Fire mitigation fee rates increased

The fire mitigation fee rates paid by developers to fund the cost of fire department facilities serving the new development will increase for fiscal year 2018-2019.

The fee for nonagricultural construction will increase from 56 cents to 58 cents per square foot, and the fee for agricultural buildings without sprinklers was changed from 15 cents to 16 cents per square foot. The fee for agricultural buildings with fire sprinkler systems remains at two cents per square foot, and the fee for poultry and greenhouse buildings is still one cent per square foot.

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