(a) Preliminary and Final Plat. The City Manager shall establish and maintain a fee schedule for the processing of preliminary and final plat applications. The fee schedule may reflect differences based on subdivision size.
(b) Cost Reimbursement. The subdivider shall pay such costs as are incurred by the City or County, as the case may be, to inspect the improvements which are installed, and to provide for the plat or plan review, including, but not limited to, engineering and architectural costs and expenses.
(c) Public Use Fee.
(1) As a prerequisite to the approval of the final plat of a subdivision, the owner or proprietor of each new subdivision for the purpose of transfer of ownership of land shall pay a public use fee into the Recreation Capital Improvement Fund of the City as follows:
For each lot shown on the plat of such subdivision for single-family residence use, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00).
For each lot intended for multi-dwelling use, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each dwelling unit permitted to be constructed thereon under applicable regulations of the Zoning Ordinance.
(2) As a prerequisite to the issuance of a building or zoning permit, the owner or proprietor of each undeveloped lot or parcel of ground in the City shall pay a public use fee into the Recreation Capital Improvement Fund of the City. Such fee shall be computed as follows:
For each single-family residence, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00).
For each dwelling unit of a multi-dwelling structure, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00). For each commercial, office business or industrial unit, a public use fee computed at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per acre, provided that such fee shall not be less than three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) per unit.
(3) No owner or proprietor of land shall be required to pay the public use fee as established in subsection (c)(2) hereof for construction upon or development of any parcel of land for which a public use fee has been paid pursuant to the terms of subsection (c)(1) hereof.
(4) In lieu of the payment of the public use fees hereinbefore provided, City Council, after receiving the Planning Commission's recommendation, may accept the dedication for public use of open spaces constituting a reasonable proportion of the gross acreage of land subdivided for the purpose of transfer of ownership or of land for which a building or zoning permit has been requested, provided that such open spaces are suitably located and of adequate size to provide for the public health, safety and general welfare; and further provided that in no event shall the aggregate value of such dedicated land be less than the equivalent public use fee otherwise payable and computed in accordance with the formulas hereinbefore established.
(d) Perimeter Street Fee. As provided for in Section 1201.07(c), in the event that the Planning Commission determines that it is necessary to defer the construction of a perimeter street, the developer shall pay to the City the required share of the cost of the planned improvement. The cost shall be determined by the City Engineer. The developer shall grant to the City, without cost, all easements and rights-of-way necessary for construction or improvement of the perimeter street. The Finance Director is authorized and directed to establish a fund for each perimeter street for which payments for deferred construction are made to the City.
(Ord. 95-1. Passed 2-21-95; Ord. 2013-04. Passed 2-5-13.