No certificate, inspection or permit required by this chapter shall be conducted and/or issued until all applicable fees and administrative costs have been paid to this Town.
An application fee in the amounts set forth in a fee schedule established from time to time by resolution of the Town Board shall be submitted with the application.
A. 
In addition to the fees required in this article, the owner shall reimburse the Town for administrative costs attributable to an application or the administration and/or enforcement of this chapter.
B. 
All administrative costs incurred by the Town in the review and processing of the applications shall be charged back to the owner as a fee related to the application submitted.
C. 
The Town may also require that the owner to deposit a lump sum to retain the necessary consultants or third-party agencies/inspectors. If such sum is insufficient to fund the necessary consulting or inspection services, the Town may require additional deposits. Such payment(s) shall:
(1) 
Be deposited with the Town Clerk who shall establish a line item for this purpose. Expenditures from this line item may be made at the direction of the Town Clerk without further appropriation.
(2) 
Pay only for the expenditures rendered in connection with the project for which an application has been submitted by the owner.
(3) 
At the completion of the Town's review of a project, any excess amount in the line item attributable to the project shall be repaid to the owner. A final report of said line item shall be made available to the owner by the Town Clerk if requested.
D. 
If the Town is required to refer for collection any outstanding administrative cost for any reimbursement, the owner shall, in addition to the reimbursements, be obligated to pay a reasonable attorney's fee and costs incident to any action commenced by the Town to collect such fees. Reasonable attorney's fees shall also include any disbursements that may result from the commencement of litigation. Any owner shall be deemed to be in default of their obligation of fee reimbursement for their failure to remit said reimbursements within 30 days of notice to pay.
E. 
The Town may assess penalties at the rate approved by the Town Board for delinquent reimbursements.
Any payment of a fee or administrative cost to the Town is not refundable, whether or not a certificate, inspection and/or permit has been conducted and/or issued pursuant to this chapter.
The failure of the owner to pay any administrative cost, fee, penalty or expense incurred by the Town in connection with the administration and/or enforcement of this chapter shall be assessed against the land subject to any action prescribed within this chapter and shall be levied and collected in the same manner as provided in the Town Law of NYS for the levy and collection of Town taxes or special ad valorem levies.