A. 
All application fees, and all expenses, such as advertising, publication of notices; all engineering, including but not limited to review of preliminary and/or definitive plans, and inspections during construction which is part of the subdivision or appurtenant thereto; recording and filing of documents; and all other expenses in connection with review and approval of subdivisions or their construction, including without limitation sampling and testing as required by the Planning Board or its agents, shall be borne solely by the applicant and are not covered in the administrative fees. All fees shall be paid by check only, payable to the Town of Northbridge and are nonrefundable. No review of any application will take place until all appropriate application/filing and review fees have been submitted as required. All fees must be satisfied in order for the Board to take affirmative action on any question before it.
B. 
In the event that the application fees submitted are deemed to be insufficient as described by these regulations, the application will be deemed incomplete and will not be scheduled for review by the Board.
C. 
Submission fees.
(1) 
Approval-not-required plans (ANRs). All plans not requiring subdivision approval by the Planning Board shall be required to pay a filing fee of $200 plus $50 for every new lot created.
(2) 
Preliminary subdivision plans. The minimum administrative fee shall be $1,000 plus $50 for every lot above five. Administrative fees are nonrefundable.
(3) 
Definitive subdivision plans with preliminary plan. The minimum administrative fee shall be $2,000 plus $200 per lot.
(4) 
Definitive subdivision plan without preliminary plan. The minimum administrative fee shall be $2,000 plus $300 per lot.
(5) 
Definitive subdivision modification. The minimum administrative fee shall be $1,000.
(6) 
Lot releases. An administrative fee of $100 per lot.
(7) 
Street acceptance. An administrative fee of $500 per street and/or portion thereof.
(8) 
Bond reduction/release. An administrative fee of $300 is required.
A. 
In accordance with the MGL c. 44, § 53G, as added to by Chapter 593 of the Acts of 1989, a separate account known as the "Planning Board's Review and Inspection Account" shall be established to be used to offset costs of hiring outside consultants to assist in the review of the application and to pay for professional inspections of construction work. The Planning Board may request that additional funds be deposited into this special account by the applicant according to §§ 222-39 and 222-40 of these regulations. Moneys may be expended from this account by the Planning Board without Town Meeting appropriation. Any excess amount attributable to a particular project, including accrued interest, will be repaid to the applicant at the conclusion of the project.
B. 
The Town Accountant must submit an annual report on the special account to the Board of Selectmen and the chief administrative official for their review, and the report must be published in the annual report and provided to the Director of the Bureau of Accounts.
C. 
The applicant has the right to administrative appeal from the selection of the outside consultant to the Board of Selectmen. Such appeal must be made in writing and may be made only within 20 days from the date of the Planning Board has mailed or hand delivered notice to the applicant of selection. The grounds for such an appeal shall be limited to claims that the consultant selected has a conflict of interest or does not possess the minimum required qualifications. The minimum qualifications shall consist of either an educational degree in or related to the field at issue or three or more years of practice in the field at issue or three or more years of practice in the field at issue or a related field. The required time limits for action upon an application by a municipal permit granting board shall be extended by the duration of the administrative appeal; the selection made by the Planning Board shall stand. Such an administrative appeal shall not preclude further judicial review.
A. 
At the time of application, a deposit for engineering review and inspection fees shall be paid by the applicant to the town in such amount as is required by the Planning Board. Such initial deposit will be $750 for a subdivision of five lots or less and $250 per lot for a subdivision of six or more lots. Said deposit shall be replenished by the applicant as required by the Planning Board before the amount of expenses equals in value the amount of deposit. Any portion of the deposit, which is not used, will be returned to the applicant.
B. 
In the event any review or inspection fees are deemed to be insufficient the applicant shall satisfy such within seven days. In the event the applicant fails to do so, the Board may cease all review and shall deny the application as presented.
An administrative fee of $100 will be charged for lot releases from Planning Board restrictions regarding building and/or sale.
Any increase in the number of proposed lots, or a significant change to the proposed roadway or infrastructure design, as determined by the Board, shall constitute a plan revision. The administrative fee shall be $1,000 and an engineering and inspection deposit of $300 per lot.