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Fire marshal, permitting staff outline proposed commercial permitting and fee changes; court to consider next week
Summary
At the Feb. 20, 2025 special meeting, county staff proposed routing fire plan reviews and inspections through the permitting office and adding fees to cover those reviews.
At the Feb. 20, 2025 special meeting, Liberty County staff discussed consolidating fire plan reviews, inspections and certificates of occupancy into the county permitting system and proposed adding fees to offset the cost of fire‑related reviews and inspections for commercial projects.
Mister Green, identified in the meeting as the fire marshal, explained that fire plan reviews, sprinkler and alarm inspections, and annual commercial inspections were not currently being charged or tracked through the county permitting office. He said the change would make those reviews part of the same permit record so both permitting staff and the fire marshal would have a visible paper trail for plan review statuses and inspections.
Green and…
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