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Council approves first reading of planning fee updates, adds 3‑year review requirement
Summary
Council approved first reading of updates to planning and zoning fees to account for inflation and to pass third-party review costs to applicants; members added an amendment requiring staff to revisit the fee schedule at least every three years.
Staff told council the city’s planning and zoning fees had not been updated since 2012 and proposed fee-table revisions to reflect inflation and to require applicants to cover the actual cost of third-party reviews (for example, paying the billed amount for an engineering or legal review rather than a fixed lower city fee).
The staff presentation said the intent is to ensure taxpayers do not subsidize developer reviews; staff noted the updated table would allow the applicant to bear the billed cost of a Kimberly Horne or other third-party review. Council debated adding language to require a periodic review of the fee schedule; a council member moved to require staff revisit fees every three years and the amendment was adopted. The council then approved the first reading.
