(A) An applicant shall be responsible for paying all the city’s costs for professional and technical consultant services, including any court reporter fees, engineering fees for reviewing and processing the application, in addition to building permit fees, fees for subdivisions, planned developments, variations, special uses, map and text amendments, and appeals.
(B) At the time of application, or at any time after an application is filed, an applicant shall, upon the demand of the Code Official, deposit with the City Treasurer an amount determined by the Code Official to be needed to pay the city's actual costs for professional and technical consultant services. The applicant shall also be required to execute a written agreement, on a form provided by the city, by which the applicant shall acknowledge its responsibility to pay and shall specifically agree to pay all consultant fees pursuant to this section.
(C) In determining this amount, the Code Official shall consult with such professional and technical consultants, as deemed appropriate, for review and processing of the application. The Code Official shall maintain accurate records of the amounts so deposited and shall, from time to time, draw on deposited funds to pay such costs.
(D) Should the Code Official at any time determine that the amount on deposit for an application is, or is likely to come, insufficient to pay the city's costs for professional and technical consultant services for that application, the Code Official shall so inform the applicant, and shall demand an additional deposit in an amount the Code Official deems sufficient to cover foreseeable additional costs. Unless and until any deposit required hereunder is made, processing of the application for which the deposit is required shall be suspended.
(E) Immediately after any final action on an application or withdrawal of an application, the Code Official shall cause final accounting of the applicant's deposit and the city's costs to be made. A copy of the accounting shall be provided to the applicant. If the amount on deposit is insufficient to pay the total actual costs of processing the application, the Code Official shall cause a written demand for payment of the balance due to be mailed to the applicant. If any unused balance remains on deposit after all actual costs of the city are paid, the City Treasurer shall, upon the direction of the Code Official, return the unused balance to the applicant.
(F) No occupancy permit shall be given to an applicant that has not paid its balance due hereunder. No additional application shall be accepted from an applicant that has not paid its balance due.
(Ord. 02-53, passed 12-18-02; Am. Ord. 05-10, passed 6-28-05; Am. Ord. 18-25, passed 6-26-18)