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Garden City adds $100 compliance inspection fee to building permit schedule

Garden City City Council · January 27, 2026
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Summary

Council approved an amendment to the city's fee schedule adding a $100 fee for additional compliance inspections to help recoup inspector time and document repeated site visits; staff said the city cannot halt work absent a true safety violation and will withhold certificates of occupancy until fees are paid.

The Garden City City Council voted unanimously to add an additional compliance inspection fee to the municipal fee schedule to cover staff time responding to complaints or following up on long‑open building permits.

Community Development Director Matt Miller told the council the proposed fee — $100 per additional compliance inspection — will fund…

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