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Developers Watch Impact-Fee Struggle in Cherokee County, Ga.

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| April 10, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Janet Frankston

Apr. 9--Cherokee County has collected more than $2.6 million since it imposed impact fees a year ago, and it can't spend a dime.

That's because the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association filed a lawsuit days after the County Commission approved the fees. The case goes to trial next week.

Cherokee was the first county in Georgia to implement comprehensive impact fees for improvements like parks, roads, libraries and public safety, even though laws allowing the fees have been in place for a dozen years.

The homebuilders say the program is illegal because the county, by collecting and proposing to spend the money countywide instead of in smaller, specific areas, is trying to spend the fees beyond the influence of particular projects.

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