The Board of Commissioners has approved an update of Catoosa County’s development fees.
County employees and commissioners cited fairness, an effort to bring their fees into line with nearby areas and attracting more businesses for the decision. The new rates went into effect immediately, according to Dan Wright, county manager.
“What we have proposed will bring us in line with what those surrounding areas are doing,” James Davis, Catoosa County’s planning and zoning director, said before the commission’s unanimous vote last week to approve the fee change.
During discussion of the fee schedule, Wright said that under the old fee schedule, there was no difference between commercial development and residential development, and the higher fee schedule wasn’t fair to multimillion dollar projects.
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