[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Hudson 6-27-1989 by Res. No. R89-50, as last amended 3-21-2000 by the Board of Selectmen.[1] Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: All amendments and specific fees resolutions are on file in the Board of Selectmen's office and may be examined there during regular office hours.
Board of Selectmen's fees are set as follows:
A. 
Truck (by ordinance), per vehicle: $25.
B. 
Hawker/Peddler (by ordinance):
(1) 
Day: $5.
(2) 
Week: $25.
(3) 
Year: $100.
C. 
Motor vehicle race track (by ordinance): $100.
D. 
Motor vehicle junkyard license (by state statute): $25.
E. 
DVDs.
[Added 4-24-2001; amended 12-11-2007]
(1) 
DVD duplication costs: $15 per program.
(2) 
Retention of DVDs. DVDs will be held for a period of six months and then will be destroyed. (However, DVDs of the Annual Town Meeting and School District Meeting will be held longer.)
[Amended 5-14-2002; 10-25-2005; 2-24-2015 by Ord. No. 15-02; 10-12-2021 by Ord. No. 15-02]
Building fees are set as follows:
A. 
Building permit application fee: $30.
B. 
Residential construction: $0.40 per square foot. ($30 minimum.)
(1) 
Garage area: $0.40 per square foot.
(2) 
Remodel and repair: $0.20 per square foot.
(3) 
Pools:
(a) 
Inground: $75.
(b) 
Aboveground: $50.
(4) 
Temporary mobile home: $100.
(5) 
Permit extension: $50.
(6) 
Removal stop-work order: $75.
(7) 
Tent, commercial only: $30.
C. 
Accessory residential (detached garages and sheds):
(1) 
Zero to 200 square feet: $40.
(2) 
Two hundred one to 499 square feet: $60.
(3) 
Five hundred square feet and over: $60, plus $0.10/square foot over 500 square feet.
D. 
Commercial construction:
(1) 
New: $0.40 per square foot.
(2) 
Remodel/Repair: $0.20 per square foot.
(3) 
Minimum charge on commercial permits: $150.
(4) 
Permit extension (one year): $50.
(5) 
Removal stop-work order: $75.
(6) 
Tank install: $75.
(7) 
Tank removal: $30.
(8) 
Temporary trailer: $30.
E. 
Industrial construction: $0.40 per square foot.
(1) 
Remodel and repair: $10 per $1,000 of cost of construction.
(2) 
Minimum charge: $200.
(3) 
Permit extension (one year): $50.
(4) 
Removal stop-work order $75.
F. 
Gas burning: $50.
(1) 
Gas piping:
Size of Facility
(square feet)
Fee
0 to 2,000
$200
2,000 to 3,000
$225
3,000 to 4,000
$250
4,000
$275
4,000+
$275 + $0.01 per square foot
G. 
Oil burning: $50.
H. 
Electrical permits:
(1) 
Residential: $75.
(a) 
Temporary trailer: $30.
(b) 
Solar array: $0.15 per square foot.
(c) 
Hot water heater replacement: $30 per unit.
(2) 
Commercial:
Size of Facility
(square feet)
Fee
0 to 2,000
$200
2,000 to 3,000
$225
3,000 to 4,000
$250
4,000
$275
4,000+
$275 + $0.01 per square foot
(3) 
Industrial: $275.
(4) 
Illuminated signs: $100.
(5) 
Meter socket: $75.
(6) 
Temporary service: $200.
I. 
Reinspections:
(1) 
Residential: $75.
(2) 
Commercial: $100.
(3) 
Industrial: $125.
(4) 
Additional inspection fees are for reinspection of violations. If a stop-work order is imposed and the violations are not corrected within two weeks, the fee to remove the stop-work order will be $75.
J. 
Sign permits:
(1) 
Residential: $75.
(2) 
Commercial: $150.
(3) 
Industrial: $150.
(4) 
Temporary: $75.
K. 
Plumbing permits:
(1) 
Residential: $75.
(a) 
New construction: $100.
(b) 
Renovation: $75.
(c) 
Deduct meter: $60.
(d) 
Temporary: $75.
(2) 
Commercial:
Size of Facility
(square feet)
Fee
0 to 2,000
$200
2,000 to 3,000
$225
3,000 to 4,000
$250
4,000
$275
4,000+
$275 + $0.01 per square foot
(a) 
Deduct meter: $75.
(3) 
Industrial: $275.
L. 
Demolition permits:
(1) 
Residential: $50.
(2) 
Commercial: $100.
(3) 
Industrial: $175.
M. 
Mechanical permits.
(1) 
Residential: $75.
(2) 
Commercial: $100.
(3) 
Industrial: $100.
N. 
Certificate of occupancy:
(1) 
Residential: $100.
(2) 
Commercial: $200.
(3) 
Industrial: $250.
O. 
Working without a permit: $250.
P. 
Roof, commercial/industrial: $250.
Q. 
Structures designed and certified to LEED standards shall be eligible for the following reduction in their building permit fee:
(1) 
LEED standard certification: 5%.
(2) 
LEED silver certification: 10%.
(3) 
LEED gold certification: 15%.
(4) 
LEED platinum certification: 20%.
[Amended 2-24-2015 by Ord. No. 15-02]
Fire Department fees are set as follows:
A. 
Gas and oil burner installation: $30.
B. 
Blasting (annual): $300.
[Amended 6-14-2022]
C. 
Place of assembly:
(1) 
Fifty persons: $15.
(2) 
Fifty to 299 persons: $20.
(3) 
Three hundred plus: $30.
(4) 
Temporary: $30.
D. 
Solid fuel burning equipment (permit to install): $60.
E. 
Smoke detector certificate: $50.
F. 
Public fireworks display: $50.
G. 
Underground tank installation:
(1) 
Residential: $30.
(a) 
Tank removal (below grade): $30.
(2) 
Commercial/Industrial, 500 gallons or more: $30.
H. 
Underground tank removal: $60.
I. 
Aboveground tank installation (commercial/industrial): $75.
J. 
LP tank installation (less than 300 gallons): $40.
K. 
Day-care license, state code compliance: $30.
L. 
Reinspection for noncompliance or failure: $15.
M. 
Kerosene heaters (state permit): $2.
N. 
Fire alarm system (all except residential): $60 (plus $0.50 per device).
O. 
Incident reports: $15. For more than 10 pages, the fee shall be $1 per page.
P. 
Photographs: $3.
Q. 
VCR tape copy: $15.
R. 
Explosive permits:
(1) 
Short-term permit, per day: $25.
(2) 
Renewal of a previously issued permit, per day: $50.
(3) 
Issuance of an initial permit: $100.
(4) 
Reissuance of a previously revoked permit: $250.
(5) 
Renewal of a permit which has been applied for after the expiration date of the original permit: $100.
S. 
Fire prevention systems.
(1) 
Sprinkler application fee (nonrefundable): $30.
(2) 
NFPA 13D system (per riser): $40.
(3) 
NFPA 13R system (per riser): $70.
(4) 
NFPA 13 system (per riser):
(a) 
Up to 10,000 square feet of protected area: $110.
(b) 
From 10,001 square feet to 25,000 square feet: $225.
(c) 
From 25,001 square feet to 52,000 square feet: $300.
(d) 
Up to six sprinkler heads: $30.
(e) 
Seven to 20 sprinkler heads: $55.
(5) 
Standpipe system (not part of combined sprinkler/standpipe system):
(a) 
Up to three floors (per riser): $70.
(b) 
Beyond three add, per floor: $55.
[Amended 5-14-2002; 7-25-2006; 10-27-2009; 3-23-2010; 12-16-2014]
Ambulance fees are set as follows:
A. 
BLS nonemergency: $610.08.
B. 
BLS emergency: $610.08.
C. 
ALS 1 nonemergency: $1,021.76.
D. 
ALS 1 emergency: $1,021.76.
E. 
ALS 2 emergency: $1,522.14.
F. 
Specialty care transport: $1,695.14.
G. 
Mileage: $10.74.
H. 
Treatment/No transport: $250.
Health fees are set as follows:
A. 
Health permit (day-care centers/foster homes): $50.
[Amended 10-25-2005]
B. 
Health permit for outdoor gatherings and hawker/peddlers (not inspected by the State Health Department): $25.
C. 
Septic plan review, including new plan review, test pit, replace-in-kind, field inspection and bed bottom inspection: $100.
[Added 5-14-2002; amended 10-25-2005]
(1) 
If a stop-work order is imposed and the violation(s) is not corrected within two weeks, the fee to remove the stop-work order will be $75.
Planning Department fees are set as follows:
A. 
Application for subdivision plan review.
(1) 
Review fees.
(a) 
One hundred seventy dollars per lot, plus:
[1] 
Consultant review fee: Linear feet of roadway (including cul-de-sac); length of roadway: $1.25 per foot or $800, whichever is greater. This is an estimate for the cost of consultant review. The fee is expected to cover the amount. A complex project may require additional funds. A simple project may result in a refund.
[Amended 7-9-2002]
[2] 
Legal fees. The applicant shall be charged attorney costs billed to the Town for the Town Attorney's review of any application plan set documents.
(b) 
Lot line relocation: $340 for the first two lots, plus $170 per each additional lot.
(c) 
Conceptual review only: $100.
(d) 
Zoning Board of Appeals input only: $100.
(e) 
GIS fee (flat fee):
[Added 8-9-2005]
[1] 
For two to seven lots: number of lots times $60, plus $25 (minimum $145).
[2] 
For eight lots or more: minimum $650.
(2) 
Postage. Current certified mail postage rate per abutter to the proposed site plan and current first class postage rate per property owner within 200 feet of the proposed site plan.
[Amended 7-9-2002]
(3) 
Advertising (public notice) for all subdivisions: $80.
[Amended 6-25-2019]
(4) 
Recording fees.
(a) 
The applicant shall pay the costs of recording the final plan layout prior to final subdivision recording, in accordance with fees established by the county.
[1] 
Recording of plan: $24 per sheet, plus a surcharge of $2 per plan.
[2] 
Easements/agreements (if applicable): $10 for the first sheet; $4 for each sheet thereafter, plus a surcharge of $2 per document, plus first class return postage rate.
(b) 
Please note: Recording fees shall be computed when plans are finalized for recording. Recording fees must be paid by the applicant prior to recording.
(c) 
The applicant shall be responsible for all fees incurred by the Town for processing and review of the applicant's application plan and related materials. All such fees must be paid prior to recording.
(5) 
Cost allocation procedure amount contribution and other impact fee payments: to be determined by vote of the Planning Board and paid by the applicant prior to issuance of building permit.
(6) 
Subdivision plan review application schedule of fees was approved by the Planning Board June 26, 1996. On August 14, 1996, the Planning Board made fees schedule effective September 1, 1996.
B. 
Application for site plan review.
(1) 
Review fees.
(a) 
Fees established.
Site Plan Use
Fee
Multifamily
3 to 50 units
$105 per unit
Each additional unit over 50
$78.50 per unit
Commercial/semipublic/ civic/recreational
First 100,000 square feet of building area
$157 per 1,000 square feet
Each 1,000 square feet thereafter
$78.50 per 1,000 square feet
Industrial
First 100,000 square feet of building area
$105 per 1,000 square feet
Each 1,000 square feet thereafter
$78.50 per 1,000 square feet
No buildings
$30 per 1,000 square feet of proposed developed area
(b) 
Plus consultant review fee: total acres of disturbed area, acres: $600 per acre or $1,000, whichever is greater. This is an estimate for the cost of consultant review. The fee is expected to cover the amount. A complex project may require additional funds. A simple project may result in a refund.
[Amended 7-9-2002]
(c) 
Legal fees. The applicant shall be charged attorney costs billed to the Town for Town's attorney review of any application plan set documents.
(d) 
Conceptual review only: $100.
(e) 
Zoning Board of Appeals input only: $100.
(f) 
GIS fee (flat fee): $550.
[Added 8-9-2005]
(2) 
Postage. Current certified mail postage rate per abutter to proposed site plan and current first class postage rate per property owner within 200 feet of proposed site plan.
[Amended 7-9-2002]
(3) 
Advertising (public notice) for all site plans: $40.
(4) 
Recording fees.
(a) 
The applicant shall pay the costs of recording the final site plan layout prior to final site plan approval, in accordance with fees established by the county.
[1] 
Recording of plan: $24 per sheet, plus a surcharge of $2 per plan.
[2] 
Easements/agreements (if applicable): $10 for the first sheet; $4 for each sheet thereafter, plus a surcharge of $2 per document, plus first class return postage rate.
(b) 
Please note: Recording fees shall be computed when plans are finalized for recording. Recording fees must be paid by the applicant prior to recording.
(c) 
The applicant shall be responsible for all fees incurred by the Town for processing and review of the applicant's application plan and related materials. All such fees must be paid prior to recording.
(5) 
Cost allocation procedure amount contribution and other impact fee payments: to be determined by vote of the Planning Board and paid by the applicant prior to issuance of building permit.
(6) 
Site plan review application schedule of fees approved by the Planning Board August 14, 1996, effective September 1, 1996.
Police Department fees are set as follows:
A. 
Accident/Crime scene photos:
(1) 
3 by 5 film developing: $4 each.
(2) 
8 by 10 film developing: $10 each.
(3) 
Digital color printout: $3 each.
(4) 
Black and white digital print: $2 each.
B. 
Reports (includes incidents, arrests, investigations, accidents): $10 (up to 10 pages); domestic violence incident: $10 for plaintiff, no charge for victim.
C. 
Reports/Major investigations (over 10 pages): $1 per page.
D. 
Pistol/Revolver permit: $10.
E. 
Games of chance permit: $25.
F. 
License to sell pistol/revolver: $10.
G. 
Solicitor's license (by ordinance): $10.
H. 
Written requests to research traffic studies, criminal statistics: $25 each.
I. 
Letter of conduct/record check: $5.
J. 
Fees for parking violations (paid directly to the Town): $20.
[Amended 3-27-2007]
K. 
Dictaphone cassette recordings: $25.
L. 
Video recordings: $50.
M. 
Police cruiser present at details (by request): $20 per hour.
[Amended 12-14-2004; 7-11-2023]
N. 
Daily log:
(1) 
Twenty-four-hour period, up to five pages: $5.
(2) 
Over five pages: $1 per page.
O. 
Copies of statistics as compiled monthly/yearly: $5 each.
P. 
Dispatch screen (accident under $1,000 or other call): $5.
[Amended 10-14-2003; 3-8-2010; 8-14-2012; 8-10-2021]
Animal control fees governed by state statute are not listed in this section but are set in accordance with RSA 466.
A. 
Transport animal: $10.
B. 
Board per day: $15.
C. 
Ten-day quarantine: $150 (additional charges for longer quarantine.)
D. 
Dogs at large:
(1) 
First offense: $25.
(2) 
Second offense: $50.
(3) 
Third offense: Court action to be taken.
E. 
Waste removal:
(1) 
First offense: $25.
(2) 
Second offense: $50.
(3) 
Third offense: Court action to be taken.
F. 
Unwanted animals:
(1) 
Each dog: $120.
(2) 
Each cat: $60.
(3) 
Pick-up fee: $20.
G. 
Noisy animal/fowl/barking dog and at-large animals.
(1) 
First offense: $25.
(2) 
Second offense: $50.
(3) 
Third offense: Court action to be taken.
H. 
In addition to any penalty, in conjunction with any penalty, or as an alternative to any penalty imposed under this section, the Town of Hudson may request that the Court require the owner or keeper of any dog, animal, and/or fowl which has been impounded for running at large to pay for the boarding and impoundment fees established by an animal shelter or holding facility and any reasonably necessary medical expenses incurred during the impoundment of the animal regardless of whether the owner or keeper retrieves the animal.
Public works fees are set as follows:
A. 
Sewer permit (residential): Establish fee for field inspection of sanitary sewer connection to ensure conformity with Town and state regulations and standards. Field inspections are presently conducted by the Sewer and Drains Division.
(1) 
Present fee (administrative costs): $25.
(2) 
Recommended additional fee (field inspection costs): $25.
B. 
Sewer permit (commercial, business and industrial): Establish fee for field inspection of sanitary sewer service connection to ensure conformity with Town and state regulations and standards. The majority of field inspections are presently conducted by construction project inspector and/or Sewer and Drains Division at no cost to the applicant.
(Note: When field inspection is conducted by an outside inspector, the inspection fee is charged. The initial fee of $1,000 (escrow account) required with sewer permit submittal was established to cover design review and field inspection costs. Presently, no field inspection fee is charged to the applicant if the inspection is performed by Town forces.
(1) 
Present fee:
(a) 
Administrative costs only: $25.
(b) 
Outside design review/field inspection: $1,000.
(2) 
Recommended fee:
(a) 
Administrative costs only: $25.
(b) 
Outside or Town performed design review/field inspection: $1,000.
C. 
Street opening permit: Establish fee for administrative costs and field inspection costs. Field inspections will ensure conformity with Town regulations and standards. Field inspections are presently conducted by the Street Division at no cost to the applicant. Chapter 284 of the Hudson Town Code deals with street openings.
(1) 
Recommended fees:
(a) 
Administrative costs: $25.
(b) 
Field inspection costs: $50.
(2) 
Drive permit: $50.
(3) 
Blueprint copies: $3.
[Amended 11-28-2000; 4-9-2002; 6-10-2003; 5-10-2005; 12-11-2007; 3-23-2010; 4-23-2013; 6-10-2014 by Ord. No. 14-03; 1-13-2015 by Ord. No. 15-01]
A. 
Recreation Department fees are set as follows:
(1) 
Summer Recreation Program:
(a) 
Fee: $300.
(b) 
Out-of-towners: $400.
(c) 
Second family member: $175.
(d) 
Third and subsequent child(ren), each: $150.
(e) 
Ten-day pass booklet: $150.
(f) 
Cookout: $5.
(g) 
Roller skating: $6.
(h) 
Field trips: to be determined.
(i) 
New Hampshire state trips: $5.
(j) 
Before-/After-hours care: $5.
(2) 
Softball:
(a) 
Men's softball: $80.
(b) 
Men's softball (grandfathered out-of-towners): $125.
(c) 
Women's softball: $60.
(d) 
Women's softball (grandfathered out-of-towners): $100.
(3) 
Jette Field (user deposit): $100.
(4) 
Basketball:
(a) 
Teen: $50.
(b) 
Grades 3 through 8: $50.
(c) 
Instructional (Grades 1 and 2): $40.
(d) 
Travel (3 through 8): $75.
(e) 
Over 35: $80.
(5) 
Sponsor fee (adult basketball and softball): $175.
(6) 
Soccer (K-8): $50.
(7) 
Soccer (Little Sweepers): $40.
(8) 
Teen dances: $5.
(9) 
Tennis lessons: $50.
(10) 
Invitational basketball tournament: $250.
(11) 
Late fee (basketball, lacrosse and soccer): $15.
(12) 
Jette Field, light usage (per hour): $30.
(13) 
Lacrosse: $125.
(14) 
Lacrosse (Fiddle Stix): $40.
(15) 
Senior Center annual membership: $10.
(16) 
Community Center rental: $60 per hour.
B. 
The Recreation Director may waive the registration fee, or a portion thereof, for any Hudson resident, provided that the number and dollar value of any waivers granted, and the rationale, shall be provided to the Board of Selectmen and the Recreation Committee. This may be accomplished by the monthly report.
A. 
Town Clerk/Tax Collector fees are set as follows:
(1) 
Duplicate tax bill: $1.
(2) 
Town of Hudson Code Book: $200.
(3) 
License to purchase scrap metals, precious metals and precious stones (set by ordinance): $50.
B. 
All other fees for Town Clerk/Tax Collector's office are regulated by the state.
[Amended 10-25-2005; 12-22-2009; 8-14-2018]
A. 
Zoning fees are set as follows:
(1) 
Zoning Board of Adjustment applications (variances, special exceptions, appeal of an administration decision, equitable waiver of dimensional requirement); includes advertising for newspaper public notice and recording of decisions: $185.
[Amended 7-27-2021]
(2) 
Postage (paid by applicant). Current certified mail postage rate per abutter to the property and current first-class postage rate per property owner within 200 feet of the property.
B. 
If the application is required to be reviewed at more than one Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, additional postage and advertising charges will be assessed. For guidelines apropos to specific circumstances regarding applicability of fee reassessment, please refer to the approved Zoning Board of Adjustment bylaws.
[Amended 5-14-2002]
A. 
Water utility fees are set as follows:
(1) 
Backflow device test fee: $36.
B. 
Water supply development fee: $1,545.
C. 
Water distribution development fee: $659.
D. 
Residential water connection fees:
(1) 
Application processing and inspection by the Town: $100.
(2) 
Meter installation and inspections by Pennichuck:
[Amended 10-11-2011]
Size of Meter
(inches)
Fee
5/8
$400
3/4
$500
1
$550
1 1/2
$800
2
$1,050
3
$1,050
> 3
Cost to be determined at time of application (plus parts)
(3) 
New customer water system access fee: chart on file with Town Engineer.
E. 
Nonresidential water connection fees.
(1) 
Application processing and inspection by the Town: $100.
(2) 
Inspection fee: $4/linear foot of installed pipe.
(3) 
Meter installation and inspections by Pennichuck:
[Amended 10-11-2011]
Size of Meter
(inches)
Fee
5/8
$400
3/4
$500
1
$550
1 1/2
$800
2
$1,050
3
$1,050
> 3
Cost to be determined at time of application (plus parts)
(4) 
The new customer water system access fee for any use connecting to the water main constructed on the easterly side of NH Route 102, a/k/a "Derry Road," northerly of Hudson Tax Map 105, Lot 7, and continuing westerly along West Road to the Londonderry Town Line shall be $15,000, plus the supply fee portion of the new customer water system access fee as set forth in the chart on file with the Town Engineer. For all other uses, the new customer water system access fees shall be as set forth in the chart on file with the Town Engineer.
[Amended 6-10-2014 by Ord. No. 14-04]
F. 
Water utility temporary meter fees.
[Added 8-11-2015 by Ord. No. 15-03]
(1) 
One-time temporary water meter installation and removal fee: $200.
(2) 
Backflow preventer device rental, per day: $3.
[Added 2-12-2002; amended 10-24-2006]
A. 
Fees.
Group
Fee
Boy Scouts
No fee
Seniors
No fee
WIC
No fee
Hannah Dustin Quilters
$150
Junior Women's Club
$150
Lions Club
$150
Nottingham West Lions Club
$150
Antique Show
$400
Karate
$400
Wrestling
$400
All other groups
$400
B. 
Each lessor shall be required to submit a certified check or money order in the amount of $250 as a cleaning/damage deposit.
C. 
Each lessor shall provide a certificate of liability insurance to the Town of Hudson in the amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 cumulative.
D. 
Rentals for nonprofit, charitable organizations in Hudson, such as the Lions Clubs, Junior Women's Club and the Quilters, shall be $150, and they must abide by all other terms of the agreement, including set-up and take-down and cleaning the Hall.
E. 
The Board of Selectmen, at its discretion, may waive the rental fee.
[Added 5-14-2002; amended 8-9-2005]
GIS mapping fees shall be as follows:
Item
Digital
Paper
AutoCAD drawings
$100/tile
$25/tile
Orthographic photos
$100/tile
$25/tile
GIS information
$100/tile
$25/tile
Complete set of AutoCAD drawings
$8,000
N/A
Complete set of ortho photos
$8,000
N/A
Complete set of GIS data
$8,000
N/A