Volusia County issued the following announcement on Oct. 5.
Impact fees that Volusia County assesses on new development to help pay for roads, fire rescue service and parks are about to undergo an extensive review.
The county’s impact fees are reviewed periodically to ensure that the charges are up-to-date and sufficient to address the capital improvements needed for new development. The last review of the county’s thoroughfare road impact fee in 2018 led to the more than doubling of the fee for many development categories. Because their traffic impacts vary, the thoroughfare road fees are different for each development category – such as single-family, multi-family, shopping center, supermarket, convenience store, movie theater, hotel, warehouse and nursing home.
On Tuesday, the County Council unanimously approved a contract with Tampa-based Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc. to review the fee formulas and calculations for the thoroughfare roads, fire rescue service and parks impact fees. The study is expected to take between three to six months to finish. Once completed, the review will provide the county with the data needed to update its fees. That’s expected to happen sometime in 2022.
Tindale-Oliver is being paid a maximum of $134,360 to conduct the study.
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