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Hillsborough kills âcorporate welfareâ program for residential developers
Commissioners end a program that pushed utility impact fees onto homebuyers via a 20-year assessment.
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Aerial photo of homes and new construction in the Southfork Lakes subdivision in Riverview. Wednesday, Hillsborough commissioners voted to end a program that shifted a greater share of water and sewer connection costs from developers to homebuyers. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
Updated Feb. 4
TAMPA â Developers will no longer be able to pass on long-term water and sewer fees to buyers of new homes, Hillsborough commissioners decided Wednesday.
But the vote to kill the so-called impact fee assessment unit â a 20-year charge added to a home buyerâs tax bill to pay for connecting a newly built house to county utility service â was overshadowed by a tense exchange between commissioners over the merits of encouraging public participation via social media.