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Klamath County waives planning fee for proposed 1,300‑acre solar project, sets fee at $105,000
Summary
The Board of Commissioners approved a motion to reduce the planning fee for a proposed 1,300‑acre solar farm from an estimated $1.4 million to $105,000, citing Oregon law limiting fees to reasonable service costs and planned code changes to cap fees for very large projects.
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners voted to set the planning fee for a proposed 1,300‑acre solar project at $105,000, rather than the roughly $1.4 million the department’s standard rate would have produced.
Jeremy, a planning department staff member, told the board that the developer’s application covered the county’s largest solar project to date and that, under state rules, the county cannot charge fees that exceed the cost of the service. “The board…
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