[HISTORY: Adopted 5-20-2004 by the Special Town Meeting
of the Town of Topsham, Art. 16; amended in its entirety 5-18-2016 STM, Art. 15. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to equitably
transfer the related expenses of reviewing development proposals to
the applicant, whenever possible, in order to limit the impact on
general tax revenues.
B.
Applications initiated by Town officials, boards,
agencies or commissions are exempt from the scope of this chapter.
Exempt applicants, however, shall pay for the cost of any outside
reviews required by the reviewing agency, when those reviews are performed
by contracted firms rather than Town employees.
A.
The Board of Selectmen shall create a schedule of
permit fees covering all permits issued by the Planning and Codes
Enforcement Office.
B.
This Schedule of Fees[1] shall be reviewed at least once every five years for needed
revisions. Updates may be made by the Board of Selectmen at any time,
when it is determined that the Schedule of Fees:
(1)
No longer provides sufficient revenue to cover the
costs of operating the Planning and Codes Enforcement Office;
(2)
Increases in fees are necessary to meet new fee structures
required by the State of Maine; or
(3)
When new permits are required via the Planning and
Codes Enforcement Office.
[1]
Editor’s Note: The schedule is on file in the Town offices.
C.
Applicable sections of the Topsham Code that require permit applications accompanied by an application fee include but are not limited to: Chapter 85, Blasting; Chapter 91, Building Construction; Chapter 175, Site Plan Review; Chapter 185, Street Design and Acceptance; Chapter 191, Subdivision of Land; Chapter 225, Zoning, and include but are not limited to the following applications:
(1)
Application
for subdivision.
(2)
Application
for conditional use.
(3)
Application
for site plan.
(4)
Application
for blasting permit.
(5)
Application
for shoreland zoning permit.
(6)
Application
for administrative exception.
(7)
Application
for street acceptance.
(8)
Application
for zoning text amendment.
(9)
Application
for Zoning Map amendment.
(10)
Inspection
of subdivision, site plan, conditional use or shoreland zoning improvements.
(11)
Application
for amendments to approved projects.
(12)
Site
location of development applications.
(13)
Stormwater
permit application.
(14)
Application
for a planned mixed-use development.
(15)
Appeals
to the Board of Appeals from actions of the Codes Enforcement Officer
or the Planning Board related to conditional use applications.
(16)
Historic
District certificate of appropriateness.
(17)
Building.
(18)
Electrical.
(19)
Sign.
(20)
Plumbing.
(21)
Subsurface
wastewater.
(22)
Street
banner.
(23)
Transmission
tower.
(24)
Zoning
review.
(25)
Other.
