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Council adopts ordinance making developers pay engineering‑review costs
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 2025‑6 (Title 16, Ch. 10) to require applicants/developers to pay engineering review fees and deposits prior to permit or plat approval after upholding the Planning & Zoning recommendation.
Council moved to uphold the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recommendation to require developers to pay engineering review fees and to introduce Ordinance 2025‑6. After a summary reading by City Clerk Linda Aycock, council voted to adopt the ordinance.
Sean and the city’s attorney explained the ordinance’s structure: deposits or bonds would be taken at application and actual engineering costs billed to the applicant; any unused deposit would be refunded. Council discussed concerns raised by P&Z about potential open‑ended expenses to developers; staff said the ordinance is designed to require payment of actual costs incurred and that a later resolution would set standard fee schedules for typical plan‑review items.
The ordinance was adopted by roll call; councilmembers recorded aye votes during the roll call sequence. The new code provisions shift engineering review costs from taxpayers to applicants for subdivision reviews and related development approvals.
