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Richland County holds public hearing on proposed building permit fee increases, changes to fire alarm fees
Summary
County building department proposed aligning commercial permit fees with the state's fee schedule, consolidating several line items, switching fire alarm permits from square-foot to device-based fees, and projecting roughly $168,000 additional revenue across commercial and residential categories.
Richland County commissioners opened a public hearing Sept. 23 on proposed changes to the county building department's fee schedule, including a plan to align commercial permit fees with the state schedule and change how fire alarm permits are charged.
A county building department representative told commissioners the Ohio Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Code allow the Board of Commissioners to set local fees. The department said its last fee updates were in 2017 and 2019 and that inflation, staffing costs and a reduced geographic enforcement area had prompted a review.
The department proposed three consolidated…
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