(a) Filing Fees.
(1) Filing fees in the amount fixed as follows shall be paid when the application for a schedule is submitted:
A. Preliminary Plan Fees:
$ 20.00, plus
.50 per lot for the first 50 lots, plus
.40 per lot for lots 51-100, plus
.30 per lot for all lots over 100
B. Final Plat Fees:
$ 10.00, plus
.50 per lot for the first 50 lots, plus
.40 per lot for lots 51-100, plus
.30 per lot for all lots over 100.
C. Variance request: $25.00 minimum
D. Preliminary Plan time extension fee: $10.00
E. Preliminary Plan Resubmittal Fee: Where the approved preliminary plan has not been changed but the approval period has expired, the fee shall be one-half the preliminary plan fee.
(2) The filing fee shall be paid in legal tender or by check or money order made payable to the Council and deposited with the Clerk of Council. No plat shall be considered filed until the above fees have been so deposited.
(Ord. 25-1980. Passed 9-2-80.)
(b) Plan Checking and Field Inspection Fees.
(1) When plans, profiles and specification for public improvements including, but not limited to streets, sidewalks, storm sewers and sanitary sewers, are submitted to the City by a developer, they shall be forwarded to the City Engineer who shall review them and/or forward the plans, profiles, and specifications to the City's consulting engineer for analysis and comment. The City Engineer and/or City's consulting engineer shall bill the City for the examination of plans, profiles and specifications based on the current hourly contract rates the City pays for engineering services. A copy of the bill shall be sent to the developer who shall immediately reimburse the City therefor.
(2) The developer shall also pay directly to the City, the City Engineer and/or City's consulting engineer's fees to defray the costs of inspecting subdivision and public improvements. The charge for field inspection shall be based on the current hourly contract rate the City pays for engineering services. The City shall pay to the City Engineer and/or the City's consulting engineer these costs when billed by the engineer.
(3) Invoices prepared by the City Engineer or the City's consulting engineer for improvement plan review or field inspection shall detail the date the services were performed, the nature of the work, the title of the individual responsible for the work, the hours spent doing the work, the hourly rates and the total charge for the work.
(4) The developer's financial guarantee for installation and completion of a public improvement shall not be released until fees charged by the City Engineer or the City's consulting engineer for the above services are repaid in full to the City.
(5) The City shall take immediate legal action against any developer delinquent in the repayment of the City for its said fees.
(Ord. 16-06. Passed 7-18-06.)