(A) Generally. Upon the submittal of any plan consisting of a building of more than 1,000 square feet, a subdivision of more than a division of land into two parcels, a site plan review or revision to an existing approved site plan, a proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD) or a revision to an approved PUD, a Development of Regional Impact (DRI), an amendment to the Comprehensive Land Development Plan (CLDP), a rezoning, the Municipal Manager or his or her designee shall ensure that a review deposit of $250 has been collected and a separate project account has been established with the Director of Finance and Records for the reimbursement of municipality expenses paid to consultants employed by the municipality for the provision of technical and professional services in related project review(s).
(B) Extraordinary Development Review Deposits. The Municipal Manager may require a Development Review Deposit to be collected or increased when in the sole discretion of the Municipal Manager that the standard Development Review Deposit would be inadequate to preserve the cash flow of the municipality. An extraordinary Development Review Deposit shall be in multiples of the standard Development Review Deposit not to exceed any initial deposit of $2,500.
(C) Additional Payments to the Development Review Deposit. Each month after payments have been made to the consultants employed by the municipality to assist in the development review process and the municipality has been reimbursed its cost from the funds on deposit with such municipality for Development Review, the Director of Finance and Records shall submit to a development project owner/representative an invoice for the amount(s) necessary to return the Development Review Deposit Project Account to its required balance as a revolving fund for the reimbursement of actual paid consultant services used in the review of a development project.
(D) Approvals Subject to Payment of Development Review Cost. Development related approvals granted by the municipality by its Planning Commission and/or its Council are not final until all related development review costs have been invoices to the project owner/representative and received by the Director of Finance and Records.
(E) Return of Unused Development Review Deposits. Any portion of the funds placed on deposit or additional payments made to the municipality for a Development Review Deposit for augmentation remaining after all invoices from consultants have been received, and related payments have been made by the municipality shall be refunded to the project owner/representative.
(Ord. 95-05, passed 3-7-95)