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Crucial impact fee discussion in Manatee gets costly, complicated

The collection of impact fees — when and how much — has stirred up a significant amount of controversy in Manatee County, with few answers.


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. December 20, 2023
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Manatee County's leaders get personal in a discussion about impact fees.
Manatee County's leaders get personal in a discussion about impact fees.
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  • Manatee-Sarasota
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Manatee County is set to increase the amount of money it collects from developers working on certain projects at some point next year — part of an effort to begin offsetting the cost of rapid growth and to bring what it collects closer to a more realistic amount.

The money will come from an increased collection of impact fees, which are charged on projects that add to the demand for infrastructure. The county, and other localities across the state, charge these fees to meet a demand for roads, law enforcement and park needs that come with population growth.

 


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Louis Llovio

Louis Llovio is the deputy managing editor at the Business Observer. Before going to work at the Observer, the longtime business writer worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Maryland Daily Record and for the Baltimore Sun Media Group. He lives in Tampa.

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