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Council adopts streamlined planning fees with targeted exceptions, approves lease for historic Brumbaugh building
Summary
Council adopted a revised planning-fee schedule after amendments that exempt certain per-lot fees and annexation comp fees from a 7.5% administrative surcharge and set the property line adjustment base fee at $1,378; council also authorized a one-year lease at $3,000/month for 325 N. Brooklyn Street to maintain the woodworking tenants and recoup unpaid rent.
The City Council voted to adopt a simplified schedule of planning-application fees with specific amendments and separately authorized a one-year lease for the city-owned Brumbaugh building at 325 North Brooklyn Street.
Planning Manager Mark Rest told the council the fee study (done with Portland State University) moves many application types toward either actual cost-of-service (for items that go to public hearing) or simplified flat fees where processing time does not reliably scale with project size. Rest said the goal is clearer, more consistent fees and higher cost recovery for planning services. "We're moving towards a 100% cost recovery model and trying to really simplify the development fees," he said.
Councilors objected to several draft…
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