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Bee Cave staff outline fee schedule options, including pass-throughs for third-party reviews
Summary
City staff told the Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 3 that current site-development fees do not fully cover review costs and proposed options such as third-party review deposits or escrow prepayments; staff emphasized the goal is cost recovery rather than revenue generation and will return with recommendations.
City planning staff on Feb. 3 told the Bee Cave Planning and Zoning Commission that the city's current site-development fees are not covering the full cost of application review and that staff will evaluate options to better align fees with neighboring jurisdictions and recover third-party review costs.
Planner Sean LaPotta reviewed the history: the Unified Development Code (UDC) was adopted in mid-2022 and the initial matching fee schedule followed in December 2022, with only minor adjustments since. He said for common small sites (0–5 acres) Bee Cave currently charges a flat fee of…
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