(A) (1) The City Council establishes the following schedule of fees for the various permits and procedures listed in this chapter.
(2) The fees are intended to defray the administrative costs connected with the processing/conducting of such permits or procedures; the fees do not constitute a tax or other revenue- raising device.
(B) All such fees shall be paid in advance by the applicant to the City Clerk as follows:
(1) (a) Zoning occupancy fees:
Accessory building | $10 per building or $0.04 per square foot (whichever is greater) |
Commercial or business structure | $100 or $0.04 per square foot (whichever is greater) |
Industrial structure | $150 or $0.04 per square foot (whichever is greater) |
Miscellaneous permit (i.e., parking lot, deck, driveway and the like) | $0.01 per square foot ($5 minimum) ($25 maximum) |
Mobile home park permit | $500 or $25 per pad (whichever is greater, plus engineering costs, if any) |
Mobile home unit and manufactured housing unit | $25 or $0.04 per square foot (whichever is greater) |
Multi-family residence | $25 per unit or $0.04 per square foot (whichever is greater) |
Plan development | $500 or $0.04 per square foot (whichever is greater) |
Single-family residence | $25 or $0.04 per square foot (whichever is greater) |
Sign permit | $5 or $.05 per square foot (whichever is greater) |
Structural additions | $10 or $0.04 per square foot (whichever is greater) |
(b) All fees for the above projects that are started prior to obtaining the zoning occupancy permit and/or paying the fees shall be doubled.
(2) Zoning Board of Appeals and Plan Commission fees:
Amendments | $25, plus mailing and publication costs |
Interpretation of code (appeal) | $25, plus mailing and publication costs |
Special use permit | $25, plus mailing and publication costs |
Variance permit | $25, plus mailing and publication costs |
(Prior Code, § 40-9-7)