ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 24.1-108.
Filing fees.
(a) Application fees.
(1) An application fee shall be charged to offset the cost of
reviewing plans, processing applications, making inspections, issuing permits, advertising
public notices and other expenses incident to the administration of this chapter or to the
filing or processing of any amendment to the zoning ordinance, special use permit or
zoning appeals. Such fees shall also include charges for readvertising and remailing
notices when necessitated by the amendment, postponement, or modification of an
application. Filing fees shall be paid upon submission of an application and shall be as
set forth in the following schedule:
TYPE OF
APPLICATION |
FEE |
a.
Amendment to the zoning ordinance, except planned development applications |
$600,
plus $10 for every acre in excess of 5, but not
to exceed a maximum fee of $2,000 |
b.
Application for planned development approval |
|
(1) Phase I submission (overall
concept)
|
$600,
plus $10 for every acre
in excess of 5, but not to exceed a maximum fee
of $2,000 |
(2) Phase II submission (detailed
plan)
|
(Refer
to site plan or subdivision plat fees) |
c.
Limited deviations from approved planned developments |
$100 |
d.
Special use permits and amendments thereto:
1. Applications for home occupations and
accessory apartments.
2. All other types of Special Use Permit
applications. |
$400
$450, plus $10 for every acre over 5, but not to exceed a maximum
fee of $1,000 |
e.
Minor enlargement or expansion of a conforming special use under provisions of section
24.1-115(d)(2) |
$100 |
f.
Special exception to height limitations as provided in section 24.1-231 |
$200 |
g.
Special exception to allow expansion of a nonconforming use as provided in section
24.1-801 |
$200 |
h.
Other special exception |
$200 |
i.
Appeal to the board of zoning appeals |
$250 |
j. Amendment,
modification or postponement of rezoning or use permit application requiring
readvertisement and renotification by both the commission and board |
$300 |
l. Amendment,
modification, or postponement of rezoning, use permit or variance application
requiring readvertisement and renotification by the commission, board, or board of zoning
appeals |
$200 |
(2) No application shall be
received or shall be deemed to have been filed until accompanied by the required filing
fee.
(3) Application fees shall not be refundable in the case of
appeals to the board of zoning appeals. In the case of withdrawal of applications for
zoning amendments, use permits or planned development approval, exemptions or exceptions,
refunds of application fees shall be according to the following schedule:
a. Written request received prior to ordering the publication
of the first legal notice for the commission public hearing: fifty percent (50%) of fee
refundable.
b. Written request received
at least two (2) working days prior to the date scheduled for final action by the
commission: twenty-five percent (25%) of fee refundable.
c. Written request received less
than two (2) working days prior to the date of final action by the commission: No refund.
All requests for withdrawal
must be in writing, signed by the applicant, and be submitted to the zoning administrator.
(4) The above described fees shall
be waived for any application submitted by any board, commission, agency or department of
the county.
(b) Site plan review fees.
(1) Filing fees shall be paid at the time a site plan is first
presented for formal review and shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
a. Single-family attached or multi-family residential proposals
shall pay a filing fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) plus fifteen dollars
($15.00) per dwelling unit (maximum fee two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00))
plus forty-five cents ($0.45) per one thousand (1,000) square feet of total disturbed area.
b. Commercial, industrial, institutional and other types of
uses and activities subject to site plan approval shall pay a filing fee of one hundred
fifty dollars ($150.00) plus three dollars ($3.00) per one thousand (1,000) square feet
of gross floor area of all structures (maximum fee two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00)) plus forty-five cents ($0.45) per one thousand
(1,000) square feet of total disturbed area.
(2) Amendments to approved site plans shall pay a filing fee of
one hundred dollars ($100.00) unless the zoning administrator waives the fee because the
need for the amendment arises from an error or oversight by a federal, state, or local
agency.
(c) Site inspection fee. Prior to the issuance of zoning
certificates or the commencement of development or activities authorized by an approved
site plan, the developer of a project shall be responsible for payment of a non-refundable
inspection fee based on the total amount of improved area on the site. For the purposes of
this section, improved area shall be computed by adding the total area covered by
structures, buildings, parking areas, driveways, sidewalks and other impervious surfaces
on the site. The fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) plus one dollar ($1.00) per one
thousand (1,000) square feet of improved area up to a maximum
fee of one thousand five-hundred dollars ($1,500.00).
(d) Variable site development fees. In addition to the fees
enumerated above, the developer shall be required to pay other fees as may be applicable
to the proposed development. Depending upon the needs of the development and the desire of
the developer that the county supply or arrange for certain signs, features or devices,
these fees may include payments for construction, fabrication, installation and
maintenance of control and warning signs and signals, streetlights, street identification
signs, and other similar features, installations, or devices. The actual fees for such
features, installations, devices, or maintenance thereof, shall be established by the
board and published by the county from time to time and shall reflect, as closely as
possible, actual costs including labor. The official fee schedule shall be available for
review and copying from the zoning administrator during normal working hours.
(e) County exempt from fees and surety. The county shall be
exempt from all fees and surety requirements established by this chapter.
(Ord. No. 05-13(R),
5/17/05) |