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Fredonia updates code-enforcement fee schedule; adds charges for commercial solar and battery storage projects
Summary
The board approved a revised code-enforcement fee schedule, adding or increasing fees for construction permits, pool installations, commercial solar projects and battery energy storage systems.
The Village of Fredonia Board of Trustees on Monday adopted changes to the municipal code-enforcement fee schedule to reflect increased costs and to add fees for project types not previously charged.
What changed
Key items in the adopted fee schedule include:
- In-ground swimming pool permits: $100 plus 2% of the cost (the percentage was discussed and clarified during the workshop before adoption). - Commercial solar projects: $2,000 plus $150 per acre. - Battery energy storage systems (BESS): $5,000 (new fee). - New cell towers and co‑locations: $4,000 for new towers; $2,000 to co‑locate on an existing tower; modifications $1,500. - Site-plan review, subdivisions and variances: updated fee ranges; reinspection fee increased from $45 to $75 per reinspection.
Why it matters: The fee schedule update reflects an effort to modernize village fees…
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