New Edmonds building official launches study to update development fees, targets fall 2025 adoption

May 6, 2025

The city began an internal study, supplemented by a limited consultant contract, to update development fees with an intended implementation in 2026; the building official said the city will use regional comparables and an internal cost study to set fees that recover costs but avoid prohibiting development.

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Ted Kelly, Edmonds's newly introduced building official, briefed Committee A on a study to update the city's development fee schedule. The work is intended to produce a revised fee schedule for council consideration in fall 2025 and implementation in 2026.

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