[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Woodbury 8-12-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Architectural Review Board — See Ch. 8.
Planning Board — See Ch. 57.
Bonding: subdivisions and site plans — See Ch. 92.
Building construction — See Ch. 96.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 154.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 159.
Freshwater wetlands — See Ch. 165.
Sewers — See Ch. 253.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 272.
Water — See Ch. 298.
Water and sewer inspections — See Ch. 301.
Zoning — See Ch. 310.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a
consolidated schedule of fees to be charged in the administration
of Village laws, ordinances, regulations and resolutions and to permit
an annual review and modification of such fees by the Village Board.
The fees set forth herein shall apply to the
provisions of all of the local laws, ordinances, regulations and resolutions
of the Village of Woodbury adopted prior to the date of this chapter
and shall supersede any specific fee contained or referred to therein.
The schedule of fees of the Village of Woodbury
shall be as follows:
A.
Application to the Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning
Board and Board of Trustees.
(4)
Subdivisions, minor and major, excluding planned unit
development.
(6)
Site plan and subdivision inspection escrow fee: not
less than 4% nor greater than 6% of the amount of the value of construction,
which amount is to be estimated by the Village Engineer, to help defray
costs of observing the work to provide better assurance to the Village
that it is in accordance with the approved plans for the construction
of roads, water systems, sewer systems and other utilities in the
development.
B.
Application to Building Department.
(1)
Fees.
(a)
Floodplain letter: $20 per letter.
(b)
Building permit: fees pursuant to resolution
adopted by Village Board of Trustees.
(c)
Certificate of occupancy or copies: $25.
(d)
Amendment to building permit: $30.
(e)
Extension of building permit: $5 per month.
(f)
Fire permit: $50, except there shall be no fire
permit fee required for any events sponsored by the Village or Town
of Woodbury.
(g)
Blasting permit: $100.
(h)
Bungalow permit: $10 per unit.
(i)
Floodplain development permit: fees pursuant to resolution adopted
by the Village Board of Trustees.
[Added 6-9-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009]
(j)
Fireworks permit: $250, except the Village Board of Trustees may
waive the fee required for any events sponsored by the Town or Village
of Woodbury.
[Added 7-28-2009 by L.L. No. 4-2009]
(k)
Municipal search: $100.
[Added 9-22-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
C.
Special consultants' fees.
(1)
The Village Board, Planning Board and Board of Appeals, in the review of any application described above or in reviewing any other application which is presented to any of the Boards whereby consultants are to be retained to advise such Boards, may refer any such application presented to it to such engineering, planning, legal, technical, environmental, wetlands, wireless communications facilities or other consultant as such Board shall deem necessary to enable it to review such application as required by law. The amount of the fee shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of Subsection C(3).
(2)
Escrow. The applicant shall deposit with the Village
Clerk an escrow to cover the costs to be incurred by the Village for
the aforesaid consulting services or other special retained expert
in connection with applications before the respective Boards.
(3)
Planning Board amount of escrow. The Woodbury Building
Department shall compute the initial escrow charge in accordance with
the following schedule:
(c)
Informal work session appearance: $500.
[Amended 4-30-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
(e)
Other nonlisted matters. In any and all matters that the consultants are requested to review and advise the aforesaid Boards, the fees that are charged by such consultants shall be determined, where possible, in advance, and the individual applicant shall be required to deposit moneys into the escrow account pursuant to this Subsection C.
(f)
Retaining of other consultants. If necessary,
where other special consultants are to be retained, the consulting
engineer and/or consulting planner shall refer that portion of the
application to the outside consultants for determination of the amount
of their fees. After the consulting engineer and/or consulting planner
have determined the amount of the escrow for the aforesaid consulting
services, they shall notify the Building Department of the additional
escrow requirement. The application will not be listed for any meetings
or hearings before the respective Boards until all fees, including
the escrow, are paid.
(4)
Replacement of escrow account. If the escrow account
falls below 20% of the initial deposit, the Building Department may,
if recommended by the consulting engineer and the consulting planner,
require that the applicant pay additional funds into the escrow account
up to 50% of the initial deposit.
(5)
Reimbursement of escrow. In the event that an applicant
shall withdraw his or her application at any stage of the proceedings
or when the application review and approval process has been completed,
the excess funds in the applicant's account, if any, either shall
be remitted to the applicant or, if so directed by the applicant,
shall remain on deposit as the applicant's initial payment toward
the postapproval inspection requirements.
(6)
Deficiency of account. The application shall be responsible
for all of the foregoing fees, notwithstanding that the escrow account
might be insufficient for said fees or expenses.
(7)
Review of application. Until the escrow account and
all fees, as set forth herein, are paid, no review of an application
shall be undertaken by the consultants. The failure to replenish the
escrow account as required or the failure to pay the fees as required
herein shall be appropriate grounds for the denial of an application.
The matter shall not be scheduled before a particular board, except
for the issuance of a denial as provided herein.
[Amended 4-30-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
D.
Water and sewer consultant fees and inspection fees.
(1)
Where the Water and Sewer Department is required to
review plans and specifications for buildings not located within subdivisions
or site plans approved by the Woodbury Planning Board, the Superintendent
of the Water and Sewer Department may refer the plans and specifications
to such engineering, legal, technical, environmental or other consultants
as the Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Department shall deem
necessary to enable the Department to review such plans and specifications.
The owner or the contractor shall be required to deposit a sum of
money for the amount of the consultant's fees, which sum shall include
the time required by the Water and Sewer Department to inspect the
water and sewer facilities for the project.
(2)
Escrow. The owner or contractor for whose property
such facilities are to be provided shall deposit with the Village
Clerk an escrow to cover the costs to be incurred by the Water and
Sewer Department for consulting services and services to be provided
by the Water and Sewer Department in connection with reviewing the
plans and specifications and making the required inspections for the
site.
(3)
Amount of escrow. The Woodbury Water and Sewer Department
or the Village's consulting engineer shall compute the initial escrow
charge, the amount of which shall be given to the property owner or
contractor who shall within 10 days deposit said sum for the consulting
and inspection fees. If additional fees are required beyond the original
estimate to complete the required review and inspection, such fees
shall be estimated as soon as the deficiency is discovered and the
new amount billed to the property owner or contractor with payment
required within 10 days.
(4)
Review of plans and specifications and inspections.
No review of plans and specifications or inspections of water and
sewer facilities shall be undertaken by the Water and Sewer Department
or its consultants until the escrow account has been established and
all fees have been paid.
E.
Freshwater wetlands. All expenses incurred by the
Village's boards shall be reimbursed prior to the issuance of a permit.
[Amended 9-22-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
The Village Board, by resolution, may from time to time modify the fees imposed under § 143-3B of this Code, and the resolution shall be on file in the office of the Village Clerk and the Building Department.
