Tavares wants developers to pay more as city tries to keep up with rapid growth

Tavares officials discuss raising impact fees amid 'extraordinary' circumstance

City leaders are considering an increase to impact fees to help pay for rising costs of municipal services as population booms in Tavares.

Tavares wants developers to pay more as city tries to keep up with rapid growth

"It goes to our roads, it goes to our sewer, it goes to our water ... "

Tavares Council wants to triple impact fees on new homes

The Tavares City Council is set to vote this month on a proposal to raise the city’s municipal impact fees for the first time in nearly two decades to help pay the costs of its rapid growth. But the new rates would add thousands more to the cost of new homes and businesses. The fees would be increased 233%, from $1,058 to $3,512 per new single-family home, according to a report in GrowthSpotter. The fees for apartments and non-residential uses w…