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Council adopts higher planning fees to better recover entitlement processing costs
Summary
The council adopted a revised planning fee schedule intended to move Yuba City's planning fees closer to regional medians and recover roughly 60% of entitlement processing costs. Staff expects planning fee revenue to roughly double under the new schedule; the change takes effect in fiscal year 2025–26.
The Yuba City Council adopted a revised planning fee schedule designed to bring most entitlement fees closer to the regional median and improve cost recovery for planning services.
Public Works/Development Services staff said the city's planning fees had not had a thorough review since 2001 and that rolling CPI adjustments had left many fees well below comparable cities. Staff compared Yuba City to ten nearby jurisdictions and found Yuba City at the low end for most…
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