County fees to increase July 1
Fairfax County fees are going up on July 1, as part of the 2027 fiscal year budget approved by the Board of Supervisors.
The annual fee for county-provided trash and recycling services (which covers much of Mason District) will increase by $20, from $610 to $630 per household.
That’s on top of a combined 25 percent increase implemented over the previous two years.
Fees for zoning applications and land development services are increasing by 5 percent. That includes most types of inspections and plan reviews.
The base fee for a building permit application is going up from $135 to $141.75.
Certain environmental review applications, such as Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance exception requirements that call for a public hearing and major Water Quality Impact Assessment applications, will experience a 50 percent increase.
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Everythings going up but our salaries
Were you saying this when Biden was in office????? Did you vote for these local “leaders” who continue to mismanage the budget? If so, you got what you voted for. Period.
Clockwork… price increases.
If only the county would use computed metrics… measure the weight and volume of trash, apportion a fee quarterly for that. The house that is an a boarding home filling two 50G trash and recycling every week, should pay accordingly, not the same as a house which produces 1/4 of a can of trash in that same week. For Vehicle taxes, the lame brained folks want to plug in a reader if you want to discount based on mileage. Another stupid idea from a village idiot. Each year, they get an update directly into their system from the vehicle inspection on the mileage driven.
All the zoning and development to increase housing density, but is NEVER accounted for in the VDOT/FCDOT traffic, Va Dept of Ed/FCPS projections, need to be forced to pay their cost towards school, roads, mass transit, etc. The property taxes that are generated by these developments never balance against the cost to the existing community. And we all know that many taxes in the metro areas (NoVA, Richmond, Norfolk) fund the low revenue areas of the state (for Roads, education, and numerous other things).
Make the developers pay for their profits, not the existing residents. Make the users pay for their usage.
We need state and county elected officials to change their ways!
I couldn’t agree more. Thanks for stating the truth!