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Board adopts updated unified fee schedule; builders warn increases will raise housing costs
Summary
After a public hearing dominated by builders' concerns, the Board approved a targeted update to building, land-use and environmental fees effective July 1, 2025, with a 4-2 vote. Staff said the changes recoup rising review and inspection costs and restructure environmental fees; builders said the increases will add to housing costs.
The Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors approved revisions to the county's unified fee schedule Tuesday that raise certain permit, inspection and plan-review charges and restructure environmental review fees.
Staff told the board the changes are targeted updates — the first major change since the July 2022 comprehensive revision — designed to recoup higher operational costs and to make environmental and erosion- and stormwater-related fees easier to administer. "We're looking for the users that wish to do…
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