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Council reviews planning, zoning and permit fee updates; debates demolition threshold
Summary
Council reviewed proposed amendments to planning & zoning fee language, debated whether to require demolition permits for structures under 1,000 sq ft, and agreed to update fee schedules and building-permit language as recommended by the plan commission.
Council and staff discussed proposed amendments to the town’s planning and zoning fee schedule and building-permit thresholds. A staff member explained fees are not explicitly articulated in the ordinance and asked the council for a general motion to adopt the plan commission’s updated fee schedule from its Dec. 11 meeting.
Council members debated how the ordinance should reference fees and whether the new schedule should be retroactive to a recent Riverview application. Members also discussed demolition thresholds and whether demolition of structures under 1,000 square feet should require a permit; one council member suggested treating demolitions under 1,000 sq ft as exempt while others said demolition language belongs in the demolition section. Council moved to amend permit language accordingly and approved the update.
The council asked staff to codify fee language, confirm retroactivity where appropriate and bring clarified permit language back for formalization.
