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Resident questions change to building permit fees tied to property values
Summary
A public commenter said the town's building permit fees now scale with home values and criticized the change as an additional tax; councilmembers said the current fee structure was not clearly codified in accessible ordinance copies and no immediate action was taken.
At the April Meadow Town Council meeting, a resident raised concerns that the town's building permit fees have shifted from a flat amount to a fee tied to home value.
The commenter said that historically building permits were charged at a flat rate—"$50 or $75"—and that the current approach appears to assess fees based on the value of the home, sometimes resulting in charges "up to $1,200." The speaker said the change felt like "another tax" and argued it did not produce a better inspection.
Council members and staff did not adopt a change at the meeting. A member of the council noted that the altered fee structure may have been adopted in a prior administration and that the fee schedule was not obviously codified in the copy reviewed during the meeting. Staff said they would check the ordinance and the current fee schedule and bring clarifying information back to the council.
Ending: No formal motion or vote was taken. Staff will review the building permit fee structure, confirm whether the value-based fees are currently codified in the town code or fee schedule, and return with documentation.
