A. 
All provisions of this chapter shall be administered by Borough Council or its officially designated representatives.
B. 
All matters relating to this chapter shall be submitted to Borough staff who shall handle the matter in accordance with current Borough policies, procedures and guidelines established by Council.
C. 
No application for preliminary, minor, or final plan approval shall be considered as submitted until the fees and/or escrow deposit, as set forth below, shall have been paid.
D. 
The Borough shall keep a public record of its correspondence, findings, recommendations, and actions relating to plans filed for review, in accordance with the policies, procedures, and guidelines established by Borough Council.
The applicant shall be required to pay the following fees and costs:
A. 
Application fee. At the time of the filing of a subdivision or land development plan and application for approval thereof, the owner shall pay to the Borough of Narberth an application fee, as set by resolution of Borough Council.
B. 
Professional consultants' review and assistance fees.
(1) 
The applicant shall be required to deposit with the Borough sums to be held in escrow until released for the payment of the Borough's consultant fees, including the fees of the Solicitor, Engineer, Code Enforcement Officer, landscape architect, Traffic Engineer, and all other professional consultants whose services are engaged with respect to reviewing plans, resolving issues, construction monitoring and inspections, and preparation and review of documents in conjunction with an application, including such actions taken prior to application.
(2) 
Such fees shall be based upon a schedule established by resolution of Borough Council.
(3) 
The applicant's deposit shall accompany the initial filing of a subdivision or land development plan. Subsequent submissions shall not require additional payment unless the Borough determines that additional funds are required for continued professional services fees.
(4) 
If the funds available for the payment of the professional consultants' fees become inadequate to pay such fees, the Borough will send notice to the applicant to make an additional deposit. Until that deposit is made, permits for any work on the project and the release of site improvement escrows may be withheld.
(5) 
If costs incurred by the Borough are less than the escrowed amount, the difference shall be refunded to the applicant following disposition of the plans.
C. 
Hearing fees. If the Borough Council shall hold a public hearing before acting upon said subdivision or land development application, the owner shall pay an additional fee to the Borough of Narberth to defray the expense of advertising notice of such hearing and the services of a public stenographers, as set by resolution of Borough Council.
D. 
Inspection and dedication.
(1) 
All fees related to inspection and testing of construction and materials shall be as described in Article VI, Improvement Construction Requirements.
(2) 
All legal fees, advertising, and other costs involved in the dedication of streets and public improvements to the Borough shall be borne by the applicant.
E. 
Disputes. In the event that the applicant disputes the amount of any Borough fee or cost, the Borough and applicant shall enter into the dispute process as outlined in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act No. 247, Section 510, Subsection (g), as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10510(g).
A. 
Any person, partnership, or corporation who or which has violated the provisions of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Borough, pay a judgment of not more than $500, plus all court costs, including the reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Borough as a result thereof.
B. 
No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied, or be payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the District Justice.
C. 
If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Borough may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure.
D. 
Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the District Justice determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership, or corporation violating this chapter to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation by the District Justice and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
E. 
All fines collected for such violations shall be paid to the Borough.
A. 
Borough Council may refuse to issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to further improve any real property which has been developed or has resulted in violation to this chapter. The Borough may enforce the requirements or conditions imposed upon any subdivision or land development by injunctive proceeding. Any such requirements or conditions shall be binding on the developer and his successors and assigns, including a tenant or mortgagee acquiring an interest in a portion of or all of the subdivision or land development before or after the imposition of the requirements or conditions.
B. 
In addition to other remedies, the Borough may institute and maintain appropriate actions by law or in equity to restrain, to correct or abate violations, to prevent unlawful construction, to recover damages, and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building.