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Beaumont council adopts update to development fee schedule to better recover review costs
Summary
The Beaumont City Council on April 21 adopted a resolution to amend the city's comprehensive development-related fee schedule to better align charges with a 2023 user-fee study, aiming for roughly 93% cost recovery of development review without shifting costs to general taxpayers.
The Beaumont City Council on April 21 adopted a resolution updating the city's comprehensive development-related fee schedule, a step staff says will align charges with the city's 2023 user-fee study and improve recovery of staff time spent on private development reviews.
Stephen Jones, community development director, told the council the updates follow recent ordinance changes to building, fire, subdivision and zoning codes and move the city toward a deposit-based model that captures more of the actual staff time involved in project review. Jones said the city currently recovers…
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