Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005 | ||
Bad Links? | Fees going up in FayettevilleBy BEN NELMS The Fayetteville City Council voted unanimously Aug. 4 to increase a number of development fees. The majority of changes to the fee schedule involved hikes designed to help offset the volume of staff time and other related expenses. The fee schedule changed for many areas included in the zoning actions categories. Annexation fees showed the greatest increase, with the new fee placed at $1,000 compared to the former $300 cost. Rezoning fees, formerly priced at $600 plus $25 per acre, were adjusted to $750 with no per-acre additional cost. All legal fees associated with these zoning actions and development agreements will be the responsibility of the applicant along with the required application fees. Other zoning action fees, including special exception fees and commercial variance fees, were increased. Both were raised to $400 from their previous listing at $250. The residential variance fee is $250. Three of five components of the plan review category saw changes. The preliminary plat and engineering plan fee, put formerly at $500 plus $10 per lot, was changed to $325 plus $15 per lot. The new development plan fee was established at $400 compared to the old fee of $300 plus $25 per lot. The fee for elevations increased from $150 to $200. The final plat fee remains at $250 while the highway corridor review fee held steady at $100. Only one item in the signs category was changed. The cost of a sign permit rose from $25 to the new cost of $50. Costs remaining unchanged included the sign variance fee at $100, special events sign (banner) at $15, temporary ground sign at $15 and the sign ordinance fee at $4. Relating to residential building permits, council members increased the fee from 10-cents to a new cost of 25-cents per square-foot of heated space of proposed residential construction with a minimum fee of $50. Also included is an impact fee of $1,671.03 per residence. Building permit fees for commercial building projects were not affected. |
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