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Council rejects developer discount

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 04/20/10

After public outcry over extending discounts to developers, the County Council last night changed course.


A "compromise" adopted unanimously will keep intact a scheduled increase to impact fees for now, but it will slow future increases as the building industry struggles to recover from the recession.

"I personally don't think impact fees are too high. I just think the timing is bad," said Councilman Charles W. Ferrar, who offered the compromise plan. The Edgewater Democrat is one of four council members who introduced the original plan to roll back a doubling of the fees and give refunds to...

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