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Council approves first reading of updated land-development fees; staff and public debate scale and timing of increases
Summary
The council approved on first reading an update to the city’s land-development fees intended to better cover staff review costs while mirroring county rates for most items.
The Lake City Council on first reading approved an ordinance updating land-development regulation fees, a move staff described as necessary to better align application charges with the actual staff time spent processing large reviews.
Planning Director Thomas told the council fees had not been updated since February 2019 and that many current charges “don’t adequately cover the actual cost of processing land use applications.” He said staff modeled the schedule to mirror Columbia County’s fees so the city would be…
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