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   1309.08 LANDSCAPING PLAN REQUIRED; FEE.
   (a)    No building permit shall be granted for the construction of an apartment; commercial or industrial development or any other structure or development, other than for single resident buildings, unless there is submitted with the application a landscaping plan prepared by an architect registered under the laws of one of the states of the United States, in connection with the proposed construction. The landscaping plans shall be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, Council, Landscaping Architect and the Architectural Review Board.
   (b)    In addition to the fees required to be paid for building permits as provided in Chapter 1309, and fees required to be paid for examination by the Architectural Board of Review, as provided for in Section 1305.11, filing fees shall be collected from the applicant at the time landscaping plans are submitted for those plans required to be reviewed by the Landscaping Architect as required by the Building Commissioner/ Service Director.
(Ord. 88-22. Passed 7-18-88.)
   (c)    The following deposit shall be submitted to cover all expenses of review by the Landscaping Architect:
 
Estimated Total Cost of Project
Fee
Up to $250,000
$ 500.00
Up to $500,000
1,000.00
In excess of $500,000
1,500.00
(Ord. 92-18. Passed 6-1-92.)
   (d)   In the event that the moneys herein deposited by an applicant shall not be sufficient
to reimburse the City for the required plan review, then the applicant shall be required to deposit additional moneys in units of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), as requested by the Building Commissioner/Service Director. Notice of plan review approval shall not be given unless the deposit is sufficient to pay for the chargeable expenses.
   (e)    Any sums not so charged against such deposit as required shall be refunded to the applicant, less two percent (2%) poundage as an administrative charge.
(Ord. 88-22. Passed 7-18-88.)
   1309.09 EXCAVATION, GRADING, FILLING PERMIT; FEE.
   The Building Commissioner shall, before issuing any permit for construction involving excavation, grading, filling or hauling of earth to or from the site of the construction, collect from the applicant for such permit, the following amounts, unless the Commissioner and Municipal Engineer hereinafter designated, agree upon different amounts, in the following cases, which shall go into a General Fund of the Municipality, to be paid to the Municipal Engineer hereinafter designated:
   (a)    Single and two-family residential buildings, thirty-five dollars ($35.00);
   (b)    All other residential buildings, commercial and industrial buildings ten dollars ($10.00) per 1,000 square feet of floor space, counting all floors, minimum fee fifty dollars ($50.00); maximum fee three hundred dollars ($300.00).
   The Commissioner shall also collect from the applicant the sum of five dollars ($5.00) to pay for the services rendered by the Municipality.
(Ord. 1072. Passed 9-16-68.)
   1309.10 MUNICIPAL ENGINEER TO SET AND CHECK PROPERTY GRADES.
   In each case of new construction, the Building Commissioner shall designate the Municipal Engineer, or any other competent licensed engineer, to establish, set and check the grades for such property.
(Ord. 1072. Passed 9-16-68.)
   1309.11 PROPERTY GRADES: CRITERIA, APPEAL.
   In establishment, setting and checking of grades in setback lines, the Municipal Engineer shall consider the natural topography of the property upon which construction is intended, the finished grades of adjoining premises, the location of public utilities in relation to the premises being improved, the contemplated use of the premises being improved, the contemplated use of the premises and the uses permitted of undeveloped adjoining properties, if any, under applicable zoning regulations. The minimum grade above the street level for single and two-family residential buildings shall be eighteen inches.
   Any person dissatisfied with the grade finally established or set by the Engineer may, within ten days, file a notice of appeal, in writing, to the Architectural Review Board of the Municipality, which shall consider the criteria required to be observed by the Engineer, as herein above set forth, accord a hearing to all interested parties, including land owners, and may affirm or modify the Engineer's determination. The order of the Board may be appealed within ten days to Council, by filing written notice with the Clerk of Council.
(Ord. 69-32. Passed 6-16-69.)
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