The Board of Commissioners shall require a permit application fee in the amount of $100,000 to reimburse the county for the costs of any needed professional assistance that may be required to evaluate the permit application and amendments, verify its contents, and evaluate the impact of such a permit on the community, public health, and environment. This assistance may include, but shall not be limited to, the assistance of lawyers, biologists, geologists, engineers, chemists, hydrologists, emergency response, transportation and public health experts, land appraisers, and professional testing laboratories. Funds not so expended in the legitimate review of the permit application shall be returned to the applicant. Such fee shall be submitted with the application to which it relates by certified check which is payable to the county.
(Ord. passed 2-5-1990)