Marion County Impact Fees

"These newcomers arrive in our community seeking opportunity.  They come seeking a new beginning, a new start with hope, or a final fulfillment of life's just reward.

They come for the same reasons that we came.  They stay for the same reasons that we stay in the community and state we all love.

These newcomers bring with them all their fondest dreams of the future.  They bring dreams that are the same as ours - dreams of a better life and a better future.

What they don't bring with them are the roads, the bridges, the schools, the hospitals, the libraries, the parks the utilities, the sewers, the waterlines, and all the vast and varied human services that will be needed to realize our dreams." *

*(ADAPTED FROM FLORIDA STATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE 1987:  6 from a Practitioner's Guide to Development Impact Fees, Nicholas, Nelson & Juergensmeyer, 1991, p.1)

Currently Marion County assesses impact fees for facilities listed below:

Transportation:               Effective since January 1, 1990

Fire Impact:                     Effective since January 1, 2002

Educational System:        Effective since November 1, 2006