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Planning staff proposes tiered fee increases for city design reviews
Summary
Planning Department staff told the Downtown Design Commission that a citywide package of planning fee increases, including new tiered charges for downtown design reviews, will go to city council for introduction next week.
Planning Department staff told the Downtown Design Commission on May 15 that they will ask City Council to introduce a package of planning fee increases next week that includes new, tiered charges for downtown design review work.
Laura Griggs, a planner with the department, said the proposed changes are intended to better align fees with staff time. "We would be increasing some of the fees and also kind of restructuring and creating a tiered structure for our commission review fees to have a difference between smaller items that typically take less staff time and larger projects that are more demanding of our city resources," she said.
Under the proposal discussed at the meeting, administrative approval fees would rise from $200 to $250. Commission review fees for projects that do not involve new construction would remain at the current $750. For new construction, the tiered proposal would set the fee at $1,000 for projects under 20,000 square feet; $1,250 for projects between 20,000 and 100,000 square feet; and $1,500 for projects larger than 100,000 square feet.
Griggs told commissioners an email with details will go to the department's regular stakeholders and applicants, and that the change will be posted with the City Council agenda on the city's PrimeGov portal when the council introduction is published.
The commission did not take a formal vote on the proposed fee changes at the May 15 meeting; staff framed the item as an informational update ahead of council action. The department said it will pursue formal council introduction the week after the commission meeting.
