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The $7.5 million officials expect to raisew through fee hikes is much smalleer than the cuts the county for instance, merit raises and length-of-service raises were eliminatedf for the next fiscal saving $19.1 million. If the board of supervisords approves thecounty executive’s proposal, site fees will cost 39 percentt more, building permit fees will cost 27 percentr more, new residential permits will increase by 50 percent, an infillp grading plan, which only applies to residentiak lots, will double in cost. The changes would take effecftJuly 1, at the beginninv of fiscal year 2009.
James Patteson,, directore of land development services, said the department’s revenue from permits and fees has droppecalmost $4.5 million as building has slowed in the last two The department has shrunk by 55 positions — 35 through attrition. The other 20 workers were reassigneds to other county divisions that needed engineers and Sites and building permit fees last went up in fisca lyear 2006. Patteson made an estimate of how much revenus would grow because of the but said activity has dropped so much in the last four he had torevise it, dropping $500,000p from the projection.
Zoning fees will go up even more with the costof variances, special special exceptions and rezonings going up 55 percent. An appeal to the administrator would morethan quadruple, from $375 to An interpretation of approved now free, would cost $500. When applicants ask for a deferralp of apublic hearing, it would cost $130 if the hearingt were in front of the Board of Zoning and $1,000 if it were in fronrt of the planning commission or board of Zoning fees last went up in 2006. Both proposals will have publicv hearings, on March 12 and March 30.