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Council hears plan to sharply raise impact fees as staff urges 'extraordinary circumstances' finding
Summary
City consultant recommended higher development‑impact fees to fund police, parks and roads; staff recommended a needs assessment to seek an "extraordinary circumstances" finding that would let Riviera Beach raise fees faster and closer to a calculated maximum. Council asked for a follow‑up workshop and more detail.
Consultants and staff told the Riviera Beach City Council on March 4 that the city’s existing development‑impact fees are well below levels needed to fund a wave of planned capital projects and could be increased only gradually under state law unless the council finds extraordinary circumstances.
Richard Ruiz of DTA, the consultant who prepared the updated study, showed council members a line‑by‑line calculation of the fee methodology and the "maximum" fee amounts the analysis produced. Under Florida law (HB…
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