With little fanfare and no

public comment, the Senoia City Council passed the first part of an impact

fee ordinance Monday that it hopes will pay for future growth.

Consultant Bill Ross, who helped

draw up the ordinance, was on hand to answer questions and complimented

the City Council and staff on their part in crafting the ordinance.

"This is one of the rare

times that an attorney has actually read the ordinance," Ross said.

Acting Mayor Robert Hannah

asked if the council or public had any questions, and was greeted with

silence. The council passed the first read of the ordinance, and it will

come back before the City Council Dec.1 for final approval.

The impact fee has been bandied

around in the city for years as a way to help pay for growth in the east

Coweta town that is spreading like kudzu.

In the city's lengthy

Capital Improvements Element report, the cost for the new facilities the

impact fees will pay for total $840,756. The breakdown of the fees includes:

- Addition to the library

building - $154,770.

- Addition volumes at

the library - $228,561.

- Expansion of the police

department - $114,625.

- Land for future parks

- $127,800.

- Components for future

parks - $215,000.

Once the impact fee is passed,

each developer would pay an additional $1,564 for each single family home

built in the city.