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Hanover supervisors waive building-permit fees for county and school projects
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The Hanover County Board of Supervisors voted to exempt the county and Hanover County Public Schools from building-permit fees, a change officials say will reduce administrative costs while maintaining accounting transparency by reporting 'equivalent fee' data.
The Hanover County Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 8 to exempt county- and school-owned buildings from paying building-permit fees, a move county officials said will cut administrative processing costs while keeping accounting transparency through equivalent-fee reporting.
Richard Gordon, Hanover County’s chief building official, told the board the department currently collects permit fees to offset inspection and administration costs and that roughly 2% of any collected fee is remitted to the…
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