01-18-2006, 12:14 PM
It's a permit surcharge, a local government's way to pay for infrastructure and sevices like road improvement, parks, rubbish collection, etc. Many mainland cities and counties have them now. When I left Medford I believe it was around $5000 for a new house permit. Not to worry yet though, the paper said existing subdivisions MAY be exempted, maybe. We'll find out more in March.