Staff proposes impact-fee study as hedge against property-tax changes; notes recent state limit on permit-fee formulas
Summary
Staff proposed a $50,000'$75,000 impact-fee/non-ad valorem assessment study to diversify revenues if property-tax authority changes, and warned that House Bill 399 limits how building-permit fees can be charged.
Heidi (staff member) suggested commissioning a non ad valorem assessment and impact-fee study to identify alternative revenue sources if property-tax authority is reduced at the state level. She estimated the study would cost between $50,000 and $75,000.
"From the research that I've done ... would be in that 50 to $75,000 range," Heidi said when commissioners asked for a cost forecast. She also informed the commission that "house bill 399 at the Florida legislature" recently changed how building-permit fees may be assessed, limiting percentage-based permit charges previously used.
Commissioners asked for more detail on what revenues an impact-fee program might produce, and staff agreed to model historical permitting and valuation data to estimate potential revenue and statutory limits before the budget workshop.
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