[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]
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.
