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Riviera Beach council debates sharp increases to impact fees, asks staff to model exemptions for single‑home and affordable housing
Summary
Council members pressed staff on proposed impact‑fee increases that would move fees toward statutory maximums; staff proposed a two‑year phase‑in and agreed to return with modeled options for single‑door builds and workforce housing carve‑outs before second reading.
At first reading on April 15 the Riviera Beach City Council reviewed staff recommendations to update impact‑fee schedules for police, libraries, public buildings and roads. CFO Randy Sherman presented the study that underpins the proposal, which showed current fees compared with the statutory maximum and illustrated potential fiscal benefits of raising fees to recover capital costs.
Sherman said a single‑family home under current…
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