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Old 11-19-2022, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Happydaz View Post
Orlando has a fire impact fee in place. Many other areas in Florida charge developers a fire impact fee. People make it sound like this is some kind of novel, special tax that people are dreaming up but it is a fee charged in many communities. The reason they charge these fees is to have the developers share in financing all the new fire stations and firemen they need to hire to provide service to all the new homes and buildings these developers are building.
And the new buyers of new properties reimburse the developer. The developer never ACTUALLY has to pay a dime.