[Ord. 36, 11/11/1981, § 1]
All "Whereas" clauses are incorporated herein by reference.
[Ord. 36, 11/11/1981, § 2]
The Township hereby establishes an account called the "Upper
Nazareth Township Plans and Appeals Account."
[Ord. 36, 11/11/1981, § 3]
1. An applicant, requesting approval of subdivision plans under the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22] or requiring site plan review by the Planning Commission or requesting a hearing under the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
27] or other resolution, ordinance of the Township or County or statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shall deposit sufficient funds to cover all Township administrative expenses, which shall include, but not be limited to, legal, engineering and other professional consultants, as well as any other expenses and costs, which funds shall be paid in advance, provided, however, that additional funds may be requested by the Secretary of the Planning Commission or Zoning Officer or other proper officials of the Township from time to time based on the anticipated expenditures of the Township with regard to the particular application. The following initial minimum deposits shall be applicable to such applications:
A. Where the application requires site plan review by the Planning Commission
under Township ordinances, the applicant shall deposit the sum of
$250 to the Upper Nazareth Township Plans and Appeals Account, and
such other funds as may be requested from time to time by the Township.
B. Where the application requires approval of subdivision plans under
the Subdivision and Land Development Resolution or Ordinance [Chapter
22] and no written subdivision agreement is anticipated, the applicant
shall deposit the sum of $350 in the Upper Nazareth Township Plans
and Appeals Account, and such other funds as may be requested from
time to time by the Township.
C. Where the application requires approval of subdivision plans under
the Subdivision and Land Development Resolution or Ordinance [Chapter
22] and a written subdivision agreement is anticipated, the applicant
shall deposit the sum of $1,500 in the Upper Nazareth Township Plans
and Appeals Account, and such other funds as may be requested from
time to time by the Township.
D. Where the application requests a hearing before the Zoning Hearing
Board, the applicant shall deposit the sum of $150 in the Upper Nazareth
Township Plans and Appeals Account to cover administrative expenses,
at the time of making his application or appeal.
[Ord. 36, 11/11/1981, § 4]
No hearing will be scheduled until the deposit of costs is made.
If there are postponed or continued hearings and additional sums are
required to cover costs and expenses of these extended hearings, the
Chairperson of the Zoning Hearing Board is empowered to estimate and
assess these additional costs. The applicant or appellant shall be
notified, in writing, of the amount of such additional deposit required,
and said deposit shall be made prior to the commencement of any hearings,
or adjourned hearings, or subsequent hearings on the matter.
[Ord. 36, 11/11/1981, § 5]
An applicant requesting a zoning amendment pursuant to §§ 609
or 609.1 of the Municipalities Planning Code of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, 53 P.S. §§ 10609, 10609.1, shall deposit
in the Upper Nazareth Township Plans and Appeals Account the sum of
$1,000, against which shall be charged all reasonable and necessary
administrative costs and any other expenses which may be incurred
in the process of considering a request for a zoning ordinance amendment.
[Ord. 36, 11/11/1981, § 6]
The funds held in the Plans and Appeals Account shall be held
in one account; however, a separate ledger shall be kept for each
deposit, which ledger shall be available for inspection by the applicant
(i.e., developer, appellant, etc.) the Supervisors and the public,
as to payments and disbursements; provided, however, that the administrative
expenses chargeable to the application in question shall be charged
against the account of the applicant, and the checks shall thereafter
be drawn from the Plans and Appeals Account, which payments shall
be approved in the same manner as those made from the General Funds.
[Ord. 36, 11/11/1981, § 7]
In addition to the aforesaid sums, the applicant shall also
pay to the Township's General Fund such amounts as are required
to cover the costs of processing a particular application as determined
from time to time by the Township Supervisors as Township fees.
[Ord. 36, 11/11/1981, § 8]
After final disposition of the application, any surplus funds
held on account of any particular applicant shall be returned to the
applicant upon direction of the Township Treasurer.