The city of Issaquah is raising its land use and engineering permit fees to fully recover costs to review permits.

The city will create a citywide fee schedule, rather than use a variety of fee schedules, including time and materials billing. It also will offer customers more flat rates and less itemized fees, be more consistent with fees charged in neighboring cities and update fees that have not been significantly evaluated or increased since 2006.

Issued permits with fees already paid will not change nor will building permit fees.

Under the new fee structure, applicants will not pay full-cost recovery for small business exterior improvements, homeowner’s construction and home businesses, early collaboration steps in the permit process, code flexibility, appeals, or for affordable housing.

To see all of the changes in fee structure visit issaquahwa.gov/feeupdate.