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Council adopts code allowing fee waivers up to $10,000 for extraordinary cases
Summary
The council approved an ordinance creating NBMC 20.09.035 to allow the City Council — rather than the city administrator — to reduce or waive some or all permit fees up to $10,000 per incident when state law permits; the change was prompted by a request from the Snoqualmie Valley Museum.
On July 15 the North Bend City Council approved AB25‑078, an ordinance creating North Bend Municipal Code section 20.09.035 to allow the city council to reduce or waive building and related permit fees in "extraordinary and compelling circumstances," up to $10,000 per incident so long as the waiver does not violate state law.
James Henderson, who presented the staff report, said the ordinance was amended to shift…
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