Broadwater County Updates Subdivision Fee Schedule
 | Author:
Linda Kent, MT43 News Staff Reporter
MT43 News Correspondent |
Broadwater County Updates Subdivision Fee Schedule
Linda Kent
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Broadwater County’s Board of Commissioners approved several updates to the county’s subdivision fee schedule at their regular meeting Feb. 5. Changes from the document originally proposed Jan. 15 include clarification about when fees may be applied as well as minor edits.
The primary change to the proposed document was a statement that fees would be assessed as applicable to each project, Commission Chairwoman Lindsey Richtmyer said.
“The entire schedule of fees is as applicable, so to add that statement does no harm,” County Development Director Nicole Brown said. “I also wanted to be very clear that any time a potential subdivider comes into my office, we sit down and look through these fees. As you imagine the very initial conversation and usually the first, if not second, question is ‘What is this going to cost me?’”
Among the new fees approved are a $1,500 application fee for subsequent minor subdivisions, a $250 fee for amending applications prior to review, $550 fees for amendments following commission review or prior to planning board review, a minimum $4,000 fee for hydrological analysis by an independent engineering firm, as well as a pass-along of any fees for other types of engineering review by an independent firm.
The fee schedule does not reflect material changes to the county’s subdivision process. Commissioners passed the changes unanimously.
