Vancouver seeks steep permitting fee increases

City of Vancouver staff want to significantly hike the fees they charge for rezoning, development and building permits.
The increases would range from 12 per cent to a whopping 55 per cent starting Jan. 1, 2019. The extra $7.9 million the fee hikes would rake in would help recover city costs to process permit applications, according to a staff report headed to council on Tuesday.
“Given the continuing gap between city costs to process applications and the revenues generated by these p