[HISTORY: Adopted 5-20-2004 by the Special Town Meeting of the Town of Topsham, Art. 16; amended in its entirety 5-18-2016 STM, Art. 15. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Blasting — See Ch. 85.
Building construction — See Ch. 91.
Site plan review — See Ch. 175.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 191.
Zoning — See Ch. 225.
A. 
It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to equitably transfer the related expenses of reviewing development proposals to the applicant, whenever possible, in order to limit the impact on general tax revenues.
B. 
Applications initiated by Town officials, boards, agencies or commissions are exempt from the scope of this chapter. Exempt applicants, however, shall pay for the cost of any outside reviews required by the reviewing agency, when those reviews are performed by contracted firms rather than Town employees.
A. 
The Board of Selectmen shall create a schedule of permit fees covering all permits issued by the Planning and Codes Enforcement Office.
B. 
This Schedule of Fees[1] shall be reviewed at least once every five years for needed revisions. Updates may be made by the Board of Selectmen at any time, when it is determined that the Schedule of Fees:
(1) 
No longer provides sufficient revenue to cover the costs of operating the Planning and Codes Enforcement Office;
(2) 
Increases in fees are necessary to meet new fee structures required by the State of Maine; or
(3) 
When new permits are required via the Planning and Codes Enforcement Office.
[1]
Editor’s Note: The schedule is on file in the Town offices.
C. 
Applicable sections of the Topsham Code that require permit applications accompanied by an application fee include but are not limited to: Chapter 85, Blasting; Chapter 91, Building Construction; Chapter 175, Site Plan Review; Chapter 185, Street Design and Acceptance; Chapter 191, Subdivision of Land; Chapter 225, Zoning, and include but are not limited to the following applications:
(1) 
Application for subdivision.
(2) 
Application for conditional use.
(3) 
Application for site plan.
(4) 
Application for blasting permit.
(5) 
Application for shoreland zoning permit.
(6) 
Application for administrative exception.
(7) 
Application for street acceptance.
(8) 
Application for zoning text amendment.
(9) 
Application for Zoning Map amendment.
(10) 
Inspection of subdivision, site plan, conditional use or shoreland zoning improvements.
(11) 
Application for amendments to approved projects.
(12) 
Site location of development applications.
(13) 
Stormwater permit application.
(14) 
Application for a planned mixed-use development.
(15) 
Appeals to the Board of Appeals from actions of the Codes Enforcement Officer or the Planning Board related to conditional use applications.
(16) 
Historic District certificate of appropriateness.
(17) 
Building.
(18) 
Electrical.
(19) 
Sign.
(20) 
Plumbing.
(21) 
Subsurface wastewater.
(22) 
Street banner.
(23) 
Transmission tower.
(24) 
Zoning review.
(25) 
Other.