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Planning & Zoning fee overhaul approved by committee after 24 years with modest revenue projection
Summary
Committee members approved a revised Planning & Zoning fee schedule that raises many application fees (for example, a new single‑family zoning permit from $25 to $100); staff estimated a roughly $11,000 annual revenue increase from the change.
Director Marks presented a comprehensive update to the Planning & Zoning fee schedule, noting the existing schedule dated to 2001. He said fees were reorganized to reflect the department’s current administrative practices and to better recover staff time and notification costs.
Examples cited by staff: the zoning permit fee for a new single‑family house would rise from $25 to $100; applications to modify the zoning code or map would increase from $100 to $300. Marks told the committee he benchmarked fees against comparable Connecticut communities and applied the new schedule to recent applications; the modeled annual revenue increase was about $11,000.
Committee members asked about comparable towns used for benchmarking and the treatment of stormwater/wetland review fees; Marks said the stormwater review charge would be integrated into site‑plan review for nonresidential projects. The committee approved the ordinance and will route the change through the remaining commissions and council schedule (Planning & Zoning review in July).
