A. Fee Required: All applications for preliminary plat approval must be accompanied by the fee adopted by the city council.
B. Waiver Of Fees: Fees shall be waived as specified below:
1. Public Agency: No fee shall be charged for an application filed by any city, county, district, state, federal government or agency thereof.
2. Renewals: No fee shall be charged for an application to extend a termination date prescribed as a condition of an approval which has been granted and which has not expired; provided, that no substantial change in plans or other condition of approval is proposed.
3. Amendment Of Approved Subdivision: No per lot fee shall be charged for an application to modify or amend an approved preliminary plat so long as the subdivider has previously paid the currently required per lot application fee and the fee has not been expended for its intended purpose. If the amount of the required per lot fee increases in the interim between the date that the developer pays the fee and the date that the developer submits an application to modify or amend the approved subdivision, the developer shall pay the difference between the amount previously paid and the current per lot fee unless the fee has been expended for its intended purpose, in which case the developer will pay the full per lot fee.
4. Reapplication: The planning director may, in his or her discretion, waive all or part of an application fee for an application that was submitted and denied without prejudice within the previous year.
C. Refunds: The planning director may refund an application fee in whole upon a determination that the application was erroneously required or filed. (Ord. 3485, 2014)