(A) If an application or request filed with the village causes the village to incur expenses for third party consultants (“third party costs”), such costs shall be the obligation of the applicant or the person making the request.
(B) If an application or request filed with the village causes the village to devote to the matter the time and professional skills of the Village Engineer or Village Law Director or surveyor (or other member of a so-called “learned professional” the members of which are licensed by or registered with the State of Ohio), the expense to the village of that time shall be the obligation of the applicant or the person making the request. Such expense shall be computed by multiplying the number of hours the professional spent on the matter by the per hour costs to the village of compensation of the professional person.
(C) All application forms shall contain an explanation of this obligation and shall require the signature of the applicant or person making the request as an agreement to pay such costs and expenses. The village may require a reasonable advance deposit of money to cover this obligation, with any surplus to be refunded by the village at once and any deficiency to be paid by the applicant immediately.
(Ord. 95-194, passed 12-4-1995)