(a) Any resident or property owner seeking a review of plans, plats, and documents by a village officer, employee, or professional consultant, including, but not limited to, the village engineer, village attorney, the building department, the public works department, and the sewer and water departments, shall deposit with the village a payment sufficient to reimburse the village for the professional services rendered by its officers, employees, and professional consultants. The hourly rate for the services provided shall be deducted from the payment deposited as those services are rendered and the billing paid to the officer, employee, or professional consultant involved. Evidence of such payment shall be presented to the officer, employee, or professional consultant whose services are requested before any services are rendered. At or near the time the deposit is exhausted by payment of fees, an additional deposit shall be required. The balance of the payment on deposit with the village shall be refunded to the depositor promptly upon request after all deductions for payment of fees.
(b) The village shall keep an accounting of such deposits and payments. The village shall post the current hourly rate for professional services rendered by the village’s officers, employees, and professional consultants and shall assist residents and property owners in estimating the required deposit. The villageshall provide notices to a depositor or to village officers, employees, and professional consultants as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
(Ord. 97-22, §§ 1, 2, 6-23-1997)
1 See also § 13-1 of this Code.