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Columbus building department seeks fee increases, raises taxi‑meter rate
Summary
Building & Zoning Services proposed a targeted fee-schedule overhaul to increase revenue about 20%—raising the permit cap from $100,000 to $500,000 and adjusting the square‑foot multiplier—while the city also moved to raise taxicab meter steps modestly after a decade without change.
City Council’s Housing, Homelessness and Building Committee heard a presentation from the Department of Building and Zoning Services on proposed updates to the department’s fee schedule that would raise revenue by roughly 20 percent and change how large projects are charged.
Deputy Director Tony Salabresi said the department is self‑funded through permit and zoning fees and that recent volatility in construction and smaller average project sizes have left the current fee structure unsustainable. “We are gonna need to increase fees on select areas throughout the fee schedule,” Salabresi said.
Assistant Director Festus Manley Spain outlined the…
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