No person, firm or corporation shall be issued a building permit for the construction of any structure on any lot contiguous to a dedicated street within the City until the required fee is paid to the city as outlined below to cover administrative costs and the cost of checking grades and drainage of surface water.
Grading fees for individual parcels or developments will be based on the following schedule:
(a) | Residential lots | |
(1) new construction and fills in excess of ten cubic yards) | $475.00 per lot or unit | |
(b) | Commercial and industrial sites | $475.00 (less than one acre) |
650.00 (one to three acres) | ||
650.00 plus $100.00 per acre for each acre larger than three acres | ||
(Ord. 2018-21. Passed 4-16-18.) | ||
(c) | Filling of vacant land | 400.00 (up to three acres) |
400.00 plus $100.00 per acre for each acre larger than three acres. | ||
(d) | Revised plan submittal and reinspection | 150.00 |
(Ord. 2009-6. Passed 3-16-09; Ord. 2023-3. Passed 2-6-23.)
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If the aforesaid work is not done within thirty days from the time of the sending of written notice by the City, the City may do the work and the aforesaid cash deposit shall be applied to the cost of the City doing the aforesaid grading. Any funds which are in excess of the City's cost of grading shall be returned to the person making the deposit as aforesaid. Further, any deficiency in funds between the deposit and the cost of the City doing the grading shall become a lien upon the lands and shall be certified to the Auditor for entering upon the tax duplicate and collection as other taxes and shall be returned by the Auditor for deposit in the General Fund.
(Ord. 99-15. Passed 5-3-99.)