This chapter is enacted to promote consistency and fairness
in the fees to be charged by Pocono Township for licenses and permits.
The chapter shall be deemed to apply to any fee or charge imposed
by the Township in accordance with the Township's codified ordinances
and applicable laws of the United States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Board of Commissioners shall adopt and publish a fee schedule
covering any matter for which the Township may lawfully impose such
charge. The fee schedule shall be adopted by resolution and shall
remain in effect until amended or repealed by resolution.
A copy of the current Pocono Township Fee Schedule shall be
made available by the Township Secretary to any interested person
without charge.
The fee schedule shall be reviewed annually at the first regular
meeting of the year by the Board of Commissioners; however, the fee
schedule may be amended at any time.
The following standards shall apply to the establishment of
fees:
A. Imposition of a fee must be authorized by the ordinances of Pocono
Township.
B. Imposition of a fee shall be authorized directly or by necessary
implication by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
C. The fee established shall not be more than is reasonably necessary
to cover the Township's cost of administration of the applicable
law or ordinance.
The Commissioners may by resolution exempt from payment of all
fees or any particular fee a charitable organization, which shall
be deemed to be any of the following:
A. An organization which is and holds itself out to be a benevolent,
educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, religious or eleemosynary
organization; or
B. An organization no part of the net income of which inures to the
benefit of any individual and which has received a declaration of
current tax exempt status from the government of the United States.