(The following is a list of the fees charged by the Village of Solvay for various licenses, permits, applications and other services. Consult the applicable Code sections for more detailed provisions.)
LICENSES
Type
Fee
Applicable Code Section(s)
Restaurants, lunch counters and similar places
$25 per year
§ 109-1G
Amusement centers
$25 per year
§ 48-14
Amusement center games
$25 per year, plus $1 for tag, per machine
§§ 48-21, 48-25A
Taxicabs, public carriages, carts, drays, express wagons, automobiles, trucks, trailers and other vehicles for transportation of persons or property for hire
$25 per year for each vehicle and place of business or premises
§ 109-ic
Auctioneers, collateral loan brokers, junk dealers in secondhand articles and scavengers
$25 per year
§ 109-1A
Hawkers, vendors, peddlers and solicitors
Milk, bread and baked goods vendors
$25 per year per person or vehicle
§ 109-1B(1)
Ice cream vendors
$25 per year per person or vehicle
§ 109-1B(2)
All other hawkers, vendors, peddlers or solicitors
$25 per year for each person or vehicle
§ 109-1B(3)
Theaters and moving-picture houses
$25 per year per premises
§ 109-1D
Bowling alleys
$5 per year per alley
§ 109-1E
Shooting galleries
$25 per year
§ 109-1F
Dance halls, opera houses and public halls
$25 per year
§ 109-1H
Public exhibitions; music, amusement and entertainment productions
$25 per year
§ 109-1I
Convalescent or nursing home
$25 per year
§ 109-16
PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES
Type
Fee
Applicable Code Section(s)
Building permit
[Amended 7-22-2008; 6-22-2021]
First $3,000
$40
Every $1,000 thereafter
$10
Certificate of occupancy
$25
§ 82-1
Excavation of cut in street, sidewalk, highway or other public ground
$10, plus $0.50 times the square footage of the cut
§ 136-25
Pool variance application
$25
§ 140-19
DEVELOPER FEES
[Amended 7-22-2009]
Zoning Board of Appeals
Application Fees
Deposit, Legal
Deposit, Engineering
Use variance
$250
$750
Special permit
$75
$750
Area variance
$75
$500
$1,000.00 w/ref
Code interpretation
$75
Site plan review
$250
$750
$1,500 w/ref
$500, plus $250 per acre
$2,500.00 large projects
Subdivision
Minor
1 to 3 lots
$250
$750
$500, plus $120 per lot
4 to 5 lots
$500
$5,000
6 to 10 lots
$1,000
$5,000
11 lots
$2,000
$5,000
VACANT BUILDING FEE SCHEDULE
[Added 7-27-2021]
Building Type
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Each Subsequent Year
1- to 3-unit residential
$250
$500
$1,000
$2,000
4- to 6-unit residential
$500
$1,000
$2,000
$4,000
7+ units residential
$250 per unit
$500 per unit
$1,000 per unit
$2,000 per unit
Mixed commercial with 2 to 3 units
$500
$1,000
$2,000
$4,000
Mixed commercial with 4+ units
$1,000
$2,000
$4,000
$8,000
Nonresidential buildings (greater amount of)
$1,000 or $0.05 per square foot
$2,000 or $0.10 per square foot
$4,000 or $0.20 per square foot
$8,000 or $0.40 per square foot
OTHER
Type
Fee
Applicable Code Section(s)
Softball fields
Jack Benny League
$100 per year
§ 82-2A
Other softball leagues
$150 per year
§ 82-2A
Weekend softball tournaments
$100, plus $25 deposit for cleaning
§ 82-2B
Gertrude Park Upper Shelter A
$25 per day
§§ 82-5 and 122-1.1
Gertrude Park Lower Shelter B
$20 per day
§§ 82-5 and 122-1.1
Gertrude Park Point Shelter C
$20 per day
§§ 82-5 and 122-1.1
Residential rental property
[Added 7-22-2008; amended 6-22-2021]
§ 127-5
Registration
$25 per unit
Inspection
First inspection (includes 1 reinspection for code compliance)
$25 per unit
Additional inspection fee (for any subsequent inspections after reinspection for code compliance)
$25 per unit
Public records, copies of
Page size 8 1/2 x 11
$0.25 per page
§ 129-5
Page size 8 1/2 x 15
$0.35 per page
§ 129-5
Page size 11 x 17
$0.75 per page
§ 129-5
Alien certification
$1
N/A
FEMA letter regarding wetlands
$5
N/A
Application for zone change
$100
N/A
Service charge for returned checks
$15
§ 82-3