1. All filing, inspection and professional (engineering and legal) fees and escrows shall be submitted to Springfield Township.
2. Plan Filing Fee/Escrow. A filing fee and escrow shall accompany the preliminary plan. No application shall be accepted or acted upon unless payment is made to Springfield Township. The Springfield Township Board of Supervisors shall establish by resolution a schedule of fees and review escrows to be paid by the subdivider or land developer to defray the cost of administering and processing of plans. The schedule of fees may be changed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Springfield Township.
3. Review Fees and Escrows.
A. Review fees and escrows shall include reasonable and necessary charges by the Township’s professional consultants or engineer for review and report to the Township, and shall be set by resolution. Such review fees shall be reasonable and in accordance with the ordinary and customary charges by the Township Engineer or consultant for similar services in the community, but in no event shall fees exceed the rate or cost charged by the engineer or consultant to the Township when fees are not reimbursed or otherwise imposed on applicants.
B. In the event the applicant disputes the amount of any such review fees, the applicant shall, within 10 days of the billing date, notify the Township that such fees are disputed, in which case the Township shall not delay or disapprove a subdivision or land development application due to the applicant’s request over disputed fees.
C. In the event that the Township and applicant cannot agree on the amount of review fees which are reasonable and necessary, then the fees shall be recalculated and re-certified by another professional engineer licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and chosen mutually by the Township and applicant or developer.
4. An applicant shall, by filing a plan, be then obligated to pay the fees and escrows herein provided. The engineering fees required to be paid by this Section shall be promptly submitted to the Township by the applicant upon the submission of bills to the applicant from time to time by the Board of Supervisors.
(Ord. 163, passed 2-28-2012, § 302)