Land Use & Zoning
In Louisiana, 'impact fees' charged by local governments when new development is approved are designed to:
AGenerate general tax revenue for the parish
BOffset the cost of public infrastructure (roads, schools, utilities) needed to serve new development, making development pay for its own impacts✓ Correct
CPunish developers who exceed zoning density
DFund historic preservation programs
Explanation
Impact fees (or exactions) require new development to pay a proportionate share of the infrastructure costs created by that development — roads, parks, utilities, schools — rather than having existing taxpayers fund these improvements.
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