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Council adopts updates to building and planning fee schedule; no change to local residential fees
Summary
Council approved ordinance 2025 G04 to update building and planning fees to reflect higher department costs for public-notification mailings and new development implementation; staff said local residential fees will not change and second reading carried 6–1.
Staff told the council that the building and planning fee schedule had last been amended in 2019 and that current updates are intended to make Clarksville comparable with neighboring communities and to cover increased department costs (for example, certified mail and delivery with signature for public notices). Staff said the planning department had changed public-notification responsibilities in 2023, resulting in higher administrative costs that the revised fees would offset.
Staff emphasized that no changes to local residential fees are being made. The ordinance had previously passed a first reading and the council completed a second reading at the May 20 meeting; the council recorded a 6–1 vote in favor.
