Gwinnett Impact Fees

It has been over nine months since an advisory panel recommended that Gwinnett County move forward with an impact fee program. Kowtowing to the local development community, Chairman Charles Bannister has to date refused to even give the panel’s report a fair and public hearing.

COVINGTON – Newton County claimed victory in Superior Court Monday in the prolonged battle over its impact fee ordinance with local and state home builders associations.
Superior Court Judge Horace Johnson Jr. dismissed a lawsuit filed against the county by the Newton County Home Builders Association and the Home Builders Association of Georgia, saying the associations failed to meet burden of proof.
The ruling means that the county will move forward with spending the $6.5 million in fees collected so far, said Newton County’s Executive Officer, John Middleton.

County wins impact fee battle