- November 25, 2024
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The Palm Coast City Council has adopted new and higher application fees for developments.
The Land Development and Site Permitting and Inspection fee schedules were adopted in 2009 and have not been updated since, senior planner Phong Nguyen said. The proposed a 43.4% increase to the existing fees, matching the changes to Consumer Price Index since 2009, he said.
The council approved the increase in a 4-0 vote, with Council member Nick Klufas absent from the April 16 meeting.
As an example, the 43% increase would raise an application for a technical site plan for a commercial building of 10,000 square feet or less from the current fee of $400 to $574.
The changes also included new administrative fees and an added a condition to review and update the rates of every five years.
The council also approved an increase to the city's rental registration fee, which was first instituted in 2004 when there were just 800 rental properties and not updated since. The fee was was increased from $5 to $35.
The council also agreed to expand the neighborhood notice requirement for developers from 300 to 500 feet.
Development applications like comprehensive plan amendments, rezonings and tier 2 and 3 applications — nonresidential projects over 40,000 square feet and residential projects over 41 residential units — are required to send a notice to the neighborhoods within a certain distance of the property's borders and host neighborhood meetings.
The expansion form 300 to 500 feet means more residents will be notified of an impending development in their area.
