[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Ashford as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-2-2003; amended 6-7-2021]
A. 
Building and trade permit fees shall be $12 per $1,000 or fraction thereof of the cost of construction. The minimum permit fee shall be $40. Demolition and moving of buildings shall be the same fee structure.
B. 
As required by Connecticut General Statutes § 29-263, the code training and education fee shall be $0.26 per $1,000 of construction value on each building permit application added to the base permit fee.
C. 
Connecticut State Building Code Section R108.3, Building Permit Valuations.
(1) 
The applicant for a permit shall provide an estimated permit value at the time of application. Permit valuations shall include total value of work, including materials and labor, for which the permit is being issued, such as electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing equipment and permanent systems. If, in the opinion of the Building Official, the valuation is underestimated on the application, the permit shall be denied, unless the applicant can show detailed estimates to meet the approval of the Building Official. Final building permit valuation shall be set by the Building Official.
(2) 
Permit applicants must file the appropriate Connecticut workers' compensation form:
(a) 
Form 7A: for the sole proprietor or property owner who will not act as general contractor or principal employer.
(b) 
Form 7B: for the sole proprietor or property owner who will act as general contractor or principal employer.
(c) 
Form 7C: for the general contractor or principal employer who has chosen to be excluded from coverage.
[Adopted 10-3-2005; amended 6-7-2021]
Pursuant to §§ 8-1c and 8-26 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the voters of the Town of Ashford do hereby ordain that the authority of the legislative body of the Town of Ashford to establish by ordinance a schedule of reasonable fees for the processing of applications by the Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals or Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission is delegated to the membership of each such land use agency of the Town of Ashford for enactment and publication of any such fee schedule in the zoning or inland wetlands regulations of the Town of Ashford, as applicable.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 290, Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations, and Ch. 300, Zoning Regulations.
A. 
In processing any application, if it is determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals or Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission of the Town of Ashford that it is reasonable and necessary for it to engage the services of one or more technical or professional experts to aid the Board or Commission in evaluating or determining the application, for example, an engineer to review construction plans or subdivision improvements, the Board or Commission may retain such outside assistance and surcharge the applicant for all such expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred, as an additional fee.
B. 
The Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals or Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission of the Town of Ashford is authorized to create and implement whatever procedures the Board or Commission determines to be reasonable and necessary to surcharge and collect any such technical or professional consultant fees from an applicant in any case in which the Board or Commission determines that such expertise is required. Any such system may include the requirement of a deposit paid by the applicant at or soon after the time of application and prior to the retention of any such technical or professional consultant by the Board or Commission so as to ensure payment by the applicant of such reasonable and necessary fee.