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Chino council adopts comprehensive user fee study after industry protests, allows prepayment for in‑process projects
Summary
After months of review and meetings with the building industry, the Chino City Council adopted a comprehensive user fee schedule that raises many fees to full cost recovery, accepted phased implementation requests for in‑process permits and corrected the resolution's effective‑date language.
The Chino City Council on June 17 adopted a citywide user fee study that raises multiple operational fees to better reflect the full cost of services and directs annual CPI adjustments beginning July 1.
The study, prepared with consultant Willdan Financial, recommends raising fees across departments — planning, building, engineering, police, community services and more — to reduce General Fund subsidies. Willdan said the current schedule in many cases reflected decades‑old rates and omitted cross‑departmental costs. City staff and the consultant emphasized that some fees had not been updated formally since the 1980s.
The study drew objections from the Building Industry Association (BIA) San Bernardino County chapter, which said…
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