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Council delays vote on permit‑fee waiver policy after debate over mayoral authority
Summary
The North Bend City Council debated a proposed ordinance that would allow the mayor or the mayor’s designee to waive certain building permit fees (up to $10,000 per incident) in limited circumstances and ultimately postponed consideration to July 15 for further review.
The North Bend City Council debated a proposed ordinance (AB25‑062) that would allow the mayor or the mayor’s designee to reduce or waive certain building permit fees under limited, “extraordinary and compelling” circumstances.
Assistant city staff presented the proposal as a narrowly tailored tool the city could use, for example, to support improvements to city‑owned property (the Snoqualmie Valley Museum was the stated example), provide support to the poor and infirm, or where the community benefit outweighs…
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