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Jefferson County panel recommends applicants submit their own legal notices; staff to review for $5
Summary
At its July 20, 2025 meeting the Jefferson County Board of Zoning Appeals recommended that applicants pay for and submit legal notices themselves, with county staff reviewing notices for a $5 fee, rather than the office continuing to place notices for a flat $5 that has sometimes cost the county more.
The Jefferson County Board of Zoning Appeals recommended July 20, 2025, that applicants file required legal notices with the newspaper themselves and pay the actual newspaper cost, while county staff would review the notice wording for a $5 review fee.
Board members reached the recommendation after staff said the office’s current $5 flat-fee service sometimes costs the county more than it recovers. “So, when someone applies ... we offer a $5 fee to submit a legal notice for them. ... the last legal notice ... was $32.44,” a staff member told the…
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