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York County supervisors warn state housing bills could curtail local land-use control; ask staff to study development impact fee
Summary
Supervisors debated proposed state bills (referenced as HB804/HB816/SB488) and concluded the measures could reduce local control over rezoning and outcomes; the board asked staff to return with an analysis and a potential development-impact fee for high-density housing.
At a Feb. 3 York County Board of Supervisors work session, board members voiced strong concerns that recent state housing legislation under consideration could significantly limit local land-use authority and create fiscal burdens for counties.
A committee member raised the bills (referred to in the meeting as HB804, SB488 and HB816), saying the measures would allow higher-density residential conversions of commercial and industrial land and shift some approval authority away from locally elected…
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