The Director of Administration and Finance shall review and audit
all vouchers and shall approve payment only of such engineering, legal
and consultant expenses as are reasonable in amount and necessarily
incurred by the City in connection with the review and consideration
of applications for land use or development approvals, appeals of
determinations or for the monitoring, inspection or enforcement of
permits or approvals or the conditions attached thereto. For the purpose
of this review and audit, a fee shall be reasonable in amount if it
bears a reasonable relationship to the average charge by engineers,
attorneys or other consultants to the City for services performed
in connection with similar applications and, in this regard, the Director
of Administration and Finance may take into consideration the complexity,
both legal and physical, of the project proposed, including the size,
type and number of buildings to be constructed, the amount of time
to complete the project, the topography of the land on which such
project is located, soil conditions, surface water, drainage conditions,
the nature and extent of highways, drainage facilities, utilities
or parks to be constructed and special considerations as the Director
of Administration and Finance may reasonably deem relevant. A fee
for service which was rendered in order to protect or promote the
health, safety, or other vital interests of the residents of the City,
protect public or private property from damage from uncontrolled surface
water run-off, and other environmental factors, assure the proper
and timely construction of highways, drainage facilities, utilities
and parks, protect the legal interests of the City, including receipt
by the City of good and proper title to dedicated highways and other
facilities and the avoidance of claims and liability and such other
interests as the Director of Administration and Finance may deem relevant.