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Auburn council directs staff to pursue 75% cost recovery for most planning and building fees, with specified exceptions
Summary
After a staff presentation on a cost-recovery study, the council directed staff to prepare a public hearing to move most planning and building fees to 75% cost recovery, while carving out limited exceptions for certain appeal and historic-design-review fees and leaving tree-permit rules largely unchanged.
The Auburn City Council on March 2025 directed staff to bring a proposed fee ordinance to public hearing that would move most building- and planning-related fees toward 75% cost recovery, Community Economic Development Director Jonathan Wright said.
Wright told the council the recommendation follows a fee study (ClearSource) that measures staff time and overhead; the 75% target is intended to recover a portion of city costs while limiting barriers that can discourage permit compliance for small home repairs. "We kept these low to below full cost recovery because if your permits cost as much or…
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