[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town
of Bridgeville 3-8-2010 by Ord. No. A10-2. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The applicant who is requesting to obtain any permits, licenses,
utility services, own property or do any business with the Town of
Bridgeville must disclose all names of entities, properties, or any
information needed to check to assure there are not any outstanding
debts owed by the individual, partnership, LLC or corporation to which
an applicant has a connection to. Individuals must disclose all names
they may have previously used to conduct business with the Town of
Bridgeville.
The department heads 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.
Applicants for Town approvals, permits, licenses, and/or the
use, receipt of or provision of services shall be current on all obligations
to the Town prior to receiving such approval or services. Examples
of such services include, but are not limited to, the following:
A.
Property taxes;
B.
Escrow payments;
C.
Water and/or sewer connection, disconnection and/or usage charges;
D.
Tapping, water meter fees, etc.;
E.
License fees;
F.
Permit fees;
G.
Code fees;
H.
Administrative fees, i.e., grass cutting, etc.;
I.
Demolition fees;
J.
Town Engineer review fees;
K.
Liens placed on properties;
L.
Interest, penalties, court costs and/or attorney's fees, if
applicable to a default in any of the above listed obligations.
The department heads shall refuse to accept applications and
grant permits and/or approvals for the use of, receipt of, or provision
of services, including but not limited to building permits, Building
Code plan reviews, and/or inspections, subdivisions, rezoning, conditional
uses, variances, special exceptions, licenses, annexation requests,
certificates of occupancy and/or connection or installation of utilities
until the owner and/or applicant has demonstrated that all obligations
are current as to all lands and property owned by the individual requesting
the permit, approval or service. If the party requesting approval
is not current on all obligations owed to the Town, the approval,
permit, license and/or service being applied for shall be denied until
such time as all Town obligations are current and fully complied with.
B.
Parcel owners who have obligations owed to the Town must have written
approval from the Town of Bridgeville Finance Director 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 other service can be accepted or approved by the Town
of Bridgeville.
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 payments, 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 business
days from receipt of an application shall enable the applicant to
proceed in the permitting or other approval processes for which application
was made.
A.
Any applicant for a permit, service or other form of Town approval
who receives the aforesaid written denial of a permit or other form
of approval or service by the Town of Bridgeville may appeal that
denial to the Town Manager within 20 business days of such denial.
The Town Manager 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.
B.
In the event the Town Manager denies the appeal, the applicant can
appeal to the Town Commission within 20 business days of such denial.
These appeals will be scheduled as part of a regular Commission meeting,
and appellants will be required to be present to present their case.
