[Amended 5-15-2006 by L.L. No. 7-2006]
The Board of Trustees, the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Water Control Commission, in the review of any application presented to them, may refer such application to such planner, engineer, environmental expert, attorney or other professional as such Board shall deem reasonably necessary to enable it to review such application as required by law. Fees charged by such professionals shall be in accord with fees usually charged for such services in the metropolitan New York region or pursuant to an existing contractual agreement between the Village and such professional. All proper charges shall be paid by the Village upon submission of a Village voucher. The applicant shall reimburse the Village for the costs of such professional review services upon receipt of a copy of the voucher or, at the discretion of the reviewing board, in accordance with §
178-2 of this chapter. The payment of such fees shall be required in addition to any and all other fees required by this or any other section of this chapter or any other Village law or regulation.
The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Village Board in connection with the appointment of an Environmental Compliance Consultant pursuant to Chapter
115 of this Code.
This chapter shall become effective upon its adoption and filing with
the Secretary of State. This chapter shall be applicable to applications pending
at the time it becomes effective, unless the reviewing board shall determine
that its application would be impracticable or unjust in the particular circumstances.
Where this chapter shall be applicable to a pending application, and where
no other provision of the Village Code requires the payment of such fees,
the reviewing board shall require an applicant to pay for fees only for services
rendered after it shall have become effective.