(a) 
The Planning and Development Director shall prescribe the form for each application, notice and documents provided for or required under these regulations for the preparation and implementation of development agreements pursuant to sections 65864-65869.5 of the Government Code of the State of California.
(b) 
The Planning and Development Director may require an applicant to submit such information and supporting data as the Planning and Development Director considers necessary to process the application.
Unless otherwise provided, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt, from time to time by resolution, a schedule of fees to be paid by applicants to defray the expenses incidental to processing an application to enter into a development agreement, pursuant to this chapter.
(a) 
At the time of filing an application to enter into a development agreement, the applicant shall pay to the Planning and Development Director an initial fee of Six Hundred and Forty-eight Dollars ($648.00) to defray the expenses incidental to processing this application. The Planning and Development Director shall keep accurate records of the actual costs associated with processing the application and preparing the development agreement. Upon completion of the staff report and recommendations required in Section 7-09-1020 of this Article, the Planning and Development Director shall bill the applicant for the actual costs of the work in excess of Six Hundred and Forty-eight Dollars ($648) plus 10’% of the actual cost and the applicant shall pay the cost thereof to the Planning and Development Director. The additional Twenty percent (20%) is intended to defray the expenses of hearings before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors and preparing the final agreement and an ordinance necessary to complete the process. The Planning and Development Director shall not set a date for the public hearing before the Planning Commission until the full fee for the development agreement is paid.
(Amended by Ord. No. 3184, effective 6-7-97; Amended by Ord. No. 3262, effective 10-2-01)
Only a qualified applicant may file an application to enter into a development agreement. A qualified applicant is a person who has legal or equitable interest in the real property which is the subject of the development agreement or the authorized agent of such person. The Planning and Development Director may require an applicant to submit proof of his or her interest in the real property and of the authority of an agent to act for the applicant. Before accepting the application as complete, the Planning and Development Director may obtain the opinion of the County Counsel as to the sufficiency of the applicant’s interest in the real property to enter into the agreement.
Each application shall be accompanied by the form of development agreement proposed by the applicant. This requirement may be met by designating the County’s standard form of development agreement and including specific proposals for changes in or additions to the language of the standard form.
The Planning and Development Director shall endorse on the application the date it is received, shall review the application, and may reject it for processing if it is incomplete or inaccurate. If the Planning and Development Director finds that the application is complete, it shall be accepted for filing and copies shall be transmitted to those public and private agencies that may be affected by the agreement in accordance with section 7-01-1695(e) of this Ordinance Code. After consideration of any recommendations, the Planning and Development Director shall review the application and determine the additional requirements necessary to complete the agreement. After receiving eh required information and any recommendations from affected agencies, the Planning and Development Director shall prepare a staff report and recommendations, including the recommendations of the agencies, and shall state whether or not eh agreement proposed or in an amended form would be consistent with the Tulare County general Plan and any applicable specific plan.