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Planning commission approves fee changes to collect road‑sign costs up front
Summary
The Louisa County Planning Commission approved amendments to the land development regulation fee schedule to add a road-sign fee for new subdivisions and to collect sign fees up front, intended to help offset sign replacement costs.
The Louisa County Planning Commission voted Jan. 8 to recommend changes to its land development fee schedule that would add a road-sign fee for new subdivisions and require the county to collect those fees up front.
Linda Butler, director of community development, told the commission the amendments "are intended to help offset cost of replacement of road or street signs" and to shift collection of those fees away from the Fire & EMS department, which had handled sign collection after construction.
Butler said the draft changes are in the meeting packet (page 10) and noted that the county currently does not charge for addressing new dwellings at permit time and does not collect fees for new internal subdivision streets until late in the process. The proposed fee schedule would add a road sign fee and collect it at the time of permit or submittal to ensure funds are available for sign replacement.
Commissioner Dickerson asked whether the charge for new road construction was "$100 a mile," and Butler replied the fee would be prorated if a segment is not exactly one mile. "We would prorate it," Butler said.
The chair opened a public hearing on the amendment and, with no public speakers requesting time, the commission moved, seconded and approved the recommendation to adopt the fee schedule change by roll call.
The changes are intended to cover sign-replacement costs and shift administrative burden away from Fire & EMS; staff indicated the specific line items and amounts appear in the packet.
