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Committee forwards fee-schedule updates to county administration after public question about CUP costs
Summary
The committee voted to forward updates to the county fee schedule to county administration after staff corrected several entries; a resident objected to a $500 conditional-use fee for a carport and requested further review.
The Natural Resources Committee reviewed edits to the county’s permit fee schedule and voted to forward the proposed changes to county administration for placement on the county board agenda.
Changes and corrections
Staff reported multiple edits, including: clarifying mobile-telecom colocation fees (separating full tower siting from equipment modification), correcting the short-term rental license fee to $25 (it had erroneously been listed at $200), and adding fees for certain plumbing and soil-test revisions. Staff will forward the fee schedule to county administration and the county board for final action.
Public question on conditional-use fees
A resident who had recently applied for a conditional-use permit for a carport questioned the cumulative cost: a $500 CUP plus a separate $100 building-permit fee. The resident said the carport is a nonpermanent gravel-floor structure to cover a tractor and truck and called the combined $600 charge excessive. Staff explained the $500 CUP fee covers administrative costs, required mailings to neighbors, newspaper notices and staff time preparing the hearing packet; the applicant’s building-permit fee is separate.
Next steps and follow-up
Committee members asked staff to compare neighboring counties’ conditional-use fees as part of future fee-schedule work. Staff noted that some counties charge less (e.g., one county cited at $300) while others have higher fees, and that fee structures vary depending on the permit type and local practice. The committee approved forwarding the proposed fee schedule to county administration and the county board for adoption and asked staff to return with comparative research.
Provenance: Fee schedule discussion began at 00:52:46 of the transcript and continued through motions to forward the schedule to county administration and the county board.
