A. 
Permit fees.
(1) 
Commercial WECS permit: $2,500 per tower.
(2) 
Wind measurement towers permit: $1,000 per tower per year.
(3) 
Small WECS permit: $50 per WECS.
B. 
Retention of expert assistance and reimbursement by applicant.
(1) 
The Town may hire any consultant and/or expert necessary to assist the Town in reviewing and evaluating the application, including but not limited to site inspections, the construction and modification of the site, once permitted, and any requests for recertification.
(2) 
An applicant shall deposit with the Town funds sufficient to reimburse the Town for all reasonable costs of consultant and expert evaluation and consultation to the Town in connection with the review of the application.
(a) 
The initial deposit shall be $8,500 for commercial WECS and shall be placed with the Town preceding the preapplication meeting. The initial deposit for small WECS shall be $100.
(b) 
The Town shall maintain a separate escrow account for all such funds. The Town's consultants/experts shall invoice the Town for their services in reviewing the application, including the modification of the site, once permitted.
(c) 
For commercial WECS only if at any time during the process this escrow account has a balance less than $2,500, the applicant shall immediately, upon notification by the Town, replenish said escrow account so that it has a balance of at least $5,000. Such additional escrow funds shall be deposited with the Town before any further action or consideration is taken on the application.
(d) 
In the event that the amount held in escrow by the Town is more than the amount of the actual invoicing at the conclusion of the project, the remaining balance shall be promptly refunded to the applicant.
(3) 
The total amount of the funds needed as set forth in Subsection B of this section may vary with the scope and complexity of the project, the completeness of the application, and other information as may be needed to complete the necessary review, analysis and inspection of any construction or modification.
C. 
Host agreements. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the ability of the Town to enter into host community agreements with any applicant to compensate the Town for expenses or impacts on the community.
The Town hereby exercises its right to opt out of the tax exemption provisions of Real Property Tax Law § 487, pursuant to the authority granted by Subdivision 8 of that law.
The chapter designations and numerical/lettering designations of the sections and articles included in this chapter shall be delegated to the discretion of General Code Publishers, which may renumber the chapters, sections and articles included in this chapter as necessary to accommodate incorporation of this chapter in the Code of the Town of Minden.