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Lake County, Fla., Considers More Home-Development Impact Fees.

By Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 7--TAVARES, Fla.--Building a new home in Lake County may get more expensive under a new proposal to raise impact fees for fire protection, libraries and parks.

The plan is to raise the impact fee for fire and rescue services from its current $130 rate to a maximum level of $410 for a single-family home.

The fees would help pay for building or expanding fire stations in the county.

For a single-family home, the county would also add new impact fe

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