Chapter 3.32
FEE SCHEDULE
Sections:
3.32.020 Payment and responsibility for fees.
3.32.010 Fee schedule.
A. The Town shall maintain a fee schedule listing the fees for all permits, licenses, applications, services, regulatory inspections, and approvals that are issued, performed, reviewed, and acted upon by the Town, its officials, and employees. The fee schedule and all amendments/revisions thereto shall be approved by the Town Council.
B. Fee Schedule to Be Submitted to Town Council. The fee schedule and all proposed revisions, additions, and deletions shall be submitted to the Town Council for approval by resolution of the Council.
C. Fee Schedule to Be Maintained by Town Clerk. The Town Clerk shall be responsible for maintaining the most currently approved fee schedule for public inspection and copying.
D. Fee Waiver. The Mayor or Mayor’s designee may waive any fee specified within the fee schedule during a declared federal, state, or local emergency applicable to the Town or upon a written determination by the Mayor or Mayor’s designee that the cause for application of the fee was substantially the result of the declared emergency. (Ord. 20-615 § 1, 2020: Ord. 18-591 § 1, 2018: Ord. 15-562 § 1, 2015: Ord. 09-512 § 1, 2009; Ord. 08-495 §§ 1, 4, 2008; Ord. 04-445 § 1, 2004; Ord. 04-434 § 1, 2004; Ord. 04-431 § 20, 2004; Ord. 03-424 § 1, 2003; Ord. 03-423 § 2(part) 2003)
3.32.020 Payment and responsibility for fees.
A. All required fees for permits issued by the Town are due and payable to the Town Clerk prior to issuance of the permit unless otherwise authorized by the Mayor or Mayor’s designee.
B. The Town will not accept, process, review or examine any construction permit application, any land use or development application, conduct building permit final inspection approval or issue certificates of occupancy unless the corresponding fees set forth in the fee schedule have been paid in full to the Town. Following initial acceptance of the application, permit, or approval and fee for processing, failure to pay required fees within thirty days of the date of the Town invoice for such fees shall be grounds for cancellation of the application, permit or approval by the Town. The Town may issue a stop-work order without advance notice when payment of required fees has not been received within thirty days of the date of the Town invoices for such fees.
C. Each application, review, permit, or approval shall be charged as a separate fee. No application or other filing required under the provisions of this code shall be complete without payment of the required fee(s).
D. Applicants for land use or development applications, permits or approvals, and the owners of the property for which an application, permit or approval is requested, are jointly and severally responsible for the payment of required fees, regardless of whether the application is approved, or the permit or approval is issued or has been canceled.
E. Payment of fees shall be in U.S. currency, in the form of cash, cashier’s check, corporate or personal check, or electronic payment. Further, the Town Clerk shall have full authority to refuse any form of payment where the Town Clerk believes sufficient cause exists to question the Town’s ability to collect full payment.
F. The total fee assessed for any application, permit or approval shall be paid in full.
G. Any unpaid fees, due and owing to the Town, but unpaid, shall be subject to such collection procedures as authorized by law. The applicant shall be responsible for both the unpaid fees plus interest accruing at the rate of twelve percent per annum (unless another rate is specifically stated in this code) and for the reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred for collection of the unpaid fees. The Mayor or Mayor’s designee may waive one late fee or interest charge per calendar year if the waiver is requested in writing by the account holder, provided the account holder has not had a fee waived during the previous twelve months. The Mayor or Mayor’s designee may waive late fees and interest charges for unpaid fee balances of one dollar or less.
H. In the event an applicant has not fully paid required fees, and the Town has suspended processing of the application, canceled the application, posted a stop-work order due to nonpayment of fees, or taken collection action, then any subsequent application, permit or approval filed by the same applicant may be accepted on a "cash only" basis at the discretion of the Mayor, who shall have full authority to make such determination.
I. Wherever the payment of "costs" is indicated in the fee schedule, the following provisions shall apply:
1. An applicant shall be billed for and shall be required to pay the costs associated with:
a. Reviewing an application, including all time spent through the completion of the Town’s review process by the Town’s final decision maker;
b. Administrative appeals of an appealable decision by a Town official or employee; and
c. A project or proposal that is revised following issuance of a decision on a land use or development application.
2. The costs incurred by the Town may be required to be paid in full prior to the Town issuing any staff report, recommendation, or decision on an application.
3. Consultant Costs.
a. When a consultant performs legal, engineering, environmental, or other services to assist the Town in processing an application, review, inspection, or other service or approval covered by the fee schedule, such costs shall be due and payable to the Town from the applicant or property owner.
b. The costs of legal, engineering, or other consultants are generally determined by the Town’s contracts with the service providers and such information will be available to the public upon request.
4. Staff Costs.
a. For development agreements and for comprehensive plan amendment and rezone requests of an area greater than five acres, the applicant or property owner will also be charged for all staff time spent performing the tasks listed in subsection (I)(1) of this section that is not covered by the stated fee amount.
b. The cost of staff time will be listed in the fee schedule. Staff include any employees of the Town listed in Sections 2.10.010 and 2.16.010. (Ord. 24-659 § 2, 2024; Ord. 23-648 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 20-612 § 1, 2020; Ord. 18-591 § 2, 2018: Ord. 08-495 § 5, 2008; Ord. 03-423 § 2(part), 2003)