Clinton eyes fees change
Building, construction charges not changed since 1993
The city of Clinton may soon be adopting a new schedule for building and construction fees.
At its meeting Monday evening, the Clinton Regional Planning Commission approved and recommended to the City Council a proposed ordinance with the new fee schedule.
According to Clinton building official John Householder, the new fees are long overdue since some fees have not been changed since 1993.
Matt Widner, who works with Householder, developed the proposed fee schedule. Widner said the purpose is to make the fees more standardized for residential units. He also recalculated commercial fees.
He said comparisons were made to fees in similar-sized cities in the area, and the proposed fee schedule was literally in the middle of the other cities’ fees.
The new fee schedule spells out charges for such things as building plan reviews, building permits, and re-inspections.
There is also a fee for relocating or moving a house into the city.
The measure passed 6-0, with one abstention. David Crowley abstained because he said he did not know enough about the proposed fee schedule to vote on it.
In other action:
• Josh Sterling was granted final plat approval with two contingencies for the property at 311 and 313 Potter Road.
• Bob Gillam was granted final plat approval with contingencies for property at 110 East Center Stage Business Park
• The same panel, sitting as the zoning and appeals board, granted a special exception to Joe Menegus, 619 Blockhouse Valley Road, to have chickens on his lot.
• Mary Nolte of 410 Park Ave. was granted a variance to put a carport on a concrete slab in front of her house.
Carports are prohibited from the front of houses in that neighborhood, but Nolte was grandfathered in because the concrete slab appeared to have been part of a carport or garage at one time.