Impact fee committee has proposal

In a split-decision this week, a committee appointed by the County Council decided developers should pay for 80 percent of the impact their projects have on schools, roads and other public infrastructure.

The disparity between what developers pay now and what the group wants them pay is so large that members of the Impact Fee Advisory Committee suggest the higher fees be phased in over five years.

The committee also helped revamp the calculations of those costs.

For example, initial calculations suggested the impact fees for building a new three-bedroom...