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Golf Course Developers Fight County Over Road Impact Fees

NAPLES, FL-Lawsuits are threatened as developers argue the $1,066 per-acre charge is excessive and doesn't relate to the amount of work needed on area roads. Thirteen courses in this affluent community on the Gulf of Mexico claim they are overpaying $1.3 million.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on November 20, 2000

NAPLES, FL-Money talks and in this affluent community on the Gulf of Mexico shores, 13 golf course developers charge Collier County is talking too loudly. The developers contend the county is overstating their road impact fee amounts by a total $1.3 million or about $100,000 per course.

The developers are threatening to take the issue to court. The county isn’t backing down. Naples is 90 miles northwest of Downtown Miami.

The developers argue they should be paying less than conventional office or industrial sites because the road traffic isn’t as great at or near golf courses as it is at most commercial ventures. One golf course development, the Strand, claims an alternative impact fee calculation would have lowered its $184,570 bill by $150,000.

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