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Duval council grants one-time permit-extension fee waiver to Adventure Community Church; declines to underwrite $137,000 utility undergrounding cost
Summary
Council approved a waiver of the building-permit extension fee for Adventure Community Church but did not agree to pay the estimated $137,000 cost to underground utilities. Council directed staff to place the fee-waiver agenda item on new business for a formal vote; council members expressed concerns about precedent and taxpayer exposure.
The Duval City Council on Oct. 7 approved a one-time waiver of Adventure Community Church’s building-permit extension fee but declined to commit city funds to pay the estimated $137,000 cost to underground utilities along the church’s frontage.
City Manager Strader McNabb and planning staff explained the church’s two-part request: (1) a fee waiver for a building-permit extension and (2) relief from a hearing-examiner condition that required the applicant to underground utilities or pay for third‑party utility conversion work. Staff said the hearing-examiner’s decision and the city’s development code require utility undergrounding unless the council changes policy or grants a…
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