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LaSalle County committee weighs higher building permit fees, flat $250 charge proposed for residential solar
Summary
The Land Use and TIF Committee discussed proposed increases to building permit and plan-review fees, including a recommended $250 flat fee for residential solar and debate over uncapped commercial plan-review charges; no final vote was taken.
LaSalle County’s Land Use and TIF Committee discussed proposed changes to building permit and plan-review fees at its Jan. 6 meeting, including a staff recommendation to set a flat $250 fee for residential solar permits and a $150 plan-review fee for new single-family homes.
The proposal matters because county staff said fee increases would bring permit revenue more in line with review and inspection costs the county has absorbed since the last increase in 2020. “With the garage the total square feet was 3,493 … with the new $150 plan review and the new fees, [the total] comes out to … about a $430 difference, which is about a 21% increase,” said a staff member who presented the billing examples.
Committee members pressed staff on commercial plan-review…
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