Georgia § 36-71-10 - Appeal of fee determination; arbitration.
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§ 36-71-10. Appeal of fee determination; arbitration.
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. 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. 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. (Code 1981, § 36-71-10 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 692, § 1.)
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