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IMPACTS OF GROWTH in Jefferson County, West Virginia
Burdens of Growth in neighboring Loudoun County
Tale of 2 Counties (Fast & slow growth)
Houses cost more than they pay in taxes in Jefferson County WV
Houses Cost VA Counties more than they pay in taxes
Houses cost local governments more than they pay in taxes, throughout the country
Number of children, even in senior housing
WV State
Efforts
State law that permits
county impact fees (amended 2001)
State law that
controls proffers and allows special assessment districts
Jefferson
County Commission Efforts
Impact fee office
3-party
agreement of Commission, Ranson, Bd of Education
Settlement of
lawsuit between county & Charles Town (10/04)
County ordinances
to establish impact fees (12/03)
Draft county ordinance
to manage impact fees (1/03)
Status reports
from County consultant on impact fees
County contract with consultant
for impact fees (7/02)
Tischler 1991
study for County Commission (3mbytes)
Tischler 2003 study
draft for County Commission (240kbytes Word Document)
Tischler 2003 final report
Jefferson
School Board Efforts
Capital Cost Reports -
- 1/26/06 summary table, spreadsheet
- 3/18/03 report, spreadsheet of
appendix tables, study of size of houses
- 10/11/02 report and spreadsheet of
appendix tables
Meetings & Mailings of School
Impact Advisory Committee
Superintendent's letter to County Commission on helpful changes in
county Ordinances
BOE letter to Charles Town on school construction cost
7/9/02
BOE letter to county Planning Commission on school crowding
7/9/02
Charles Town City Efforts
Capital Improvement Plan
12/03
Study of Operating
Costs 12/03
Traditional neighborhood
zoning 12/03
Rules for reviewing
proposed subdivisions 12/03
Relations with Developers
Final restrictions on transfer
of land from Huntfield to School Board (6/02)
Huntfield's public cost study (11/01)
Norborne Glebe's & Huntfield's agreements with
Charles Town to pay capital & operating costs (1/02)
Background
Data
Local
List of approved subdivisions
(12/03: 20,000 homes built, plus 28,000 homes proposed)
Life expectancy
of homes
Data file of County building permits
(1/1/02-9/10/02)
Data file of Brown-Horner phone survey to
count children by type & age of homes (11/02 )
National
National information on Impact Fees
http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cdl.cfm?content_item_id=1099&folder_id=726