(a) Council shall establish, by resolution, a schedule of fees, charges and expenses pertaining to these Regulations, which schedule shall be posted in the office of the Clerk of Council. Such schedule may be altered or amended only by a resolution of Council. No action shall be taken on any application or appeal until all applicable fees and charges have been paid in full.
(Ord. 73-09. Passed 3-13-73.)
(b) Pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, the following fees are hereby established:
(1) Fees for filing preliminary and final plats. A schedule of fees to be paid to the City with the filing of preliminary and final plats required by these Regulations is hereby adopted as follows:
A. For preliminary plats, the fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) per acre, computed for each one-tenth of an acre or fraction thereof contained in the area to be subdivided but not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
B. For final plats, the fee shall be two percent of the costs of public improvements required to be installed under the terms of the contract and performance bond executed and posted by the subdivider, less an amount equal to the fee for filing the preliminary plat of the subdivision. Changes of less than ten percent in the cost of improvements after approval of original contracts shall be disregarded in the calculation of fees.
C. In addition to the preliminary and final plat fees specified above, the costs of engineering review by consultants examining the adequacy of plans for public improvements shall be billed to the property owner or such owner's agent before final approval of any subdivision.
(2) Fees for inspection. reinspection and final inspection of public improvements. The schedule of fees to be paid to the City by subdividers for inspection, reinspection and final inspection of public improvements installed, as provided in these Regulations, is hereby adopted as follows:
A. For inspections conducted as provided in Section 1242.09, there shall be no fee.
B. For reinspections of improvements which, upon original inspection, were found to be faulty or incomplete, the fee paid by the subdivider shall be a sum equal to two times the inspectors' regular compensation for the time required for the reinspection but not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00).
C. For final inspections requested by subdividers for release of performance or maintenance bonds, there shall be no fee unless the City Engineer finds that the improvements are not prepared and ready for final inspection, in which case the fee shall be a sum equal to two times the regular compensation for the City employees' time required for inspection above what would have been required had the improvements been prepared and ready for final inspection but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(3) Fees for development reviews. The fee to be paid the City for review of "singleparcel developments," as defined by Section 1240.08(b)(35) and as referenced by Section 1252.03(a) of these Regulations, shall be that calculated by totaling the amounts invoiced by consultants hired to review the specific development proposed, and then multiplying said total amount by 1.1 (110%). This fee shall be paid to the City by the owner or agent of the single parcel being developed before issuance of zoning or other permits for development and before development commences. The City may ask for a deposit toward said fee, the deposit not to exceed the fee given for a zoning permit under Section 1268.10(b)(1) of the Zoning Code.
(4) Fees for appeals. A schedule of fees to be paid to the City with the filing of appeals relative to administrative errors and to variances from these Regulations is hereby adopted as follows:
A. Every person filing a notice of appeal with the Board of Appeals pursuant to Section 1242.03(d) shall deposit the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) with the Director of Finance at the time such notice is given.
If the Board decides that there was error in any administrative decision made by the Code Enforcement Officer as specified in the notice of appeal, the Director shall return the aforementioned deposit to the appellant and no fee shall be charged for the appeal. If, however, the Boards decision is to uphold the administrative decision, the Director shall pay into the Treasury the aforementioned deposit as the fee for the filing of the notice of appeal by the appellant.
B. For applications for variances the fee shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(Res. 10-73. Passed 2-13-73; Res. 19-88. Passed 4-26-88; Ord. 92-40. Passed 12-8-92; Ord. 94-8. Passed 2-22-94; Ord. 01-16. Passed 6-26-01.)