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Board adopts updated planning and building fees to move HCD toward cost recovery
Summary
Following a Matrix Consulting fee study, the board approved revisions to Monterey County planning and building fee schedules intended to align permit fees with staff time and costs while preserving reduced fees for selected public‑benefit items; staff estimated the changes would bring HCD to about 88% cost recovery.
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a comprehensive update to land‑use and building fees on Feb. 3 after a presentation from Housing & Community Development (HCD) staff and a contracted fee study.
HCD reported that current fees under‑recover department costs by roughly $2.5 million — about $1.7 million in building services and $0.83 million in planning — under the FY25 baseline. The study recommended reorganizing Article 9 (land use) and…
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