For example, the one-time development charge for fast-food ventures on Oct. 1 goes to $17,706 per unit, an 869% increase from $1,827. General commercial projects will be paying $2,177 per project, up 261% from $604.

Light industrial jobs will see fees go to $2,157 from $1,907. Developers of single-family homes in the 1,500-sf to 2,500-sf range will be paying $2,189 per home, up 63% from $1,343.

"These read like tremendous increases for a county with only 250,000 permanent residents but national retailers, restaurants and hotels already have discovered Lake County as an inexpensive place to build their projects compared with more densely populated areas nearby in Orlando, Daytona Beach and South Florida," Dean Fritchen, senior associate, Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services, Winter Park, FL, tells GlobeSt.com.

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