In the event additional review by the city and its consultants is anticipated and/or needed during zoning application review and the city incurs professional fees such as administrative, legal, engineering, planning, or any other cost, including but not limited to postage and publication expenses, the applicants shall reimburse the city for those fees. The city may require a cash escrow, irrevocable letter of credit, or other financial instruments which provides equivalent assurance to the city and which are approved by the Zoning Administrator according to § 202.01(C) (Purpose and Procedure) of this title for these costs prior to the final action on the zoning application review. Such cash escrow, irrevocable letter of credit, or other financial instruments shall be in the form approved by the city or its representative according to § 202.01(C) (Purpose and Procedure) of this title. If the applicant fails to reimburse the city for costs associated with the zoning application review, the city shall have the authority to use the provisions of the M.S. Chapter 429, as amended, supplemented, or replaced from time to time, to assess those costs against any property associated with the zoning application request, and any such assessment shall, at the time at which taxes are certified to the County Auditor, be certified for collection in the manner that other special assessments are so certified.
(Ord. 2011-06-07A, passed 6-7-2011)