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Mill Creek staff propose higher development fees, tighter valuation table and new permit software rollout
Summary
City planning staff proposed raising many development fees (hourly rate to $175, higher plan-review share and standardized over-the-counter fees), said the changes would better align Mill Creek with peer cities and could net roughly $160,000 annually after contractor costs; council will hear the fees Dec. 2 with a planned Jan. 1 software and fee go-live.
Planning staff presented a package of changes to Mill Creek's development-fee schedule that would raise the base hourly rate for permit review and inspection work, change valuation-based permit calculations, and add new charges such as a credit-card processing fee and a 10% administrative surcharge on third-party reviews.
"We are bringing a new permit system online, which presents a great opportunity to fix our processes and our fees and get everything up to date," said Speaker 4, the staff presenter, who said many Mill Creek fees had not been updated since the 1990s. Staff said the proposed base hourly rate would rise to $175 from $100 and plan-review charges would move from 65% to 70% of permit fees.
Why it matters: Staff said the present fee structure leaves the general fund subsidizing work that should be paid for by applicants and that many peer…
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