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Commissioners delay decision on covering $2,104 land‑use fee for proposed Gales shelter project
Summary
After staff said the Gales' land‑use application cost $27,104—$2,104 more than an earlier CRO grant estimate—community development staff recommended against a fee waiver under existing policy; the CRO chair said CRO funds are fully allocated and will consider the request at its April 27 meeting, and the board agreed to reschedule consideration after CRO action.
Eric Cropp, deputy county administrator, told the board that the Gales submitted a land‑use application with an actual fee of $27,104—about $2,104 higher than the $25,000 estimate in an earlier grant agreement. Peter Gutowski, community development director, said the county’s fee‑waiver policy applies only in narrow circumstances (indigent applicants or nonprofits unaware of applicable code requirements) and that a zone change out of Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) is a complex land‑use action that typically does…
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