All provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the
Board of Commissioners or its officially designated representatives.
All matters relating to this chapter shall be submitted to the Township
of Lower Merion Director of Building and Planning who will handle
the matter in accordance with the current Township of Lower Merion
policies, procedures and guidelines established by the Board of Commissioners.
The developer shall pay fees and costs to the Township as set forth in Chapter
A167 Fees, as adopted and amended from time to time by the Board of Commissioners.
A. Professional consultants' fees. The applicant will be required to
deposit sums with the Township, to be held in escrow until released
for the payment of the Township's consultant fees, including the fees
of the Township Solicitor, land planners, traffic consultants, landscape
architects and all other professional consultants whose services are
engaged with respect to reviewing plans, resolving issues and preparation
of documents in conjunction with an application. Moneys escrowed for
this purpose may be combined with sums escrowed for the payment of
the Township Engineer's fees and costs.
B. If the funds available for the payment of those fees and costs required
by this article are or become inadequate to pay those fees and costs
anticipated or incurred, the Township will send notice to the applicant
to make an additional deposit. Until that deposit is made, permits
for any work on the project may be withheld. If the deposit is not
made within 20 days of the request therefor, any permits issued for
work on the site may be suspended and site improvement escrow releases
may be withheld. Any funds held in escrow on behalf of site improvements
may be applied to the payment of costs and fees incurred or anticipated,
at the discretion of the Director of Building and Planning.
C. Escrow accounts for fees to conduct the necessary inspection and review services provided by the Township of Lower Merion during the construction of improvements approved in the final plan shall be established in accordance with Article
VII, Improvement Construction Requirements.
D. Disputes. In the event the applicant disputes the amount of any such
review fee, the fee dispute process established in the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code shall be followed.