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Carmel council adopts fee schedule changes, asks staff to review Forest and Beach appeal process
Summary
The Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council approved a revised fee schedule that includes a lowered tree-pruning permit fee and maintained a $1,891 appeal fee for Forest and Beach and council appeals while directing staff to review how appeals are routed and charged.
The Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council voted unanimously to adopt the city's fiscal-year fee schedule, including a reduction in the tree-pruning permit fee and continued use of a $1,891 appeal fee for both Forest and Beach Commission appeals and appeals to the city council.
Mary Bilsey of Public Works told the council that “last year, we had added a dead tree removal fee of $200. It wasn't something that actually covered the cost of the tree removal,” and that a financial study in 2023–24 had calculated a cost-based fee of $682. Bilsey said the…
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