[Adopted 8-8-1990 by Ord. No. O-1990-00017]
[Added 6-16-1993 by Ord. No. O-1993-00017]
A. The following shall be the fee schedule of the Essex
County Planning Board for site plan and subdivision review commencing
upon the effective date of this section:
[Amended 2-11-2009 by Ord. No. O-2009-00005]
Preliminary/Final Site Plan Review
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Fee
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Initial Fees
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Residential
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$250 + $30/dwelling unit
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Nonresidential
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$300 + $20/dwelling unit
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Mixed use
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$300 + $30/dwelling unit + $20/parking space
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Cellular antenna and/or towers
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$350 + $20/parking space
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Additional fees (if applicable)
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License to connect to County's stormwater system
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$400/connection
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Appeal/waiver
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$200/appeal or waiver
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Subdivision Applications
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Fee
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Initial fees
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Minor subdivision (1 to 3 lots)
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$200 + $40/lot
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Boundary adjustment (no new lots)
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$150
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Consolidation of lots (reverse subdivision)
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$200
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Major subdivision
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$500 + $50/lot
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Additional fees
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Final plat – signature
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$100
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License to connect to County's stormwater system
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$400
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Appeal/waiver
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$200/appeal or waiver
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B. When site plans and subdivision plans are revised,
the following revision fee schedule shall apply:
[Amended 2-11-2009 by Ord. No. O-2009-00005]
(1) First revision: 25% of original fee.
(2) Second revision: 33% of original fee.
(3) Third revision: 50% of original fee.
(4) Fourth
revision: 75% of original fee.
C. The applicant shall make payment by cash, check or
money order payable to the Essex County Planning Board. Application
fees shall be nonrefundable.
D. Fees charged for review by the Essex County Planning
Board of plans submitted by state, county, municipal governments and
public agencies, churches, hospitals and nonprofit institutions which
are exempt from payment of local application fees shall be 75% of
the applicable fee which would be charged to said entity if same were
not exempt from such local application fee. Any such entity which
is not exempt from payment of local application fees shall pay the
full fees required to be paid hereunder.
E. The maximum fee charged for review shall not exceed
$10,000 for site plans having less than 1,000 off-street parking spaces
nor more than $20,000 for site plans having more than 1,000 off-street
parking spaces.
[Amended 2-11-2009 by Ord. No. O-2009-00005]
F. Planning Board consultant fee.
(1) After filing, the Planning Board, at its discretion,
may submit an application for development to such consultants as it
may deem appropriate at the applicant's expense. The Planning Board
shall inform the applicant of the amount of the consultant fee, and
the applicant shall have the option of withdrawing the application.
(2) Within seven days from receipt of notice of the amount
of the proposed consultant fee, the applicant may notify the Board
in writing of the applicant's objection to the reasonableness of the
fee, in which event, the Planning Board staff will arrange a meeting
among the Board's consultant, the applicant and the Board staff at
which time the consultant's fee will be discussed. After such meeting,
the applicant shall have the option of paying said fee (or such adjusted
fees as may result from said meeting) and advising the Board by notice
to proceed, or of withdrawing the application, or the applicant may,
by written notice, request a hearing before the Planning Board with
regard to the reasonableness of the consultant fees. Unless either
a notice to proceed or request for Board review of the fee is received
within 15 days from the date the meeting was held (or within 15 days
from the date the applicant was notified of the amount of said fee,
where a meeting is not requested) the application for development
will be considered to have been withdrawn.