies with state law.
The Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 13 adopted Ordinance 2026‑0001, a new impact‑fee ordinance that sets one‑time development fees across parks, public facilities, library, corrections, law enforcement, fire and EMS, schools and transportation.
County planning staff and consultant Mike Woodward of Kimley‑Horn & Associates presented the methodology behind the fee schedule at the meeting, explaining that fees were calculated using local inventories of land, facilities and vehicles, plus an equivalent development unit conversion to translate different development types into per‑person impacts. "Per statute, we use local data to perform the calculations,"…
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