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Taxing those longtime residents off their land is not the responsible approach to financing the public infrastructure demanded by new development, Rappahannock’s county administrator contended. “The responsible position is to have whoever is producing the product pay the cost that the product is imposing on the community.”
As to the technical difficulties faced by rural counties in designing a system for assessing impact fees, “give me the tools, and I’ll get you the expertise,” Mr. McCarthy concluded.
Not either/or
Edward Finagan, the attorney for Loudoun County, maintained that his jurisdiction needs impact fees and the conditional zoning powers it already has. “We prefer both. It's not an either/or situation,” he said, adding that with just the authority to levy impact fees, Loudoun would be unable to address needs for low-cost housing, housing for the elderly and the protection of historical areas now being handled through the proffer system of conditional zoning.
“Is proffer synonymous with bribery?” asked Del. Robert Tata.
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