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Fairfield staff to return with major overhaul of building-permit fees after council review
Summary
City staff presented a consultant-led 2026 building-fee study recommending lower hourly and many flat-rate fees for small projects and higher charges for large valuation-based projects; council gave direction to return the proposal for a formal vote on April 7.
Jeff Thomas, Fairfield’s chief building official, presented a consultant-led 2026 building-fee study that would restructure permit charges to more closely match the city’s actual cost of plan review, inspections and code enforcement.
"These permit fees help recover our costs for administration of plan review, inspection, and code enforcement services within the city to ensure a safe built environment," Thomas said, adding that the city’s hourly rates had outpaced actual costs after years of CPI adjustments. He told the council the proposed schedule would lower many hourly fees by roughly 5 to 18 percent while producing a net increase of about 12 to 12.7 percent for new-footprint residential and…
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