[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Stewart Manor 8-17-1999 by L.L. No. 2-1999. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Village of Stewart Manor incurs significant expenses as
part of the consideration process of certain matters reviewed by the
various boards or officials of the Village, and it is desirable that
reimbursement for these expenses be made to the Village by the applicant
seeking relief. It is the intention of this chapter to establish a
schedule of deposits and fees to assure reimbursement of anticipated
costs to be incurred by the Village in considering a specific application,
based upon past-incurred expenses for similar matters.
A.
The following fees are hereby established:
(1)
Dog redemption: $50.
(2)
Cat redemption: $25.
(3)
Preliminary building permit application review: $50.
(4)
Building permit.
(a)
When the value of the project does not exceed $200, the fee
shall be $20.
(b)
When the value of the project exceeds $200, but does not exceed
$1,000, the fee shall be $20, plus $2 for each $100 or fraction thereof
of the value in excess of $200.
(c)
When the value of the project exceeds $1,000, the fee shall
be $20, plus $5 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof of
the value.
(6)
Letter in lieu of certificate of occupancy: $50.
(7)
Building moving permit: $500.
(8)
Environmental quality review: $50.
(9)
Food establishment license: $25 per annum.
(10)
Handbill and poster permit: $25.
(12)
Laundry and dry-cleaning establishment license: $25 per establishment
per calendar year.
(13)
Trade, business or occupation license: $25 annually.
(14)
Peddling and soliciting license: $25.
(15)
Erection of poles and overhead wires: $100.
(17)
Secondhand dealers license: $250.
(19)
Building construction material placement fee: $50.
(20)
Street opening and excavation permit: $100.
(22)
Storage of vehicles: removal expenses not to exceed $100, plus charges
for storage.
(23)
Sign permit: $50.
(24)
Fence permit: $1 per foot, but not more than $25.
(25)
Awnings, canopy and marquee permit: $25.
In addition to the filing fees established in this chapter,
all applications to the Building Department for erection and/or alteration
of a building shall be accompanied by a security fee equal to 5% of
the cost of the building or alteration, which will be refunded upon
satisfactory completion of the work.
No action shall be taken by any Village Board or by any Village
Official on any application subject to the requirements of this chapter
unless and until all fees and deposits, including additional deposits,
required hereunder shall have been paid in full or as modified by
the Board of Trustees.
A.
Charge for returned checks. A charge of $20 will be added to any
account owing to the Village where a tendered payment of such account
was by a check or other written order which was returned for insufficient
funds.
B.
Collection. The charge shall be collected in the same manner prescribed
by law for the collection of the account for which the check is tendered.
C.
Future payments. The Village may require future payments to be tendered
in cash or by certified or cashier's check.
In the event that any fee or deposit established in this chapter
creates an economic or other hardship, application may be made to
the Board of Trustees, which is hereby authorized to modify such fee
and/or deposit in its legislative discretion, after appropriate hearing.
The fees and deposits established by and in this chapter may
be modified by resolution of the Board of Trustees passed by at least
a majority affirmative vote of the total voting power of the Board
of Trustees. No such resolution shall be passed until it shall be
in its final form and either upon the desks or table of the members
at least seven calendar days, exclusive of Sunday, prior to its final
passage or mailed to each of them in postpaid, properly addressed
and securely closed envelopes or wrappers in a post office box or
post office of the United States Post Office Department within the
local government at least 10 calendar days, exclusive of Sunday, prior
to its final passage. No resolution modifying a fee or deposit established
by and in this chapter, which fee or deposit currently exceeds $500,
or setting a fee or deposit not contemplated by this chapter, shall
be passed until a public hearing has been held before the Board of
Trustees after notification of such hearing has been published and
posted, as required by law then existing. The modification shall be
effective upon filing of the resolution with the Village Administrator.
