A. Generally. The fees to be paid for each zoning application shall be as prescribed in the chart in subsection C below. They are reviewed annually by the City Council. Fees shall be payable at the time applications are filed with the Community Development Director and are not refundable unless application is withdrawn prior to legal publication and notice. There shall be no fee in the case of applications filed in the public interest by City Council or by the Planning Commission. Fees shall include application fees, filing fees, consultant, legal, planning and engineering fees and/or escrow fees.
B. Escrow payment. Applicants shall be required to pay a cash escrow fee as required by the Fee Schedule in this Chapter. The escrow fee shall be used to pay any outside expenses and fees incurred by the City, including, but not limited to consultants, attorneys, planning and engineering fees or other expenses due to the application. If, at any time, the balance in the cash escrow account is depleted to less than ten percent (10%) of the originally required cash escrow amount, the applicant shall deposit additional funds in the cash escrow account as determined by the Community Development Director. All expenses and fees in excess of the escrow deposit, shall be paid by the applicant to the City within thirty (30) days of final action on the matter by the City. If not paid within thirty (30) days, the account shall be deemed delinquent. Any balance remaining in the cash escrow account upon completion of the process shall be returned to the applicant after all expenses and fees thereto have been deducted, following final action by the City in the matter.
C. Fee Schedule:
Item | Fee |
Item | Fee |
Agricultural Preservation Documentation Processing | $100.00 |
Business Subsidy Application | $10,000.00 Escrow |
Comprehensive Plan | $50.00 per Paper Copy / $10 Digital Format |
Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Map or Text | $620.00 + $55.00 GIS Fee + $2,500.00 Escrow |
Concept Plan Review | $1,030.00 plus $20.00 per Acre; $1,000.00 Escrow |
Conditional Use Permit, Commercial | $515.00 plus $5,000.00 Escrow |
Conditional Use Permit, Interim | $515.00 Annually |
Conditional Use Permit, Residential | $515.00 plus $1,000.00 Escrow |
Administrative Use Permit, Commercial | $515.00 plus $5,000.00 Escrow |
Administrative Use Permit, Residential | $515.00 plus $1,000.00 Escrow |
Sketch Plan Review | $155.00 plus $500.00 Escrow |
Business Park AUAR | $111.00 per Acre |
East Ravine AUAR Charge | $120.00 per Acre |
Environmental Assessment Worksheet | $620.00 plus Actual Costs |
Financial Guarantee, Escrow for Subdivision Improvements | Public Improvements - 125% of Estimated Cost. Boulevard, Landscaping Improvements - 150% of Estimated Cost. |
Historic Preservation Delisting | $515.00 |
Historic Preservation Designation | $515.00 |
Lot Grading and Corner Lot Pin Compliance Escrow | $1,000.00 per Lot |
Metropolitan Council SAC Charge | $2,485.00 per Unit for Applicable 2023 Permits |
Mining, Annual Inspection and Review | $2,060.00 |
Mining, Permit Removal per Occurrence | Under 100,000 tons $250.00. Over 100,000 tons $500.00 |
Natural Resources Inventory | $70.00 per Paper Copy |
Park Land Dedication, Commercial | Estimated $7,800.00 Per Acre or 4% of the Fair Market Value, based on individualized determination. |
Park Land Dedication, Industrial | Based on individualized determination. |
Park Land Dedication, Residential | Estimated $4,400.00 Per Unit or 10% of the Fair Market Value, based on individualized determination. |
Plat, Final | $310.00 + $100.00/acre + $5,000.00 Escrow |
Plat, Preliminary | $515.00 + $50.00 per Lot/Unit + $5,000.00 Escrow |
Public ROW and Easement Vacations | $310.00 |
Re-addressing | $100.00 |
Signs, Illegal, Return of | $10.00 per Sign |
Site Plan | $415.00 plus $5,000.00 Escrow |
Sketch Plan Review | $155.00 plus $500.00 Escrow |
Street Lighting - New Developments | $2.83/Lot/Month for 24 Months |
Street Renaming | $200.00 plus sign material and labor for installation |
Subdivision, Minor | $310.00 plus $2,000 Escrow |
Tree Mitigation | See Title 11-3-13 |
Variance, Post-Construction | $875.00 |
Variance, Pre-Construction | $255.00 |
Zoning Amendment, Text or Map | $615.00 plus $2,000.00 Escrow |
Zoning Appeal | $260.00 |
Zoning Letter | $75.00 |
Zoning Ordinance | $30.00 per Paper Copy / $10 Digital Format |
City Maps, Urban or Rural | $5.00 Each |