A. General: A permit to begin work for new construction, alteration, removal, demolition or other building operation shall not be issued until the fees prescribed in this Chapter shall have been paid to the Village, nor shall an amendment to a permit necessitating an additional fee because of an increase in the estimated cost of the work involved be approved until the additional fee shall have been paid.
B. Restoring Streets and Parkways.
1. In the making of any improvement which requires the digging into, taking up, or otherwise disturbing any portion of the paved roadway of any street in the Village of Mettawa, the permit, plans, specifications, and contract for such improvements, shall provide for the restoration of such pavement to the same condition it was in before work on such improvement was begun, and whenever in the making of such improvement it is necessary to take up any draintile used for street drainage or for any public use. The person, firm or corporation doing such work shall be required to so replace such draintile as to prevent any future settlement, and the flow line of such replaced draintile shall be the same as it was before it was taken up.
2. Whenever in the making of any improvement, it becomes necessary to dig into, excavate, or remove any portion of the parkway of any street lying between the lot lines and gutter lines thereof, the permit, plans and specifications, and contract therefor shall provide that the contractor, person, firm or corporation making such improvement, shall restore such parkway to the condition it was in before such digging or excavating was commenced, and shall resod the surface where sod has been taken up, or cover the surface with suitable soil and seed same with suitable grass seed, and shall continue to care for the same, until such parkway is restored to a condition as good in every way as it was in, before such digging or excavation was made.
3. Whenever any portion of the public property is disturbed that does not abut that private property for the benefit of which the said public property was disturbed, immediate restoration of the disturbed property shall be required.
C. Fees: The following shall apply to all new construction and to all remodeling of all buildings in the Village of Mettawa:
1. All plan review and Building Permit fees shall be paid in accordance with Chapter 2, Village Government, Article X, Tax, Fee, Fine and Penalty Schedules, Section 2.1002, Fee Schedule.
a. Prior to the issuance of a Building Permit for any new construction or remodeling, the owner, contractor or representative shall pay to the Village the Building Permit fee.
b. The funds thus collected shall be used by the Village for its general corporate purposes, with primary application being the necessary costs to review plans, enforce the zoning ordinance and building code, issue permits, and inspect construction.
c. The above described fees may be increased or decreased at the discretion of the President and Board of Trustees.
2. Plan Review Fee. A plan review fee shall be paid to the Village at the time of submittal of any plan for review and shall be as set forth in Chapter 2, Village Government, Article X, Tax, Fee, Fine and Penalty Schedules, Section 2.1002, Fee Schedule.
3. Other Fees. Driveway permit fees, storm sewer permit fees, public property protection fees, permit renewal fees, removal of stop work order fees, building permit placard replacement fees, building permit plans replacement fees, partial occupancy permit fees, late permit fees, and Building Code Board of Appeals Application fees shall be as set forth in Chapter 2, Village Government, Article X, Tax, Fee, Fine and Penalty Schedules, Section 2.1002, Fee Schedule.
4. Reinspection Fees. A reinspection fee in the greater amount of the fee set forth in Chapter 2, Village Government, Article X, Tax, Fee, Fine and Penalty Schedules, Section 2.1002, Fee Schedule, or the amount adequate to reimburse the Village for additional expense incurred, shall be charged on any construction work which through negligence, improper calls for inspections, incomplete work or poor workmanship on the part of the contractor, makes it necessary for the inspector to make more than two inspections of a single phase of construction.
D. Special Fees:
1. The payment of the fee for the construction, alteration, removal or demolition and for all work done in connection with or concurrently with the work contemplated by a Building Permit shall not relieve the applicant or holder of the permit from the payment of other fees that may be set forth in Chapter 2, Village Government, Article X, Tax, Fee, Fine and Penalty Schedules, Section 2.1002, Fee Schedule, or prescribed by statute, resolution or other ordinance requirements.
2. An additional fee as set forth in Chapter 2, Village Government, Article X, Tax, Fee, Fine and Penalty Schedules, Section 2.1002, Fee Schedule, shall be required for all new construction projects and all additions to existing buildings.
a. The fee is to assure the replacement, repair, cleaning or restoration of public property, damaged or littered by the contractor or the subcontractors, in the prosecution of the work for which the permit was issued.
b. If the public property is damaged or littered, the Contractor shall be notified to take necessary action to restore the public property to its original condition.
c. In the event the public property is so repaired by the contractor and approved by the Building Administrator or his designee, ninety percent (90%) of the fee shall be returned to the depositor; otherwise the Village shall use the fee to repair or clear the public property.
(Ord. 500, passed 6-3-2003; Am. Ord. 852, passed 10-20-2020)