§ 153.037 FEES.
   (A)   A fee and deposit as adopted by City Council resolution shall be paid.
   (B)   (1)   The subdivider shall be required to pay at the time of filing and submission of their plat, a cash fee to the city as required by City Council resolution.
      (2)   Public sites and open space dedication. In all new residential subdivisions, including planned unit developments and manufactured home parks, where the governing body chooses to require the subdivider to pay a fee rather than accept the dedication of land, the subdivider may require to pay a fee as specified in the fee schedule that is established by resolution of the governing body. (See also § 153.096)
   (C)   (1)   In addition to the aforementioned fee, the subdivider shall pay any expense incurred by the City Engineer and City Attorney for their services in the review of the preliminary plat and final plat.
      (2)   The subdivider, (owner or developer) on or before submitting a preliminary plat, shall make a cash deposit in an amount as determined by resolution of the governing body which shall be available in the form of published schedule. This deposit shall be held in a subdivider’s account and shall be credited to the said subdivider, owner, or developer. Engineering and legal expense incurred by the city in checking plat improvements, checking and setting grade and drainage requirements, general supervision, staking, inspection, drafting as-built drawings and all other engineering services performed in the processing of said improvements and plats, administrative and legal expenses in examining title to the property being developed shall be charged to the aforementioned account.
      (3)   The City Engineer and City Attorney shall itemize all time, services, and materials billed to any subdivider’s escrow account and said time, services and materials shall be in accordance with the rules, regulations and fees as promulgated and adopted by the Council. The subdivider, owner or developer making the deposit(s) in the subdivider’s escrow account shall be furnished a copy of said itemized charges and any balance remaining in the account shall be returned to the depositor by the Clerk after all claims and charges thereto have been paid.
(Ord. 274, passed 4-15-1997; Am. Ord. 308, passed 7-2-2002)