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Ellensburg council advances first reading to consolidate, update development review fees
Summary
The council conducted first reading of Ordinance 4,981 to move building permit and land‑use review fees into a single code section and adopt fees by resolution, using a 90% cost‑recovery target and ICC valuation model; council discussed permit scope, window/roof examples and enforcement.
The Ellensburg City Council conducted the first reading of Ordinance 4,981 on March 2, 2026, a staff‑backed measure to consolidate the city’s building permit and land‑use review fees into a new code section that would let council adopt and update the fee schedule by resolution.
Dan Carlson, the city’s Community Development Director, said the change moves permit fees out of Title 3 into a new section referencing a fee resolution and uses the ICC building valuation multiplier model to calculate…
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