[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Hebron 11-9-1987 as Title VII, §§ B, D and O of the 1987 Code; amended 7-16-1992 by Ord. No. 92-2; 6-5-2003; 2-19-2009. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The building permit application fees, the driveway permit fees, road excavation permit fees, and schedule of fees for the processing of applications by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Conservation Commission, and the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be established by the Board of Selectmen. From time to time, as deemed necessary, these fees may be amended by the Board of Selectmen following a recommendation made by the responsible Town agency or Town official. No schedule of fees for permits shall become effective until four weeks after the adoption of the fees by the Board of Selectmen and notice thereof shall have been published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Hebron.
[Amended 8-6-2009]
A. 
No Town fee shall be charged for any application as may be submitted by Town agencies, boards or authorities. The regional schools and other regional municipal agencies shall not be exempt from Town fees, unless so approved by the Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen may, by resolution, waive Town fees for nonprofit organizations upon written request by the nonprofit organization.
B. 
Crumbling foundations.
[Added 4-20-2017]
(1) 
The Building Official, with approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorized to waive all Town fees related to building permits for work on crumbling foundations that are of the type of those that were the subject of the December 30, 2016, "Report on Deteriorating Concrete in Residential Foundations" prepared by the State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection.
(2) 
The waiver shall not apply to any fee required to be charged by the State of Connecticut. The waiver only applies to work for the direct replacement of the existing foundation. At the discretion of the Building Official, with approval of the Board of Selectmen, the fees may be waived for permits for other related work required to restore the structure to its previously permitted condition. Upon waiver of the fee, the Building Official shall notify the homeowner in writing that the fee has been waived, including the amount of all fees waived. This waiver provision shall be effective May 18, 2017. Work that has commenced but not been completed prior to this effective date may be eligible for a refund of said fees.
A copy of the current Schedule of Fees is included at the end of this chapter.
[Added 8-6-2009]
Refunds shall be requested in writing by the applicant and shall be subject to Chapter 200, Attachment 1, Schedule of Fees. Permits and applications that have been abandoned or become expired as per the State Building Code shall be nonrefundable.