SECTION 202.01 Title:

This ordinance shall be known, cited, and referred to as "The Fee Ordinance," except as herein referred to as "this ordinance."

SECTION 202.02 Purpose and Scope:

The purpose of this fee ordinance is to enable the City Council to establish fees for various permits, approvals and applications required by this Code and for legal, planning and engineering costs incurred by the City in reviewing applications.

SECTION 202.03 Fees:

The City Council by ordinance, shall establish a fee schedule for various permits, approvals and applications required by this Code and for legal, planning and engineering costs incurred by the City in reviewing applications.  Such fees shall be deposited with the City Treasurer into the City General Fund unless the Council shall specify otherwise.  The fees established by the Council shall be payable by the applicant in advance of the service to be performed and in advance of any application being made or at the time the application is made.  The applicant is responsible for payment of all such fees.  In addition, the applicant shall reimburse the City for all legal, planning, forestry and engineering costs incurred by the City in reviewing and processing the application, in inspecting the work performed, and in enforcing the permits and approvals given by the Council.  The reimbursable costs shall be the actual costs incurred by the City based on the contracts for hourly rates that the City has for legal, planning, forestry and engineering services.  Said fee schedule shall be set forth in Section 1201.10 of the City Code.  (Ord. 1998-07, 11/03/98; Ord. 2007-03, 12/04/07; Ord. 2011-02, 4/5/11)