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City staff proposes 10% pre-application plan-review fee for larger permits; council sets public hearing for July 23

5610018 · July 16, 2025
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Summary

Deputy Director David Hoban described a proposal to require a 10% prepayment of plan review fees for plan reviews over $1,000 to discourage incomplete applications and unpaid reviews; the ordinance had its first reading and the council scheduled a public hearing and second reading for July 23.

At its July 16 meeting the Saint Paul City Council heard a staff report and held the first reading of an ordinance that would require a 10% pre-application payment of the estimated plan review fee for plan reviews with an estimated building permit fee above $1,000.

David Hoban, deputy director of the Department of Safety and Inspections, described the proposed procedural change as an efficiency measure intended to…

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