In the event that the Board of Trustees, the Planning Board or the Zoning
Board of Appeals, upon and in review and consideration of any application
before any such Board, shall determine it reasonably necessary to retain,
engage or employ any engineering, planning, legal, technical or environmental
consultants or to allocate and apply the services of any professionals or
employees of the Village to assist such Board throughout the application procedures,
such Board is hereby authorized to obtain such services, and the applicant
shall be responsible and pay for the reasonable costs and expenses therefor.
Such payment shall be by reimbursement to the Village upon submission to the
applicant of a paid Village voucher. In the event that an application is required
to be reviewed by more than one board, then, in such event and to the extent
practicable, both boards shall use the same consultant, who shall, in such
case, to the extent practicable, prepare one report providing data, information
and recommendations requested. In all instances, duplications of consultants'
reports or services shall be avoided wherever practicable in order to minimize
the cost of such consultants' reports or services to the applicant.
This chapter shall be applicable to applications pending at the time
it shall become effective, unless the reviewing board shall determine that
its application would be impracticable, unfair or unjust in the particular
circumstances. Where this chapter shall be applicable to a pending application,
it shall, in such event, require an applicant only to pay for professional
fees for the services rendered after it shall have become effective.