[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Owego 5-5-1997. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following fees, as referenced in the appropriate chapters of the Code of the Village of Owego, are hereby established:
Chapter/Subject
Charge
Chapter 73, Alarms
Annual license
$5
Application
$25
Annual fee for systems terminating at communication center
Module
$75
Dialer
Residential
$25
Business
$50
Annual fee for systems not terminating at communications center
$5
Delinquency fee
$10
Chapter 79, Amusements
Amusement license
No charge set
Chapter 87, Bicycles
Inspection and registration
$0.25
Issuance of new tag or duplicate tag
$0.25
Chapter 92, Building Construction
Residential permits
House (1- and 2-family)
$50
Multiple-family (3-family)
$100
Multiple-family (4 or more units)
$50/unit
Additions
Attached to primary structure
$25
Unattached
$50
Accessory buildings/satellite dish/shed
$25
Repairs requiring permit/inspections: heating systems, plumbing, electrical inspection, certificate of occupancy, certificate of compliance (after the fact)
$10
Substantial improvement, swimming pools, siding, roofing, window change
$25
Business and industrial permits
Additions, alterations, conversions at $0.05/sq. ft. of entire area affected
$50 minimum
Structural changes, per item changed
$10
Repairs requiring inspections
$25
Sign permits
$25
Inspections
Certificates of compliance (single)
$25
Certificates of compliance/unit
$10
Reinspections
$10
Certificate of occupancy (if done with permit)
NC
Certificate of occupancy/unit
$10
Fire inspections (business and public assembly)
Annual inspection
NC
Reinspection (due to noncompliance)
$25
Demolition permit
Primary structure
$25
Accessory structure
$10
Vehicles
[Repealed 1-19-1999]
Flood
Flood elevation certificate
$50
Chapter 133, Junk and Junk Dealers
Junk dealer's license
No charge set
Chapter 150, Parks and Recreation Areas
Nonrefundable permit for the consumption of alcoholic beverages
[Amended 2002]
$35 nonrefundable fee
$35 deposit (refundable
$25 alcohol permit (nonrefundable)
Chapter 156, Peddling and Soliciting
Annual license
$300
3-day license
$100
Chapter 166, Sewers
Special permit for any long half-life (over 100 days) of toxic radioactive isotopes
No charge set
Special permit for any waters or wastes that for a duration of 15 minutes has a concentration greater than 5 times that of normal sewage as measured by suspended solids and BOC and/or which is discharged continuously at a rate exceeding 1,000 gallons per minute
No charge set
Surcharge for properties in areas served by sewer extensions constructed after 1964 when connected to the Village sewer system
$300 payable at the date of construction, or the payment of $100 at the date of connection and $50 per quarter thereafter until paid
Chapter 169, Solid Waste
License for garbage collector
No charge set
Chapter 172, Streets and Sidewalks
[Amended 10-15-2012; 11-3-2014]
Article II, Openings and Excavations
Permit Fee
$60 (for minimum of 18 square feet)
Deposit for excavation of street or sidewalk:
PLUS
Type of Sidewalk
Amount per Square Foot of Opening
Minimum Deposit
Concrete, macadam, brick or other hard surfaced road, sidewalk or public area
$10
$200
Gravel, dirt or other surface
$5
$100
Deposit if more than one type of surface is to be excavated
$200
Chapter/Subject
Charge
Chapter 175, Subdivision of Land
Preliminary plat submission
A minimum of $25 for subdivisions of 3 lots or less, and an additional cost of $10 for each additional 10 lots or portion thereof
Chapter 183, Taxicabs
Taxicab driver's license
$0.50 for each driver for each year or $1 for each driver for each 3-year period
Taxicab license
$12 for each taxicab for each yearly license period
Chapter 190, Vehicles, Junked
[Amended 1-19-1999]
Initial 9-month storage permit
$25
1-year renewal of storage permit
$100
Chapter 195, Zoning
Special use permit
$25
Renewal of special use permit
$5