Thurston County OKs permit fee increases, schedules public hearing on code updates

The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution on Oct. 21 to increase land use and building permit fees to move the county toward full cost recovery and also adopted a separate 5% technology fee to fund permitting software and digital plan review. The board set a public hearing for Nov. 12 to consider the annual permit-review code updates that align county timelines with state law.