(a) All applicants, at the time of filing an application for the approval of any land planning and/or development plan or plat with the Planning Commission, shall pay the Municipality a fee as hereinafter set forth to cover the cost and expense of inspection and investigation by the Engineer as may be necessary to determine whether such proposed subdivision, resubdivision plan or plat conforms to the Zoning Code and the Subdivision Regulations of the Municipality.
(1) Sketch and preliminary plan review:
Lots | Deposit |
4 or less | $150.00 |
5 to 25 | 350.00 |
26 to 100 | 500.00 |
More than 100 | 1,000.00 |
(2) Final plat review and inspection: $15.00/lot
In addition to the foregoing fees, there shall be paid by the owner, subdivider, or the agent of either, prior to approval of a final plat, fifteen cents ($0.15) per running foot of street within or fronting upon such plat, for the cost of the determination and assignment of house numbers to the sublots for residential developments.
(b) The Engineer shall keep a separate itemized account of the work performed upon the plans, plats and actual field inspections and surveys, or any other work necessary. All charges to this account by the Engineer shall be based upon the same amount charged to the Municipality for similar work. The Engineer shall present to the Finance Department of the Municipality monthly itemized invoices covering all work performed under this section. The Finance Department is hereby directed, upon receipt of each invoice, to pay to the Engineer the amount indicated therein within the month the invoice is received. When all work is completed pertaining to each application, the Engineer shall submit to the Finance Department a final invoice indicating thereon the complete engineering charges, and further indicating which of those charges have been paid and which charges remain unpaid. In the event such charges shall exceed the deposits set forth in subsection (a) hereof, the additional charges shall be paid by the applicant. If such expenditures are less than the deposit set forth in subsection (a) hereof, the balance shall be refunded to the applicant.
(Ord. 2023-09-27. Passed 12-6-23.)