Apopka seeks to raise impact fees on new homes by 42%

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The Apopka City Council took the penultimate step Wednesday toward hiking fees developers are charged to help fund police, fire/rescue and recreation services — as much as 42% for residential and 280% for nonresidential construction.

Commissioners voted unanimously during their meeting for proposals increasing impact fees, advancing them to final votes Dec. 17, according to a report in GrowthSpotter. If approved on second reading — with the required supermajority (four of the five members) — the city could begin collecting the higher fees 90 days later. The city last raised these fees in 2017.

Throughout the march toward raising the fees that started months ago, commissioners have repeatedly stressed that the increases are not paid by curre