(a) Fees. Reasonable fees sufficient to cover the costs of administration, peer review by professionals qualified in fields relevant to development applications, inspection, publication of notice and similar matters will be charged to applicants for all development applications. The Board of Trustees may adopt, amend and update a schedule of fees by resolution. The City Manager may require additional fees when deemed necessary and reasonable based on the nature and character of the review required or where unusual issues are presented which may require additional review.
(b) Pass through accounts. All development applications shall be treated as pass-through accounts whereby the applicant shall be liable for all costs of review incurred by the City. Additional review fees may be requested if the initial amount designated in the Fee Schedule is not sufficient for the cost of application review. Upon request by the applicant, the City shall provide an estimate of the cost for review of a development application. The City Manager may withhold processing and review of a development application where the applicant has not provided sufficient fees to continue or complete the application review. The City shall return the balance of any unused application review fees when the application process is complete.
(c) Payment in-full required. All development applications shall be required to pay the City in full for all costs incurred for the review of a development application. Payment in full to the City of the costs incurred for development application review shall be a condition to each and every development application. The failure to pay the City in full for the costs incurred for development application review within thirty-five (35) days of final approval shall render any such approval null and void. The Board of Trustees may waive this requirement, reduce fees or extend the time period for payment.
(d) Interest on delinquent fees. Development application review fees and charges which are not paid within thirty (30) days of sending an invoice shall be deemed to be past due and shall bear interest at the rate one percent (1%) interest per month.
(e) Lien for delinquent fees. All delinquent development application review fees and charges along with such interest that has accrued thereon shall be subject to a lien on the property which the development application concerned and all such delinquent charges may be certified to the Treasurer of Mineral County, Colorado and may be collected and paid over to the City of Creede by the Treasurer of Mineral County, Colorado in the same manner as taxes are as authorized by C.R.S. §31-20-105.
(f) Agreement for payment of development review expenses incurred by city. City may require the owner/developer to sign an agreement for the payment of development review fees and other expenses incurred by the city as a condition of development within the city, including but not limited to, annexation, subdivision, a change of land use, installation of public improvements and the issuance of building permits.
(Ord. 395 §3, 2016; Ord. 447 § 1, 2023)