Show Builders A Agitated Some builders are dissatisfied dissatisfied fied with Bountiful's building permit costs city Engineer Jack Balling told the city council recently THE TILE COST of the permit is what they object to he continued Building permit was bout about one half of the Uniform Building Building Building Buil Buil- ding Code a couple of oC years ago and lower than most communities and the county SO THE city council decided decided decided de de- de- de the fees should be those in the code But to soften the jump the council decided the increase would take place in four equal increases the engineer engineer engineer en en- said Another raise took place in January THIS IS the first increase in about ten years And to tomake tomake tomake make the matter worse The Uniform Building Code is going to raise again he said It isn't just the fee that builders feel said Councilman Rod Shumway There are other costs besides the continually continually continually con con- increasing cost of oC building supplies We have costs for storm sewers streets etc that all add up MR BALLING noted there had not been an increase in storm sewer rates but it is isnow isnow isnow now being divided between the and the builder where the had paid the entire ost in the past The coup count il H l agreed that if if builders want to discuss the matter further it will be glad to listen |