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Council adopts fee changes: inspection exception for very large projects, fiber fees and wider fee-table adjustments
Summary
Council approved a package of fee-related ordinances and code amendments covering inspection fees for very large projects, fiber/microtrenching fees and broad development and user-fee table updates; votes were 7-0 for two items and 6-1 for the comprehensive fee ordinance.
Peoria City Council on Aug. 5 considered and approved a set of fee and code changes affecting development inspection fees, fiber-optic providers and multiple city fee tables.
Inspection fees (agenda item 24R): Deputy City Manager Mike Faust told council the city’s site-development inspection fee is calculated in Chapter 27 as 3.5% of site construction costs. Staff said that formula works for typical projects but becomes disproportionate for very large projects; as an example, Faust offered a hypothetical $550 million development that would, under the fixed percentage, generate inspection fees equivalent to staffing multiple full-time inspectors on site even when inspection needs would be far lower. Council approved an amendment that allows, upon applicant request for projects exceeding $100 million, a city-engineer review and a city-manager-approved fee “commensurate with the actual cost of service.” The…
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