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Mount Clemens adopts updated Community Development fees, including large increases for some permits
Summary
The City Commission approved a resolution updating Community Development fees effective July 1, 2023, with notable changes including an increase in grass-cut fees for residential properties from $15 to $150 and raising vacant residential registration from $120 to $500; commissioners asked for a plan to update fees more regularly.
The Mount Clemens City Commission on March 20 approved a resolution to update Community Development fees, a package staff said would take effect July 1, 2023. Staff told commissioners the last substantial fee updates were several years ago and that the proposed changes align fees with staff time, public-notification costs and comparable municipalities.
City staff described several prominent changes: the fee for grass and weed cuts over 8 inches for residential properties would increase from $15 to $150; vacant residential-structure registration would increase from $120 to $500; and plan-review fees for construction documents would move from a flat $200 fee to calculation as a percentage of construction value. Staff said these were the first increases in those line items since between 2007 and 2017, depending on the fee.
"The city last updated Community Development fees in 2017. Staff is recommending that the attached resolution be adopted which would update fees for Community Development services effective July 1, 2023," said Mr. Shipman.
Commissioner Dempsey asked why some items that previously had no fee now do and questioned the size of certain jumps. "Is it possible that rather than doing that quantum leap ... we look at this perhaps every two years?" Dempsey asked. Staff replied that language and fee schedules had been updated to reflect current permit types and that the intent was not to wait many years between adjustments.
The commission approved the resolution by roll call. All voting commissioners supported the motion.
