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Norfolk Planning Board adopts updated subdivision and site‑plan fee schedule
Summary
After reviewing a new fee schedule that factors staff hourly rates and a 20% fringe rate, the Planning Board voted to adopt amended rules and regulations and to raise the professional review deposit; the board approved the changes by voice vote.
The Norfolk Planning Board voted Tuesday to adopt updates to the town’s rules and regulations for subdivision of land and site‑plan approval, approving a revised fee schedule that the planning staff said better reflects staff time and the town’s use of third‑party peer review.
Planning staff explained the methodology behind the changes, saying the calculations used position hourly rates plus a 20% fringe component to estimate true staff costs. A staff member said the intent is to ensure fees “capture what we’re doing” and to avoid losing money on complex filings; the proposed changes include raising the professional review deposit and adjusting several application fees to be consistent with neighboring communities.
Board members reviewed a side‑by‑side comparison table of old and proposed fees, discussed whether the codified words or the table should be treated as authoritative, and confirmed that professional review deposits (used to pay third‑party reviewers) would be collected at intake with any balance reconciled later.
After discussion the board closed the public hearing on the fee changes and voted to adopt the revisions as discussed. Members noted minor editorial edits (including renumbering) would be corrected in a final clean version circulated to the board.
