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Bozeman adopts engineering infrastructure review fees to recover development‑review costs
Summary
The commission unanimously approved a new transportation and engineering infrastructure review fee schedule that charges a base fee plus variable sheet‑based fees, aims to shift review costs from utility ratepayers to applicants, and creates higher charges for resubmissions and construction changes.
The Bozeman City Commission unanimously adopted a resolution establishing a fee schedule for transportation and engineering infrastructure review, a change staff said will shift development‑review costs from utility ratepayers to applicants and encourage higher‑quality initial submissions.
Staff said the fee schedule is designed to recover the city’s cost of providing engineering review services and to reduce repeated rounds of low‑quality resubmissions that extend review timelines. Nick Ross, director of transportation and engineering, told the commission the division spent about $1.5 million on development‑review work in recent years and collected little or no application revenue for those…
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