A. Fees and charges, as well as expenses incurred by the city for engineering, planning, attorney and other services related to the processing of applications, shall be established by this zoning ordinance and collected by the zoning administrator for deposit in the city's accounts. Fees and escrows are established in section 3-1-3 of the city code. The council may establish charges for public hearings, special meetings, or other such council or planning commission actions as are necessary to process applications. Multiple applications shall require the collection of multiple fees and escrows. In the event that city costs in processing a development application exceed the escrow, the applicant shall be responsible for the said costs.
B. Such fees, charges, and estimated expenses (as well as deposit, if so required by the zoning administrator) shall be collected prior to city action on any application. All such applications must be accompanied by a written agreement between the city and the applicant/landowner (when the applicant is not the same person or entity as the landowner, both the landowner and the applicant must sign the agreement) whereby the applicant/landowner agrees to pay all applicable fees, charges, administrative, planning, engineering, and legal expenses associated with the review and processing of the development application, if these expenses exceed the application escrow, and which allows the city to assess the above fees, charges, and expenses against the landowner if such monies are not paid within thirty (30) days after a bill is sent to the applicant/landowner.
C. These fees shall be in addition to sewer access charges, water access charges, building permit fees, inspection fees, subdivision fees, charges, and expenses and other such fees, charges, and expenses currently required by ordinance or which may be established by ordinance in the future.
D. The city will not accept any application from an applicant, property owner, or occupant for a development, permit or license on a parcel of land that has outstanding fees, taxes, assessments, unpaid penalties, or unpaid licenses within the city. The applicant, property owner or occupant shall provide certification to the city that there are no delinquent property taxes, special assessments, interest, fees or penalties due upon the parcel of land to which the application relates to constitute a complete application to allow it to proceed through the city review process. Applicants may appeal to the city council for an exception to this section. Applicants must demonstrate an acceptable reason as to why such delinquent amounts cannot be paid prior to submitting an application. The city council may grant the exception at its discretion, and may impose increased escrow amounts or other requirements as a condition of granting such exception. (Ord. 13-010, 12-2-2013; amd. Ord. 2016-05, 6-20-2016; Ord. 2017-01, 1-3-2017)