County Code Section 24.1

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL

(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. Appeals/Variances/Modifications: 1. Appeal or Variance request to the board of zoning appeals 2. Administrative Modification request	$250 $50
j. Amendment, modification or postponement of rezoning or use permit application requiring readvertisement and renotification by both the commission and board	$300
k. 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
l. Zoning Verification/Certification letters: 1. Requests for verification of zoning classification and permissible uses 2. Requests for zoning verification that also include confirmation of plan approvals, previous permits, violation notices, property conformance, and similar requests requiring file research and/or site inspections	No Charge $50

(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 in sufficient time to cancel the publication of the first legal notice for the commission public hearing: one hundred percent (100%) of fee, minus a $50 administrative processing fee, is refundable.

b. Written request received after the first legal notice has been published but prior to the first meeting of the planning commission at which the request will be considered: fifty percent (50%) of the fee refundable

c. Written request received within five working (5) days after the date of final action by the commission: twenty-five percent (25%) of fee refundable.

d. Written request received more than five (5) working days after 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 ac-tivities 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

(3) In addition to the review fees set forth above, the applicant/developer shall be responsible for payment of any Traffic Impact Analysis review fees as may be established by the Virginia Department of transportation pursuant to its implementation of the requirements of Section 15.2-2222.1 of the Code of Virginia.

(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; Ord. No. 08-17(R), 3/17/09; Ord. No. 09-22(R), 10/20/09)