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County planning department proposes building-fee increases to reach full cost recovery; committee receives study
Summary
A county fee study recommends raising building plan-check and inspection fees (current cost recovery ~64%) and restructuring the fee schedule to improve predictability; the Hewlett Committee received the report and staff will post proposed schedules and bring them to the Board on May 26.
The Planning and Development Department presented a building-fee study recommending adjustments to roughly 60 unique fees in the building section to improve cost recovery and transparency.
Deputy Director Stuart Petrie told the committee that, without changes, the building section would recover about 64% of its costs and recommended fee adjustments and structural modifications so fees better align with service hours and business-process improvements. The department plans to post proposed fee…
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