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Council presses staff for cost analysis after contested changes to construction and stormwater fees
Summary
Councilors questioned a draft fee schedule that appears to lower some addition fees while increasing new-home fees; they requested a cost analysis tying permit and stormwater fees to administrative and consultant costs before adopting the schedule and discussed raising tree-removal fees and clarifying emergency removal rules.
Council members spent substantial time examining the draft construction fee schedule after one councilor highlighted that fee arithmetic appeared to reduce fees for some building additions while increasing new-home charges.
A member said the revised schedule showed a 1,000-square-foot addition being charged less than before and argued larger projects impose greater review burdens that justify higher fees. Staff explained the changes were drafted to…
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