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Council adopts ordinance changing engineering and development fees after state law change

2494163 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

City Council unanimously approved an ordinance restructuring land-development fees and establishing new engineering inspection fees after a state law limited prior fee methodologies; the ordinance includes new grading-permit and right-of-way fees and raises after-hours inspection rates.

The Murphy City Council on March 4 unanimously approved an ordinance that restructures development-related fees to comply with a recent change in state law and to establish new engineering inspection and grading-permit charges.

City staff said House Bill 3492 (as cited in the staff presentation) altered how municipalities may recover costs for inspecting public improvements. Previously, the city charged a 4% construction-inspection fee on the cost of installing public improvements; staff said that methodology is no…

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