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Palm Desert adopts phased, valuation-based update to development and regulatory fees
Summary
The council approved a valuation-based, three-year phased update to development-services, planning, building and engineering fees intended to simplify permit estimates and increase cost recovery; staff said the new fee model will be implemented alongside a new permitting software launch in October.
The Palm Desert City Council on Sept. 9 approved a restructured development and regulatory fee schedule that moves to a valuation-based methodology and phases in new fees over three years to improve cost recovery and simplify public-facing estimates.
Interim Development Services Director Rosie Lua described a multi-year process to streamline permitting workflows, integrate engineering into development services and launch new permitting software (scheduled for October) that will support a clearer fee methodology and…
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