The purpose of this article is to insure that the Village of Hempstead
receives reimbursement for consulting services related to applications made
to the Village Board, Planning Board and Board of Appeals.
The Village Board and any of the Village's agencies
acting on behalf of the Village, the Planning Board and Village Board of Zoning
Appeals, in the review of any application, may refer any such application
presented to it to such engineering, planning, legal, environmental or other
technical consultant as such Board shall deem reasonably necessary to enable
it to review such application as required by law.
The charges made by such consultants shall be in accord
with charges usually made for such services in the metropolitan New York region
or pursuant to an existing contractual agreement between the Village and such
consultant. The consultant charges will be provided to the applicant, and
the applicant shall pay the charges to the Village. Upon receipt of the consultant
fee from the applicant, the Village will then forward payment to the consultant.
Such payment by the applicant shall be made prior to final action on the application.
In the event that an application is required to be reviewed
by two or more boards, then in such event and to the extent applicable, the
boards shall use the same consultants, who shall in such case prepare one
report providing the data, information and recommendations requested by the
boards. In all instances, duplications of consultants' reports shall
be avoided wherever possible in order to minimize the cost of such consultants'
reports to the applicant.