When any person, firm, or corporation shall file with the City Clerk, Common Council, Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Commission or Department of Planning, Development and Code Enforcement a petition or application for a variance, special permit, rezoning, subdivision or site plan approval, such application shall be accompanied by a filing fee as set forth in the Consolidated Fee Schedule maintained in the office of the City Clerk.
A. 
When such petition or application is filed as set forth in § 275-1, before any work requiring such variance, special permit, rezoning, subdivision, or site plan approval is commenced, the applicant or petitioner, as the case may be, shall pay to the City Clerk a fee as set forth in the Consolidated Fee Schedule maintained in the office of the City Clerk. If such petition or application is filed as set forth in § 275-1 after work requiring such variance, special permit, rezoning, subdivision or site plan approval is commenced, the applicant or petitioner, as the case may be, shall pay to the City Clerk a fee which is double those set forth.
B. 
The Director of Planning and Development is hereby authorized to prepare and, from time to time, amend the application fees, subject to review and approval of the City Manager, and after consultation with the Common Council, for determination of fees to be charged. Application fees are required to be made payable prior to placement on a Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Commission, or Common Council agenda for a variance or interpretation, special permit, subdivision, site plan, or rezoning application. All fees shall be set forth in the Consolidated Fee Schedule maintained in the office of the City Clerk.
No publication or hearing on any such application or petition shall be had until said fee or fees as herein provided set forth in the Consolidated Fee Schedule maintained in the office of the City Clerk shall have been paid, and which fee shall not be refunded to applying parties if the petition or application is not granted.
The purposes of this article are declared not to be in the nature of a penalty but to be the costs to the City of Peekskill which the City incurs in the publication of notices, orders and ordinances and for stenographic services in matters covered by this article.