Fee waivers to make rebuilding easier.
The Lane County Board of Commissioners has approved a fee waiver program for Holiday Farm Fire survivors to help people rebuild. There are waivers available for dwellings and commercial permits.
The fee waivers will be available for a five-year period to the original owners of dwellings or commercial properties at the time they were destroyed. The fee waivers are also available to relatives of the original property owners if ownership has been transferred to a relative since the fire.
Fees will be waived for:
building and sanitation permits that may be required to reconstruct or repair lawfully established dwellings or commercial properties that were damaged or destroyed by the Holiday Farm Fire.
the following Type 1 planning applications when they are required to enable the repair or replacement of a damaged or destroyed dwelling:
floodplain verification (office)
floodplain development permit
fill or removal permit
riparian declaration
temporary hardship dwelling
Type 1 legal lot determination
The fee waiver program is retroactive and the cost of qualifying permits will be reimbursed to those who have already paid.
Fee Waivers for Dwellings
Fee waivers will apply to:
primary residences
second homes
temporary medical hardship dwellings
rental properties
Fee Waivers for Commercial Properties
Fee waivers will apply to:
businesses that were lost during the Holiday Farm Fire and that operated on land zoned commercial and/or have received special use permits
Agricultural buildings do not qualify for the waiver.
The commercial waiver program is made possible in part by the Lane County Community & Economic Development Division.