(a) When a property owner or an authorized agent for a property owner files a building and/or zoning application or an application of appeal, funds shall accompany and, be deposited with the Director of Finance, to pay for professional services, inspections and other expenses that shall be incurred by the City in consideration of such application. Such deposit shall be made in accordance with the following schedule and shall be in addition to any other zoning and/or building fees required by other ordinances:
Type of Proposal or Application | Amount |
(1) Additions and/or alterations to one, two and three family residences | No deposit required |
The City will bill applicant for expenses incurred. | |
(2) New one, two and three family residences abutting a public right-of-way | $750.00 |
(3) Minor subdivisions | No deposit required |
The City will bill applicant for expenses incurred. | |
(4) Major subdivisions - not part of a Planned Unit Residential Development | $8,000.00 |
(5) Conditional use - Planned Unit Residential Development | $12,000.00 |
(6) Conditional use - except PURD | No deposit required |
The City will bill applicant for expenses incurred. | |
(7) Condominium developments | $12,000.00 |
(8) Commercial - new, alterations and/or additions that require site review | $3,000.00 |
(9) Commercial - new, alterations and/or additions that do not require site review | $800.00 |
(10) Rezoning application | $500.00 |
(b) No application shall be accepted until all required fees and/or deposits are received by the Director of Finance. In the event the applicant withdraws his application after receipt by the City any expenses incurred by the City prior to withdrawal will be paid from the deposit and the remaining returned to the applicant.
(c) Upon failure to deposit the funds required by this section, the City may dismiss an application or indefinitely defer an application until such funds are received.
(d) All professional fees, inspection fees and other expenses incurred by the City in considering an application shall be paid from the funds deposited with the Director of Finance pursuant to this section. If such funds are depleted to thirty percent of the originally deposited funds, the applicant shall make an additional deposit equal to the funds depleted so that the fund will equal the amount originally deposited.
(e) All funds not expended shall be returned to the applicant within a reasonable amount of time following the completion of the project for which the funds were deposited.
(f) “Professional services” shall mean services rendered by the City Engineer, the City Planning Consultant, the City Architect, the Director of Law, the City Plans Examiner, inspectors and/or other consultants required by the City, all under special hourly rates established by contracts with the City.
(Ord. 66-01. Passed 12-11-01; Ord. 09-11. Passed 6-13-11; Ord. 12-21. Passed 11-8-21.)