[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the City of Crisfield 8-22-1979 by Ord. No. 332; amended in its entirety 9-10-2008 by Ord. No.
585. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 30.
Unsafe buildings — See Ch. 33.
Controlled burnings — See Ch. 34.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 43.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 83.
Permits and licenses — See Ch. 84.
Plumbing — See Ch. 85.
Pool halls and billiard rooms — See Ch. 87.
Sewers — See Ch. 94.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 96.
Taxicabs — See Ch. 101.
The following schedule of fees is hereby established
with respect to licenses, permits and activities required or regulated
by the City of Crisfield:
D.
Subdivision/site plan fees:
(1)
Minor subdivision of one lot: $100.
(2)
Minor subdivision (two to five lots): $200.
(4)
Critical area subdivision review (additional): $100.
(5)
Subdivision plat revisions (no new density): $100.
(6)
Existing lot reconfiguration: $150.
(8)
Sketch/concept plan: $100.
(9)
Critical area planting plan review (individual lot):
$50.
(10)
Critical area planting plan review: $100.
(11)
Critical area buffer management plan review (individual
lot): $50.
(12)
Critical area buffer management plan review: $100.
(13)
Buffer exemption findings: $100.
(14)
Critical area declaration of intent: $20.
E.
Special hearings:
[Amended 1-14-2015 by Ord. No. 642]
F.
Other development fees:
(1)
Telecommunications tower/utility/essential services:
$200.
(2)
Additional antenna — accessory to tower: $100.
(3)
Single face billboard: $200.
(4)
Single face sign (other than billboard): $75.
(5)
Pier: $50.
(6)
Bulk heading and revetment, rip rap (including repair);
per linear foot: $0.50.
(7)
Boat lift: $75.
(8)
Grading permit: $50.
(9)
Equivalent
dwelling unit allocation fees for users outside of the City limits,
as provided by written policy: adopted by resolution of the City Council
and amended from time to time; provided, however, that such fee be
calculated in an amount sufficient to reimburse the City for its infrastructure
costs associated with provision of water and sewer service, as reasonably
calculated by the City, and no more.
[Added 6-24-2009 by Res. No. 586]
(10)
EDU
allocation fees for users outside the city limits.
[Added 6-10-2009 by Res. No. 369]
(a)
As used in this subsection, the term "in-fill lot" shall be deemed
to be a lot created by the subdivision or resubdivision of a lot that
has already been allocated an EDU, and is located outside the City
limits.
(b)
As prerequisite to the allocation of an EDU in connection with an
in-fill lot, the owner of the subject property shall pay an annual
allocation fee, calculated as follows:
[1]
The fee shall be 45% of the annual county property tax bill.
[2]
Such fees shall be due and owing on the anniversary of their original
payment each successive year. Failure to pay the initial fee shall
prevent allocation of the EDU; failure to pay subsequent fees shall
result in loss of the EDU, and shall entitle the City to terminate
provision of utility service, upon reasonable notice, to pursue collection
proceedings against the owner, to encumber the subject property with
a lien reflecting the unpaid balance, or to pursue any other remedy
allowable at law or equity.
G.
Building code fees:
(1)
Construction (per square foot): $0.20.
(2)
Foundation replacement: $50.
(3)
Roof replacement: $25.
(4)
Temporary construction/office trailers (30 days or
more): $50.
(5)
Commercial tank: $200.
(6)
Reinspection fee, first (failed or missed): $25.
(7)
Reinspection fee, second and up: $75.
(8)
New sewer hookup (per EDU): $2,000.
(9)
New water hookup (per EDU): $3,500.
(10)
Moving buildings: $75.
(11)
Demolition of buildings: no charge.
(12)
After-the-fact building permit (1 1/2 times regular
fees): x 1.5.
I.
Other fees:
(1)
Annexation: $1,200.
(2)
Zoning Map amendment: $1,200.
(3)
Zoning text amendment: $600.
(4)
Taxis: $40.
(5)
Pool tables (per table): $40.
(6)
Vendors or huckstering: $50.
(7)
Any permits, license/activity requiring notice by
publication: $75.
(8)
Soliciting: no charge.
(9)
Video or electronic entertainment machines or devices
(each per calendar year): $50.
(10)
Controlled burning by fire company: $25.
(11)
All others: $25.
J.
Notes:
(1)
Fees shall be paid at the time the application is submitted; no application shall be processed until fees are paid in full, except as provided for in Subsection J(3) below.
(2)
Fees for review of major revisions to approved site
plans shall be determined by the Zoning Board.
(3)
Professional fees (including planner, engineer, attorney,
etc.) shall be paid in addition to the fees noted above. Professional
fees shall be payable to the City of Crisfield prior to issuance of
a zoning certificate or other permit for which the professional fees
were charged.
Applications for and the issuance of licenses
and permits shall be subject to the specific provisions providing
for each type of license or permit. The business, activity or operation
for which the license or permit is required shall be subject to all
regulations set forth therein or elsewhere.
A.
The Clerk shall charge water customers for water service,
per service connection being turned off or on by the City, as follows:
B.
The Clerk, in his/her discretion, may accept payment
of any fee, fine or charge by check or draft but, in the event of
dishonor, shall charge the drawer the sum of $10 per item, which shall
be collectible as part of the original sum due.
A.
The Mayor and Council of the City of Crisfield finds
and declares that:
(1)
Residential and nonresidential development causes
and imposes increased and excessive demands on the public facilities
and services of the City of Crisfield.
(2)
The City of Crisfield incurs substantial capital costs
in providing the additional public facilities needed to support residential
and nonresidential development.
(3)
The Mayor and Council of the City of Crisfield, after
careful consideration of the matter, find and declare it is in the
best interest of the public, health, safety and general welfare of
the City of Crisfield's residents that a public facilities impact
fee shall be imposed upon residential and nonresidential development
in order to finance, at least in part, specified major public facilities,
the demand for which is created by such development. Such public facilities
impact fees shall not impose an unfair burden on development; nor
shall the fees force users of new services to pay more than their
proportionate share of the costs. The fees shall be spent on new or
enlarged capital improvements that reasonably benefit those developments
that pay the fees.
(4)
The Mayor and Council of the City of Crisfield shall
maintain a schedule of public facilities impact fees which will apply
to all development within the City of Crisfield, Maryland, and to
development of land annexed into the City. These fees initially shall
be set at $5,000 for each unit in the proposed development. The schedule
of public facilities impact fees may be amended only by ordinance
and shall be maintained as a public record at City Hall.
B.
DWELLING UNIT
UNIT
Terms defined. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A building or portion of a building providing for complete,
independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent
provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. (A
structure may contain more than one dwelling unit.)
A dwelling unit or business unit.
C.
All public facilities impact fees shall be due and
payable by the owner on the date the City gives approval for a building
permit to be issued. No building permit approval for a structure that
requires public facilities services shall be issued until the public
facilities impact fees for the development of which the structure
is a part are paid in full.
D.
The City may in its discretion vary the amount and/or method of calculating public facilities impact fees in connection with an annexation ordinance. If no provision for public facilities impact fees is made in the annexation ordinance, then they shall be determined and charged as set forth in Subsections A, B and C, above.
E.
The City may in its discretion vary the amount and/or
method of calculating public facilities impact fees in connection
with development not connected with an annexation, if, after public
hearing, the City Council by resolution determines that one or more
of the following criteria have been met:
(1)
The development which is the subject of the fee serves
an important public policy, urban renewal or planning goal of the
City, including, without limitation, the following:
(a)
Provision of affordable home ownership;
(b)
Provision of affordable rental housing;
(c)
Provision of housing for the elderly;
(d)
Reclamation or rehabilitation of decrepit, abandoned,
or dilapidated property; or
(e)
Preservation of property that is of historical
and/or architectural significance.
F.
The Mayor and Council shall periodically review the
status of its public facilities and their need, if any, for further
improvement or expansion, shall review the adequacy and equity of
the public facilities impact fees charged by the City and shall review
the financial impact of such fees.
G.
The City shall maintain all public facilities impact
fees collected under this section in a separate interest-bearing and
fully insured bank account and shall spend the fees collected only
to make improvements and expansions to the City's public facilities
systems.
H.
"Public facilities," as used in this chapter, shall
include water supply, treatment and distribution facilities, stormwater,
drainage, and flood control facilities; wastewater collection and
treatment facilities; municipal power facilities; roadway facilities;
parks and recreational facilities; and public safety facilities, including
police, fire and waste collection and disposal.[1]