GULF STREAM — The town set out a new schedule of building permit application fees designed to ensure that Gulf Stream’s costs are covered.
“It’s not a mechanism to generate more revenue,” said Town Clerk Rita Taylor, “but to cover our costs.”
The new sliding schedule for application fees is in increments of $5,000, $50,000 and $500,000 of construction value and starts at a minimum of $85 for construction valued at up to $4,999. A sampling of fees within the schedule: $750 for value of construction of $100,000 to $149,999; $3,000 for value of $1 million to $1.5 million; and $7,500 for $5 million plus. Other fees covered in the resolution include demolition and lift station applications.
Fees cover time spent by Gulf Stream staff processing and reviewing applications, monitoring construction and conducting inspections, among other things, according to the resolution passed at Gulf Stream’s June meeting.
— Margie Plunkett
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