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Issaquah updates fire‑permit fees, agrees to pass collected fees to Eastside Fire & Rescue
Summary
Council adopted an ordinance aligning fire‑permit fees with Eastside Fire & Rescue's cost‑recovery analysis and authorized collected permit fees to be remitted to Eastside Fire & Rescue; council asked staff to monitor whether higher fees become a barrier to development.
Issaquah’s City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 10 to update municipal fire‑permit fees and to remit (pass through) collected fire‑permit revenue to Eastside Fire & Rescue. The decision follows an analytic review by Eastside and city staff demonstrating that existing fees often under‑recover plan‑review and inspection costs given current workloads.
Eastside officials (Assistant Chief Will Ajo and Fire Marshal Jeremy Hicks) told the council they…
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