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Board reviews impact-fee waiver request for replacement dwelling; follows past practice pending interlocal agreement
Summary
The district discussed an impact-fee waiver request for a property where a dwelling previously existed; staff said past practice is to waive fees where there is 'no net gain' in student capacity and board members asked staff to clarify permitting costs tied to the town of Callahan and to consider interlocal agreement language.
A request to waive school-impact fees for a replacement structure was discussed at the Nassau County School District workshop on May 14.
Mr. Durham said the application appears to follow prior practice when a dwelling previously existed on a parcel and a new structure will not add student-capacity. "The theory why this board's done in the past... is there's no real net gain," staff said, explaining that when a home is demolished and rebuilt in the same footprint the district has often not charged impact fees.
Board members asked specific questions about the timing (one member noted a dwelling last existed on the parcel in 2023) and about local permitting fees from the town of Callahan; staff said those town fees are separate from district impact fees and recommended the district follow past practice while the county finalizes an interlocal agreement that will explicitly address such scenarios.
No final action was recorded in the workshop transcript; staff said they would provide any relevant permitting information and consider the interlocal-agreement language for future policy clarity.
