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Bulverde council adopts higher planning and development fees after staff finds current charges lag costs
Summary
Bulverde City Council adopted revised planning and development fees, citing roughly 31% inflation since 2019 and evidence that the city was subsidizing work such as drainage reviews that can cost about $5,000–$7,000 while fees collected were roughly $2,500.
Bulverde City Council voted to update the city’s planning and development fee schedule after staff said the current charges no longer cover the municipal cost of reviews and inspections.
The council adopted the ordinance amending chapter 16 to raise and clarify fees after a staff presentation that found the last comprehensive fee update was in 2019 and that cumulative inflation since then is about 31 percent. A staff member said the city has been subsidizing development work, citing drainage reviews as a concrete…
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