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Alachua County approves roughly 25% increase in building-permit fees
Summary
After a consultant's review and a presentation from growth-management staff, the board voted to raise building-division fees generally by 25% to recover costs the department says have lagged behind inflation and workload.
Alachua County commissioners voted on Oct. 28 to raise building-permit and inspection fees by generally 25 percent, following a consultant's fee study and a presentation from Growth Management Director Jeff Hayes.
Hayes told the board the building division operates as an enterprise fund and has not fully recovered costs from fee revenue since 2010. "We last updated fees ... in 2023, a small update of about 8 percent," he said, and noted broader inflationary…
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