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Committee reviews large cuts to several land‑development fees, asks for fiscal analysis
Summary
Planning staff proposed reducing many land‑development fees — including sharp cuts to site‑plan charges — and creating a new advertising charge for site‑location reviews. Councilors asked for a fiscal impact and comparison with peer cities; the committee postponed action to get more information.
Planning staff presented proposed changes to Bangor’s land‑development fee schedule at the Business Economic Development Committee meeting on March 17, saying the city would reduce many fees and introduce a new advertising fee for certain site‑location reviews.
Planning officer Anya Kale said the proposed schedule “decrease[s] quite a few of those fees. There are just a few that would increase, a little bit,” and that staff time does not rise proportionally for larger projects, which motivated most reductions.
The memo presented to the committee proposed several notable revisions: a sharp decrease…
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