(A) Fee amounts. As a condition of the submittal and the review of development plans by the city, the applicant shall agree to pay the city the actual costs incurred by the city with respect to the review of all drainage submittals, preliminary plans, final plans and/or construction plans and accompanying information and data.
(B) Time of payments.
(1) Before the meeting at which the city is scheduled to consider approval of the applicant’s final stormwater management plan, the city will furnish a written statement to the applicant specifying the total cost of professional engineering fees incurred by the city in connection with the review of the applicant’s submittals, plans and accompanying information and data, including the total hours expended by the professional engineer and support staff, and the amount required to be paid by applicant.
(2) As a condition of approval of final drainage plans by the city, the applicant shall pay to the city the sum set forth in the statement. The city may issue a billing statement before the project advances to the final approval stage, and the payment is due by applicant upon receipt of the billing statement regardless of whether the project is advanced to the final approval stage.
(3) The city shall have the right to not accept the drainage improvements or to not approve the advancement of any project for which the professional engineering fees have not been paid.
(C) Method of payment.
(1) Fees shall be paid by one of the following methods:
(a) Certified check;
(b) Cashier’s check; or
(c) Money order.
(2) All checks shall be made payable to:
City of Lebanon
401 South Meridian Street
Lebanon, IN 46052
(D) Refund of payment. Fees are refundable only if the city determines that compliance by the development to this chapter is not necessary.
(Ord. 06-15, passed 11-13-2006; Ord. 2015-01, passed 1-26-2015)