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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-71-10. Appeal of fee determination; arbitration.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-71-10. Appeal of fee determination; arbitration.

(a) A municipality or county which adopts a development impact fee ordinance shall provide for administrative appeals to the governing body or such other body as designated in the ordinance of a determination of the development impact fees for a particular project.

(b) A developer may pay a development impact fee under protest in order to obtain a development approval or building permit, as the case may be. A developer making such payment shall not be estopped from exercising the right of appeal provided by this chapter, nor shall such developer be estopped from receiving a refund of any amount deemed to have been illegally collected.

(c) A municipality or county development impact fee ordinance may provide for the resolution of disputes over the development impact fee by binding arbitration through the American Arbitration Association or otherwise.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-71-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1.