(A) The following table is the fee schedule for town engineering services, which town staff must collect unless otherwise directed in this section.
Engineering - Right-of-Way Access and Encroachment | Fee | |
Engineering - Right-of-Way Access and Encroachment | Fee | |
ROW access - driveway access (including on-street parking) | Per app. | $265 |
ROW access - roadway access (multiple parcels accessing right-of-way via non-town owned roadway) | Per app. | $265 |
ROW access - complex roadway access (when multiple roads, easements, or ownerships access a town road) | Per app. | Actual cost of professional services and materials |
ROW access - special events (road use or closure) | Per app. | $164 |
ROW encroachment - landscaping (including fences) | Per app. | $265 |
ROW encroachment - mailbox | Per app. | $10 |
ROW encroachment - driveway | Per app. | $265 |
ROW encroachment - utilities (pulling wire, utility conduit, stringing poles) | Per app. | $265 |
ROW encroachment - renewal (required for construction after permit expiration) | Per app. | $164 |
Penalty (for work performed without a permit; includes issuance of the proper permit) | Per app. | Double base fee |
(B) Reduced fees.
(1) The above fees shall be waived when the applicant is the town, the County of Yavapai, the State of Arizona, or the United States Government, or their dependents, agencies and divisions. This exception shall not apply to a non-governmental lessee of governmentally-owned land. Other governmental discounts may be negotiated through intergovernmental agreements.
(2) Fees may be waived by the Town Council, the Town Hearing Officer, or Board of Adjustment to avoid undue hardship.
(3) If requested in writing, the Town Manager may discount the engineering fees by up to 50% in cases where the following is proven:
(a) The fee payer (and family, if resident with fee payer) is earning less than 200% of the federal poverty guideline and is required to obtain town services by lawful authority (e.g., the town, another level of government, or by court order); or
(b) The fee payer is permanently disabled.
(4) If requested in writing, the Town Manager may discount the ROW Access - Special Events fee by up to 100% in cases where the following is proven:
(a) The event is open to the public;
(b) The event is provided with no admittance fee; and
(c) The primary purpose of the event is recreation or entertainment.
(5) If requested in writing, the Town Manager may discount the ROW Encroachment - Driveway fee by up to 100% in cases where the following is proven:
(a) An existing ROW access-driveway permit exists for the driveway, whether issued by the county or the town; and
(b) All conditions of the ROW access-driveway permit have been satisfied and maintained.
(E) The Town Manager is responsible to interpret and apply the foregoing fees in light of the Report for User Fee Study dated March 2010 (on file with the Town Clerk). A fee payer may appeal the Town Manager's decision to the Town Hearing Officer, but must do so within 30 days of the Town Manager's written decision.
(Ord. 10-68, passed 4-20-2010)