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Shawnee County planning director signals enforcement change: building permit fees may include labor starting 2026
Summary
Planning Director Joni Tanani said the county will enforce existing permit-fee language that includes labor in the valuation formula and plans to publish updated procedures; she said fees have not been revised since 2003 and that the change could materially increase permit revenue.
Joni Tanani, director of the Shawnee County Planning Department, told commissioners she intends to enforce the county’s existing building-permit resolution by including labor in permit valuations starting in 2026 and to update the department’s fee procedures and online permitting portal.
Tanani said Shawnee County has not revised building-permit fees since the planning office was created in 2003 and that the current resolution already permits assessment based on the entire construction value, which the…
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