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Royce City Council tables long‑overdue update to building fee schedule after debate over penalties
Summary
The council postponed action on a proposed update to building inspection and permit fees after extended debate over a proposed $1,000-per-day penalty for working without a permit and where civil penalties should be placed in local code.
Royce City Council on April 1 voted 4–1 to table Resolution 2055, a proposal to update the city's building inspection, plan‑review and construction fee schedule that staff said has not been revised in almost 30 years.
Council members deferred the measure after more than an hour of discussion focused chiefly on enforcement language that would impose a steep penalty for working without a permit. City staff said the update would bring local fees in line with comparable jurisdictions and reduce subsidy from general taxpayers for services that benefit contractors and permit applicants.
City building official Matt Wilson…
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