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Selectmen Approve Commercial Construction Fee, Including Multi-Family Housing; Expected to Raise $128K a Year

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The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday morning approved a set of fee increases for the town Fire Marshal’s Office, including a fee expected to raise $128,080 a year for plan reviews of commercial construction projects and housing projects of of three or more units. The fee of $5 per $1,000 of construction value would not apply to single homes or duplex buildings (of two homes). That and other fee increases will go into effect July 1, and the commercial projects fee would raise the vast amount of new revenues from the Fire Marshal’s Office, which is expected to total $135,580 in the next fiscal year. A construction business or developer could pass on to eventual owners. If a condominium apartment cost $1,000,000 to construct, the $5-per-$1,000 fee would amount to $5,000 in added costs.