Consultant fees. All applicants shall be required to pay to the Town
a sum of money to reimburse it for fees paid by the Town to consulting
planners, engineers, attorneys or other experts and/or professionals
retained by the Town to review the applicant's plans, maps, studies,
agreements, environmental assessment forms, environmental impact statements
and all other papers and proceedings required by the Planning Board,
Town Board or this chapter. A minimum of $5,000 shall be deposited
into an escrow account established for the project. The Town Board
and Planning Board have the authority to require a different sum be
deposited. If at any time during the review of the project the escrow
account balance falls below $2,500, the applicant shall immediately,
upon notification of the Town, replenish the funds to balance identified
by the Town Board or Planning Board. Should the applicant fail to
replenish the account upon notification, no further action will be
taken on the application until the required funds have been deposited
with the Town. At the end of the project, any sums held in escrow
that exceed the invoiced expenditures shall be promptly refunded to
the applicant.
(a)
The Town Board will specify that the applicant shall submit
either the site plan review fees pursuant to the fee schedule for
site plan review or shall reimburse the costs of Town consultants
for the final site plan review and inspection fees, if any.