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Impact fee

An impact fee is a fee that is imposed by a local government within the United States on a new or proposed development project to pay for all or a portion of the costs of providing public services to the new development. Impact fees are considered to be a charge on new development to help fund and pay for the construction or needed expansion of offsite…

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In lieu fee

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Effect on affordable housing

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Impact fee

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related to history · 25
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related to Court cases · 22
Impact fee → According, Another, Breckenridge Sanitation District, Colorado Supreme Court, Constitution's Takings Clause, County, Court, District, El Dorado, Gulest Associate Incorporated, In Sheetz, Johns River Water Management, Koontz, Krupp, Mount Prospect, Newburgh, Pioneer Trust, Savings Bank, St, Supreme Court
related to Implementation and legal basis · 13
Impact fee → Also, An, At, It, One, Second, Some, Still, The, There, They, This, When
related to Function · 10
Impact fee → An, Generally, Impact, Impact Fees, In, It, Still, The, They, Western United States
related to Linkage fees · 7
Impact fee → Arguments, California, Linkage, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Since, The
related to In lieu fee · 6
Impact fee → Another, Because, Finally, Impact, In, The
related to Criticism · 5
Impact fee → Another, Impact, One, Still, The
related to Effect on affordable housing · 3
Impact fee → Developers, Impact, In
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Impact fee → fee that is imposed by a local government within the United States on a new or proposed development project to pay for all or a portion of the costs of providing public services…

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Impact feeis afee that is imposed by a local government within the United States on a new or proposed development project to pay for all or a portion of the costs of providing public services…0.90text
fireinstance ofin the 1980s the impact fee became a universally used funding approach for services and started to include municipal facilities0.80text
policeinstance ofin the 1980s the impact fee became a universally used funding approach for services and started to include municipal facilities0.80text
and librariesinstance ofin the 1980s the impact fee became a universally used funding approach for services and started to include municipal facilities0.80text
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California approved their legal useinstance ofAfter court cases in states0.80text
many other states enacted laws which approved the use of impact fees by local jurisdictions.Impact fees have developed as an offspring of in lieu fees but have had a more significant effect on funding infrastructureinstance ofAfter court cases in states0.80text
Oregoninstance ofIn states0.80text
they are known asinstance ofIn states0.80text
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Impact feerelated to Court casesCourt0.60section

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