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Falmouth conservation staff proposes fee schedule changes; commission accepts recommendations and issues multiple permits
Summary
The Conservation Commission accepted staff recommendations to update bylaw fee categories to align with state categories, raise advertising fees and adjust single‑family home fees; the commission also voted to issue multiple orders of conditions and amended orders during the Aug. 28 meeting.
Falmouth Conservation Commission members on Aug. 28 voted to accept staff recommendations to update the commission’s bylaw fee schedule and then approved a batch of permits and amended orders of conditions.
Staff member Jen said the commission’s fee schedule had not been updated since 2019 and recommended reorganizing categories to match the state fee schedule; she highlighted that advertising costs had risen and recommended raising the advertising fee to reflect the current average (about $20.26 per ad). Jen also proposed moving some activities between categories (for example, reclassifying beach nourishment into a different category) and increasing…
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