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Local leaders urge state to allow impact fees and protect regional airport
Summary
Residents and commissioners asked lawmakers to enable local impact fees and to protect the regional jetport with an overlay; legislators encouraged formal local bills or resolutions but cautioned about leadership resistance and potential classification as a new tax.
HARNETT COUNTY — Commissioners and residents urged state lawmakers to give counties more leeway to require developer-paid impact fees and to approve protective overlays for the regional jetport.
During public discussion, a resident said the county is bearing costs from rapid growth and asked the General Assembly to allow local referenda or impact fees for education and infrastructure. "$3,500 per lot," the resident suggested as a target…
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