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Supervisors trim planning appeal fee, eliminate online building fee and set mobile food truck/cart inspection rates
Summary
The board reduced the planning appeal fee to a minimal, flat amount intended to preserve public access to appeals, removed a separate online building‑permit fee schedule, and approved full cost recovery inspection fees for mobile food trucks while granting a 50% fee reduction for mobile food carts.
Butte County supervisors on July 29 approved changes to the county master fee schedule that cut the planning appeal filing fee for most routine appeals, eliminated a separate online permit fee schedule for building permits and set inspection fees for mobile food operations.
The Department of Development Services had presented data showing the average staff cost for processing planning appeals was about $4,700 when controversial projects requiring extra analysis were included. After board discussion, staff recommended — and the board approved — a lower, “bare minimum” fee ($16.72) intended to keep…
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