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Eagle Pass adopts cost-based subdivision development fees to align with state guidance
Summary
City council approved an ordinance replacing a valuation-based 3% inspection fee with a cost-based fee schedule (new code section 23-13.2) to align local charges with 2023 state legislation and reduce excessive fees on large projects.
The Eagle Pass City Council approved an ordinance April 7 to revise subdivision development fees, replacing a valuation-based 3% inspection levy with a cost-based fee schedule intended to align local practice with 2023 state guidance.
City staff said the prior 3% valuation approach could produce outsized fees on large public-improvement projects — for example, a past residential development with…
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