[Adopted 5-22-1989 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 6-7-1989]
The purpose of this article is to:
A.
Establish a schedule of fees, pursuant to Section
8-1c of the Connecticut General Statutes, which requires new subdivision
applications to fund the approximate actual municipal administrative
costs of reviewing, evaluating and processing such applications and
ensures that fees do not cause such applications to subsidize municipal
expenses which are not related to reviewing, evaluating and processing
such applications.
B.
Ensure that the system of fees does not fund municipal
expenses for negotiating with subdivision applicants for agreements,
conveyances, conditions, modifications or any other concessions desired
by the municipality in the review process.
C.
Improve the services provided subdivision applicants
by recouping municipal expenses for reviewing, evaluating and processing
land use applications.
D.
Encourage subdivision applicants to become familiar
with and review municipal development regulations, to submit subdivision
applications which comply with municipal regulations and to submit
plans and proposals with fewer errors and omissions.
[Amended 4-29-1996 by the Board of Selectmen, effective 5-23-1996]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person or entity who or which submits a subdivision application,
or a successor in interest.
Includes all functions performed in connection with or association
with a subdivision application by the Planning Commission and any
other department of the Town of Somers or any consultant hired by
the Town to review, evaluate or process subdivision applications.
Any subdivision application to the Planning Commission, including
but not limited to an application for any of the following: subdivision
or resubdivision or application for amendment or revision to the same.
A.
The subdivision applicant shall pay a base application
fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) which is intended to cover
a portion of the Town's costs for processing and administrative handling
of a subdivision application, including but not limited to legal advertisements
regarding hearings, decisions of the Commission and other matters
requiring publication in a newspaper; recording and transcribing public
hearings and minutes of Commission meetings relative to the application;
staff salaries and overhead expenses for the Town Planner, Town Sanitarian
and other Town officials and consultant expenses in direct connection
with the technical and regulatory review; and Town Attorney fees in
direct connection with legal advice and review of documents directly
related to the subdivision. To this base subdivision application fee
shall be added the following surcharges and fees to cover engineering
review of construction plans and inspection of improvements during
construction:
(1)
A surcharge of eighty-five dollars ($85.) for every
one hundred (100) feet, or any part thereof, of new roadway proposed
to be constructed as part of the subdivision and intended to be deeded
to the Town as a public right-of-way.
(2)
A surcharge of fifty-five dollars ($55.) for every
one hundred (100) feet, or part thereof, of existing or previously
approved public rights-of-way for Town or state roadways abutted by
the boundaries of the land contained in the proposed subdivision.
(3)
A subdivision lot fee for each new lot to be created
by the subdivision filed with the Planning Commission as follows:
|
Number of Lots
|
Fee
| |
|---|---|---|
|
1 to 20
|
$150
| |
|
21 to 50
|
125
| |
|
51 to 100
|
100
| |
|
Each over 100
|
75
|
(4)
An inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.) per lot
to cover a portion of the Town's cost of inspections and administrative
actions to ensure compliance with approved plans for sedimentation
and erosion control measures in connection with the approved subdivision
application.
B.
All applicable fees and surcharges must be paid in
full at the time the subdivision application is filed with the Planning
Commission.
