(a) The Village shall publish a Building Code Fee Schedule to be established by the Planning Commission subject to the approval of a majority vote of Council. A copy of the Building Code Fee Schedule shall be attached to every Village application form associated with any permits, certificates, hearings and/or administrative functions regulated by Part Thirteen of these Codified Ordinances. The schedule shall also list all bonds that are established by any provision of Part Thirteen of these Codified Ordinances.
(b) All applications for permits, certificates, hearings, or administrative functions associated with projects regulated by Part Thirteen of these Codified Ordinances, known as the Building Code, shall be accompanied by a non-refundable application fee as established pursuant to subpart (a) and be made fee payable to the Village of Boston Heights. No such application for permit, certificate, hearing, or administrative function shall be accepted by the Village of Boston Heights unless accompanied by the payment of such fee. Such fee may be in addition to any other fee or deposit required by the Village, County of Summit or other political subdivision or governmental agency.
(c) The application fees authorized in this section are separate from and in addition to any deposit into or charge against a Professional Fees, Costs and Review Account established under Section 1101.06 of these Codified Ordinances or any fee, deposit or charge as may be required by the County of Summit, the State of Ohio, or any other authorized agent as provided in and pursuant to Sections 1303.01 and 1303.02 of these Codified Ordinances.
(d) All applications for permits, hearings, or other administrative functions associated with projects regulated by Part Thirteen of these Codified Ordinances that require approval from the Village shall be filed with the Village Office Clerk. All such applications shall be time-stamped upon submission. The Village Office Clerk shall be the records keeper and prepare appropriate documents for execution by the Zoning Inspector, or other appropriate Village department. Each application and/or other request shall be designated a docket number. The docket number sequence shall be a four-part designation in the form DD-YYYY-MM-II, comprising:
(1) The particular department (DD): Zoning Inspector (ZI) or as otherwise may be applicable; and,
(2) The calendar year of submission (YYYY); and,
(3) The month (MM) of that calendar year; and,
(4) An index number (II) with the first application in that particular month receiving the number 01, and continuing so on.
(e) The Village may consider and permit in its discretion a refund of any such fee paid hereunder where the Village finds that such application was made for a matter not under its or one of its departments' jurisdiction.
(Ord. 2013-2-4. Passed 4-10-13.)