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Show Btfl. building fees up BOUNTIFUL - Building fees for construction in Bountiful will be increased to coincide with the State -Building Fee code, the City Council decided last Wednesday night , Bountiful's building fees have been 85 percent of the State Building Build-ing Fee code for the past few years but need to be increased if the city is to reach a "break even"point, ... . ' City Engineer Jack Balling told the council He said the city must take in about $150,000 to cover costs and last year the building fee in-come in-come was'only about $132,000. The council agreed to give builders buil-ders a "grace period" until Feb. 1 - to remain under the'eurrent building fee schedule. , The revised ordinance will also include amendments to the building code to enable the city to coincide : with the State Building Code which is revised and updated periodically, |