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Originally Posted by Advogado
You have not said one word about the issue here: Why should the current residents pay for county infrastructure necessitated by the Developer's massive expansion of The Villages? Somebody has to pay for it, and that somebody clearly should be the Developer.
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As I have
CLEARLY pointed out in many posts in many threads on this subject, there are 2 ways to pay for COUNTY infrastructure (Infrastructure within the development is funded through bonds).
One is to impose an "impact fee", based on the additional costs of having more homes in the county. More/ better access roads, more fire and police protection, more maintenance, etc. In most areas of the country those costs are built into the home price and the buyer never sees them (although they pay for them). This puts the additional cost on the the new homeowners since those costs will be passed on to the consumer(as it is everywhere else in the country) But to think "the developer" will pay for them out of "his" profit margin is idiotic.
The other is to fund it out of the general property tax revenue paid by all county residents. This forces the financial burden of additional costs of new development on everyone. Is that fair????
The third way is a combination of #1 and#2.
I don't know the answers, but.......
To those that feel they should not be subsidizing new homeowners on their tax dollar, who paid when YOUR home was the new development?
To those that think no one benefits other than the residents of a newly developed area, I have already posted a list that benefits everyone.
Someone has made the argument that the "developer" will have to eat the impact fees otherwise they would not be trying so hard to "control" the county commission. Well, there are a ton of benefits to controlling a county government beyond impact fees, so that argument doesn't old water. Homes here sell like hotcakes so I doubt there would be any problem passing costs along to the end user.
Of course, there will be those (one) who will disagree and continue his/her crusade
