1153.06 PERMITS AND FEES.
   (a)    Each application for the issuance of a permit for a development requiring a Land Development Plan shall be accompanied by a fee payable in cash or by check to the City of Marietta according to the following schedule:
      (1)    Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the first acre and six hundred fifty dollars ($650.00)/acre for the remaining acres with a maximum fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
   
   (b)    In addition to the fees set forth above, the City Engineer before issuing such permit shall charge and collect a penalty in every case where work or development otherwise covered by this Code has actually commenced prior to the issuance of a permit according to the schedule given below.
      (1)    For developments involving one acre or less the penalty shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
      (2)    For developments involving more than one (1) acre but less than five (5) acres the penalty shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00).
      (3)    For developments involving five (5) or more acres the penalty shall be ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
         (Ord. 279(22-23). Passed 6-15-23.)