The Village of Stewart Manor incurs significant expenses as
part of the consideration process of certain matters reviewed by the
various boards or officials of the Village, and it is desirable that
reimbursement for these expenses be made to the Village by the applicant
seeking relief. It is the intention of this chapter to establish a
schedule of deposits and fees to assure reimbursement of anticipated
costs to be incurred by the Village in considering a specific application,
based upon past-incurred expenses for similar matters.
In addition to the filing fees established in this chapter,
all applications to the Building Department for erection and/or alteration
of a building shall be accompanied by a security fee equal to 5% of
the cost of the building or alteration, which will be refunded upon
satisfactory completion of the work.
No action shall be taken by any Village Board or by any Village
Official on any application subject to the requirements of this chapter
unless and until all fees and deposits, including additional deposits,
required hereunder shall have been paid in full or as modified by
the Board of Trustees.
In the event that any fee or deposit established in this chapter
creates an economic or other hardship, application may be made to
the Board of Trustees, which is hereby authorized to modify such fee
and/or deposit in its legislative discretion, after appropriate hearing.
The fees and deposits established by and in this chapter may
be modified by resolution of the Board of Trustees passed by at least
a majority affirmative vote of the total voting power of the Board
of Trustees. No such resolution shall be passed until it shall be
in its final form and either upon the desks or table of the members
at least seven calendar days, exclusive of Sunday, prior to its final
passage or mailed to each of them in postpaid, properly addressed
and securely closed envelopes or wrappers in a post office box or
post office of the United States Post Office Department within the
local government at least 10 calendar days, exclusive of Sunday, prior
to its final passage. No resolution modifying a fee or deposit established
by and in this chapter, which fee or deposit currently exceeds $500,
or setting a fee or deposit not contemplated by this chapter, shall
be passed until a public hearing has been held before the Board of
Trustees after notification of such hearing has been published and
posted, as required by law then existing. The modification shall be
effective upon filing of the resolution with the Village Administrator.