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Larimer County to apply 2.29% annual CPI increase to building and planning fees on July 1, 2026
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Summary
County staff told commissioners the annual cost-of-living adjustment will raise building, planning and development-review fees by 2.29% beginning July 1, 2026; engineering TCEF and some partner-agency fees are handled separately and no board action was required this session.
Larimer County staff told the Board of County Commissioners on April 27 that the county’s annual cost-of-living adjustment will raise development-review and building permit fees by 2.29%, effective July 1, 2026.
Jenny Axmaker, the county’s planning manager, said the county began indexing building-permit fees to the Consumer Price Index in 2022 and extended that process to planning and engineering fees in 2023. “The CPI index increase for this year is 2.29%,” Axmaker said, adding the adjustment will be applied to existing permits and scheduled into the county’s fee schedule for July 1.
Rebecca Everett, community development director who was covering for Leslie Ellis, said the engineering TCEF fees are being updated separately this year and transportation capital expansion fees are not part of the CPI adjustment. Everett also described recent additions to the county’s fee responsibilities, including a wildfire review fee and an agreement to collect certain health-department review fees on the department’s behalf.
Commissioners asked how third-party or referral-agency fees — for example, those set by fire districts or the clerk and recorder — are handled. Staff said those partner agencies typically notify the county and communicate with applicants when their fees change; the county will also publish the July 1 adjustment through its Intergov software, which IT has preprogrammed.
No board action was required at the work session; staff said the annual increase was previously authorized by the board. The fee increase will take effect July 1, 2026.
What’s next: staff will publish updated fee tables and continue coordination with partner agencies and the clerk and recorder’s office about any separate fee changes.
