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Gunter planning director reports 2024 permit audit; new businesses and developments underway

3613451 · February 21, 2025
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City planning staff presented a 2024 permit tally and flagged an inspection-fee mismatch with contractor Veritas; council heard updates on recently opened businesses (Riley's, Fence), new tenants (Kitchen Kings), and ongoing development talks including Platinum Ranch and potential annexations from the extraterritorial jurisdiction.

GUNTER, Texas ' The Gunter City Council heard an update Feb. 20 from Eric, the city's director of planning and development, on building-permit activity in 2024 and several active development leads.

Eric said staff completed an internal audit of building-permit fees and found some inspection fees charged by the third-party inspector (Veritas) exceed the permit fees the city currently collects. He told council the city does not run building permits as a profit center but needs to cover staff overhead and the administrative cost of issuing certificates of occupancy. Eric said staff and the…

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