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First Reading and Potential Adoption to amend the 2027 Building and Construction Permit Fees of the Village of Oak Park
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Introduction
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This is a first reading and potential adoption of the 2027 Building Construction Permit Fee and Zoning Application Fee Schedule.
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Recommended Action
Adopt the Ordinance.
Prior Board Action
The Board has taken the following prior action(s):
February 24, 2026 the fee schedule was modified.
September 30, 2025 the 2026 version was adopted.
Since 2016, the Village Board has approved the annual fee increase annually.
In April 2015, the Village Board adopted a new streamlined fee schedule.
Background
The annual fee schedule is required to be updated and reviewed each year with the last one being approved in September of 2025 which took effect January 1, 2026. At the time when this was presented there was an outstanding RFP in place for elevator inspections. The resulting agreement with Thompson Elevator doubled the inspection fee charged to the Village. Therefore, the fee scheduled needed to be amended accordingly. The Village Board had also adopted credits for sustainability initiatives that also need to be officially adopted into the fee schedule. These modifications were also added and adopted in February of 2026 update.
In April 2015, the Village Board approved a new fee schedule that streamlined the establishment of permit fees. The permit fee schedule is based on the premise that the fees should reflect the actual cost of providing services to the public. The fees were established utilizing a pro rata share for larger projects and a fixed fee for certain types of smaller permits.
Since that adoption, construction methods and technology continue to evolve and there is a need to adjust fees accordingly. Staff is proposing a 3% permit increase to the existing multipliers used to establish permit fees. In addition, in the past there have only been two categories where a pro...
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