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(a) The District Council may refund all or part of a filing fee if:
(1) the application has not been advertised for public hearing;
(2) the application has been advertised for public hearing but the applicant files a request to withdraw it within 90 days after a master plan, sector plan, sectional map amendment, or zoning text amendment which materially affects the property is approved, or condemnation proceedings or public acquisition of the subject property has been initiated; or
(3) the applicant shows that undue hardship will result if the refund is not approved.
(b) The Hearing Examiner may refund a filing fee less than $25,000, if any condition of subsection (a) is satisfied.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the District Council and the Hearing Examiner may elect to not refund a filing fee, or may approve a partial refund.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 8-65, §§ 2, 3; Ord. No. 10-5, § 1; Ord. No. 10-67, § 1; Ord. No. 11-21, §1; Ord. No. 12-70, § 2; Ord. No. 13-44, § 1; Ord. No. 16-55, § 3.)