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Staff recommends updates to planning and zoning fees; council asked for cost‑recovery analysis

Bonita Springs City Council · February 5, 2026
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Summary

Planning staff presented a comparative review of planning and zoning fees, recommended adding fees for processes not currently charged and adjusting some fees downward, and warned the council Senate Bill 208 and other statutory changes may affect future fee structure and refund obligations.

Jacqueline Gibson presented a review of the city’s planning and zoning fee schedule, noting the last update was in 2021 and that several code changes and new review processes are now unpriced or ambiguously priced. She compared Bonita Springs’ fees with neighboring jurisdictions and identified categories where the city may add fees (for floodplain‑variance public hearings, some…

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