An area source example is a construction permit fee for wood stoves.
But the operating corporation waived the new permit fee for July, making the island suddenly inviting to La Bella Torte and Eddie's Pizza Truck.
The average permit fee for a 7.9-kilowatt system ranges from $0 in some municipalities to as high as $1,100 in others.
One particularly picturesque street, Grove Street, became such a popular backdrop site for films and commercials in the 1990s and early 2000s that the borough instituted a $5,000 permit fee for commercial filming in town.
"You have to pay a permit fee for free speech, and that's wrong," he said.
After several months of public meetings, where topics such as cost, transfer rules and other issues were robustly discussed with officials and mooring holders, the Harbor Commission recommended the council more than halve the city's annual permit fee for offshore moorings from $55.43 per foot of a boat to $25 per foot.
They mayor also signed an emergency order on Monday waiving all Department of Buildings application and permit fees for repair work to buildings damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Those stars were nowhere to be seen, but Mayor Michael Spano was on hand to announce that the Westchester County city had waived its usual permit fees for filming there.
Then there's the latest insult, a proposed 50percentt escalation of building permit fees for properties with landmark designation: 21,000 individual properties in 80 neighborhoods are presently protected by -- and answerable to -- the city's landmarks law.
Other proposals including a border police force, an extension of language lessons, increased work permit fees for businesses, and the reintroduction of exit checks at all ports were also passed.
