City considering impact fees amid growth [Video]

The city of Greer is considering adding an impact fee to new developments within its limits due to the city’s continued growth.Greer City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to move forward with a study on the potential new fee. “We felt like we were at the point in time where because of our continued growth through the years, that this was our opportunity to go ahead and let some of the new growth, pay for and pave the way for itself,” Mayor Rick Danner said.Danner said, on average, the city is seeing more than 1,000 homes being started over the past several years. “It just doesn’t seem to make sense to our council at this point in time that those folks that have been living in Greer and have been here a while, carry the whole load of water themselves,” Danner said.He said the fee could be collected once a …