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Council adopts 2025 fee schedule, adds cannabis license fee referencing state statute
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 2024‑22 adopting the 2025 fee schedule, which includes revised permit fees, new fence‑permit language, and a new cannabis license fee that references Minnesota statute; council also authorized publication of the ordinance.
The City Council approved Ordinance 2024‑22 on a voice vote to adopt the 2025 City of Lake Elmo fee schedule and then authorized publication of the ordinance by title and summary (Resolution 2024‑135).
Staff summarized fee changes: split fees for single‑family basement finish permits based on size, added flat fees for certain residential window and door permits, clarified retaining‑wall fees with a separate commercial retaining‑wall fee tied to valuation and plan review, added a fence permit requirement tied to swimming‑pool rules, and increased public‑works labor charges to reflect updated costs. Staff also added a new fee for a cannabis license and explicitly referenced the applicable Minnesota statute that governs local licensing.
Council approved the ordinance and the subsequent resolution to publish it by title and summary by voice vote. There was no extended debate recorded in the transcript on this item.
What happens next: Staff will publish the ordinance according to the adopted resolution and implement the updated fee schedule for 2025.
