Impact Fees: Can They Handle Growth?
29 October 2001 - 6:00am
In New Tampa, impact fees have covered only 17% of the costs of new development. The next option is to raise taxes.
"Impact fees clearly are not the answer to handling growth. Raising the fees is unlikely, so that brings up a remedy that might not sit well with the average resident... Impact fees clearly are not the answer to handling growth. Raising the fees is unlikely, so that brings up a remedy that might not sit well with the average resident."
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Feeling pinched amid the sprawl
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The St. Petersburg Times, October 28, 2001
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