CRESTVIEW — The City Council unanimously approved a $27,900 recreation impact fee waiver for DR Horton, the developer building the Redstone Commons subdivision near Shoal River Middle and Riverside Elementary Schools.
The waiver represents a 50 percent reduction in the usual recreation fee — 4 percent of a development's cost — which usually goes to the city’s parks facility reserve fund. The fee is used to finance improvements to public parks.
Because Redstone Commons will have its own pool, recreational area, grilling area and club house for its planned 300 families, city officials praised Horton for creating the amenities and saving the city the expense of providing park facilities.
“I appreciate the developers who wish to develop in our city and make the kinds of communities our citizens want to live in,” Councilwoman Robyn Helt said. “These types of amenities are something that people looking at the area want to see is available.”
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