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Danbury ad hoc committee unanimously recommends raising building permit fees, adds inspection/research charge for unpermitted work
Summary
An ad hoc Danbury committee voted unanimously to recommend city council adopt amendments to the city's building permit fee schedule, including a new inspection/research fee to cover investigations of unpermitted work; members discussed budget shortfalls, benefit costs, and record-digitization needs.
The Danbury ad hoc committee on building permits voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council adopt amendments to the city's building permit fee schedule, including a new inspection and research fee intended to cover investigations of unpermitted work.
Chair Peter Zayed said the committee's second meeting reviewed follow-up materials from the building department that clarified proposed fee changes, examples of permit fee revenues and allocations, and an overview of the department's budget. The committee voted to forward the ordinance amendment to council for consideration.
The building official, James Shollery, described the new charge as aimed at covering "any type of additional investigation, due to permits that did not get issued…
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