Staff: $76 initial GIS-screening fee, site visits drive up wetland mitigation costs

Brent Davis, land use review manager, described how the county screens permits and allocates review costs. "There's a $76 fee for that initial review," Davis said, explaining that the initial GIS-based screen sends flagged permits to staff for further evaluation and that approximately 20–25% of flagged cases require a site visit that raises the applicant's cost.