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Duluth planners propose cutting shoreland permit fee to $100; council presses for safeguards
Summary
City planning staff told the council they dropped a shoreland-permit fee from $500 to $100 to better align charges with review time; councilors asked whether the lower fee could reduce review quality and requested confirmation that substantive requirements remain unchanged.
Duluth planning staff on agenda preview said the city will lower a shoreland permit fee from $500 to $100 as part of the 2026 fee schedule, a change staff describes as "right-sizing" to better match the time required to review routine permits.
Director Van Tassel told the council the department reevaluated planning fees and concluded that many shoreland reviews — for projects ranging from decks to houses — are relatively simple and should not carry the higher…
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