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Originally Posted by ureout
I've been here 19 yrs and won't be affected by what's happening in Sumter Co over the impact fees because I live in Marion Co.
My question is what changed??? I may be wrong but I thought in the past the builder paid the impact fees for the infrastructure of a new village and then that was added to the cost of the house in our bond?? If so why did it change?
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What changed:
The massive amount of new home construction south of 44 required that many new roads be built and/or upgraded. The impact fees fell far short of what was needed to pay for the roads. So a 25% property tax (millage rate) increase was passed two years ago specifically to pay for the roads.
Current property owners are vigorously objecting to paying additional property taxes to fund the Developers expansion. People feel that the impact fees should be increased instead.