A. Fees Required: Application fees required to be paid for a land use approval (such as a rezoning, variance, conditional use permit) must be paid at the time of application. Said fees shall be as established in subsection B of this section. In addition, the applicant shall reimburse the City for all attorney, planning and engineering costs and other professional consultant costs incurred by the City in reviewing and processing the application.
B. Fee Amounts and Escrow Deposit: The city may require that applicants deposit in escrow with the city, together with the application filing fees, the sums required by the city toward prepayment of the attorney, planning and engineering costs. The prepayment amounts shall be a credit toward the fees for the attorney, planning and engineering and other professional consultant fees to be reimbursed by the applicant. All such fees, if not paid by the escrow, shall be paid by the applicant within sixty (60) days of final action on the matter by the city council. If such fees are less than the escrowed amount, such escrow will be returned to the applicant within sixty (60) days of the final action on the matter by the city council. The following escrow amounts shall be deposited, together with land use approval applications:
Request Type | Base Fee | Abstract Fee | GIS Fee | Escrow* |
Request Type | Base Fee | Abstract Fee | GIS Fee | Escrow* |
Administrative Subdivision | $200 | $25/lot | ||
Comprehensive Plan Amendment | $500 | $50 | $2,500 | |
Comprehensive Plan Amendment - minor | $200 | $250 | ||
Conditional Use Permit | $500 | $52 | $6,000 | |
Conditional Use Permit - amendment | $150 | $52 | $1,000 | |
Conditional Use Permit, single-family residential | $250 | $52 | ||
Determination of Substantially Similar Use | $200 | $200 | ||
Final Plat - single family | $500 | $52 | $25/lot | $6,000 |
Final Plat - other (i.e. Commercial or Industrial) | $500 | $52 | $100/acre | $6,000 |
Interim Use Permit | $500 | $52 | $1,250 | |
Major Site Plan Review | $500 | $6,000 | ||
Non-Conforming Use Certificate | $500 | $52 | $1,250 | |
Northwest Area Environmental Studies Fee (paid with Final Plat/PUD in NWA) | $80/gross acre | |||
Northwest Area Sketch Plan Review | $1,000 | |||
Planned Unit Development (PUD) - Preliminary | $1,000 + plat fees | $52 | $6,000 | |
Planned Unit Development (PUD) - Final | $500 | $52 | $6,000 | |
Planned Unit Development - Amendment | $250 | $52 | $2,000 | |
Preliminary Plat | $500 + | |||
$5 per lot | $6,000 | |||
Rezoning | $500 | $50 | $500 | |
Street Dedication | $150 | $52 | $50 | |
Street/Easement Vacation | $150 | $52 | $50 | $500 |
Variance | $200 | $52 | ||
Waiver of Plat | $300 | $52 | $25 | |
Wetland Replacement Plan | $200 | $100/acre | $2,500 | |
Zoning Code Amendment | $500 | $500 | ||
Zoning Code Amendment - minor | $100 | $250 | ||
Zoning Interpretation Appeal | $500 | $1,000 | ||
(Ord. 1098, 11-8-2004; amd. 2008 Code; Ord. 1359, 12-10-2018, eff. 1-1-2019; Ord. 1376, 12-9-2019; Ord. 1392, 12-14-2020; Ord. 1420, 12-13-2021; Ord. 1440, 12-12-2022; Ord. 1467, 1-1-2024)