Manatee County commissioners want to raise impact fees on new developments, but to do that, they first have to prove to the state the county is experiencing “extraordinary circumstances.”
On Dec. 10, a unanimous vote directed staff members to update the county’s impact fee study, and to create a supplemental report to demonstrate Manatee County’s need for higher impact fees than what is statutorily allowed.
The report was presented to commissioners in two back-to-back work sessions May 6 and May 7. The updated impact fee study will be presented to the board May 22 and June 5…