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Council adopts resolution setting building permit plan review fee at 65% of permit fee
Summary
Council adopted a resolution to restore language setting the building permit plan review fee at 65% of the applicable building permit fee; Community Development Director Brad Johnson said the calculation had been omitted in a prior consolidation but was already applied in practice.
The City Council on May 28 adopted a resolution to set the building permit plan review fee at 65% of the applicable building permit fee and authorized the mayor to sign the document.
Community Development Director Brad Johnson told the Council that the fee calculation language had been inadvertently omitted during a prior consolidation of the fee schedule but that the 65% rate was already being applied in practice. Councilors Stavig and DeGloria moved to adopt the resolution; the minutes record the motion carried with all in favor.
Councilmember James Stavig asked questions about how the fee is calculated, its relationship to permit costs, and transparency in the review process before the motion was approved. The resolution restores explicit calculation language to the fee schedule; the minutes do not provide the resolution number or additional implementation dates.
According to the meeting record, the adopted change affects the formula used by Community Development to compute the plan review portion of building permit fees going forward. The minutes do not specify an effective date beyond the Council's authorization for the Mayor to sign.
