[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Georgetown 4-9-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-5.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fees — See Ch. 98.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally adopted as Ch. 97 but was renumbered as Ch. 89 to maintain the organizational style of the Code.
[Amended 2-27-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
The Town departments having authority to accept applications and issue approvals, permits, licenses and/or provide Town services shall first determine that the applicant is current on and not in default of certain obligations owed to the Town. For purposes of this chapter, "applicant" shall be defined as and have the meaning described in Chapter 130, § 130-1.
[Amended 10-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-7]
Applicants for Town approvals, permits, licenses and/or the use, receipt or provision of Town services shall be current on all of the following obligations to the Town, including but not limited to:
A. 
Property taxes.
B. 
Water and/or sewer connection, front footage and/or usage charges.
C. 
Application fees.
D. 
Permit fees, including building permits, building code and inspection fees.
E. 
Business license fees.
[Added 2-27-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-2[1]]
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection E as Subsection F.
F. 
Interest, penalties, court costs and/or attorney’s fees if applicable to a default in any of the above-listed obligations.
[Amended 2-27-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
The various Town departments and offices shall refuse to accept applications and grant permits and/or approvals for the use, receipt or provision of Town services, including but not limited to, business licenses, building permits, building code plan reviews and/or inspections, subdivisions, rezonings, conditional uses, variances and/or special exceptions until the owners and/or applicants have demonstrated that all Town obligations identified in § 89-2 above have been paid current as to all licenses, lands and property owned or held by the owner and/or applicant requesting the permit, approval or Town services. If the party requesting Town approval is current on some, but not all obligations owed to the Town, the approval, permit, license and/or Town service being applied for shall be denied until such time as all Town obligations are current and fully complied with.
A. 
All Town employees who are responsible for taking applications and/or granting approvals and/or permits and/or providing the Town services identified in § 89-3 shall make all reasonable efforts to determine that none of the Town obligations identified in § 89-2 are unpaid and/or that the owner and/or applicant requesting the approval, permit or service is not in violation of any monetary or compliance obligation owed to the Town.
[Amended 2-27-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
B. 
Parcel owners who have taxes or any other obligations owed to the Town must have written approval from the Town Finance Clerk indicating full payment of all taxes, assessments, fees or obligations that are in arrears before any application for a building permit, building code approval, subdivision, rezoning, conditional use, variance, special exception or Town services can be accepted or approved by the Town offices or employees.
C. 
If any noncomplying or incomplete payments, actions or filings are determined to exist, then the administrative agency or official shall, in writing, deny the license, application or other form of approval requested until all existing requirements for payment, actions or filings have been fully complied with or completed, clearly identifying in the written denial the payment, action or filing required to be completed or complied with. Failure by the appropriate administrative agency or official to issue such written denial within 10 working days from the receipt of an application shall enable the applicant to receive the permit or other approval for which application was made.
Any applicant for a permit or other form of Town approval who receives the aforesaid written denial of a permit or other form of approval by an administrative agency or official of the Town may appeal that denial to the Town Manager or his designee within 20 calendar days of such denial. The Town Manager, or his designee, shall thereafter hold a hearing at which said applicant shall be permitted to provide proof that such payment has been made or that a required action or filing has been properly carried out or otherwise show that such denial is based on incorrect information or is not appropriate as to that applicant.