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Sunnyvale council approves first reading of updated fee schedule, 4‑1; alarm renewal fee removed
Summary
The Sunnyvale Town Council approved on first reading an ordinance updating the town fee schedule on Sept. 13, adopting a series of permit and service fee adjustments while removing the $15 alarm‑permit renewal fee; the motion passed 4‑1 with Mayor Sajid George opposed.
The Sunnyvale Town Council approved on first reading an ordinance updating the town’s appendix A fee schedule on Sept. 13, with a 4‑1 vote after council removed the alarm permit renewal fee but retained the registration requirement.
Staff told council the fee update was required by state law to reauthorize fees every 10 years; the town’s residential/building permit fees had not been comprehensively updated since 2013. Staff said the comprehensive study showed the town was subsidizing about 41% of the cost of services and the proposed fee changes aim to reduce that subsidy to roughly 31%.
Key changes presented by staff included an increase in the residential new‑construction permit rate from $0.96 per square foot to $1.26 per square foot (staff…
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