Where an application for land use development to either Board requires more than two (2) professional reviews by the Board's Staff or consultants and/or more than two (2) caucus meetings, if applicable, and/or more than two (2) regularly scheduled public hearings, subsequent to the initial filing of such application and prior to a final determination of such application, the applicant shall be required to pay additional fees in the amount equal to the costs as calculated under the subsection for the costs of those additional reviews, caucus meetings and public hearings. If at any time it becomes necessary, as provided above, for such additional reviews, caucus meetings, and public hearings, then the applicant shall be required before any further proceedings on his application and as part of the submission of his complete application, to submit two-thirds (2/3) of the above-referenced fees initially paid which shall be placed in an escrow account to be maintained by the Borough Treasurer.
The costs of such additional hearings or reviews shall include: (1) the hourly charge of all consultant professional services for these additional hearings and reviews; and (2) a charge for cost to the Borough for personnel and overhead expenses which shall be based on the Borough employees for any additional meeting times a multiplier of 2.0 to cover the overhead expenses.
The Secretary of each Board shall maintain a record of the above described costs incurred for each such additional hearing or professional review. In the event such costs shall at any time exceed the amount placed in escrow pursuant to this subsection, the applicant shall be required before any further proceedings, to place sufficient additional amounts in escrow to cover the costs of any additional and further professional reviews, caucus meetings or public hearings.
At least thirty (30) days prior to requesting the Borough Treasurer to release the applicant's escrow fund for payment of the costs of the additional hearings and reviews, the Secretary of the Board shall send the applicant by first class mail an itemized statement of such costs. If within ten (10) days after mailing of such itemized statement, the applicant does not notify, in writing, the Secretary of the Board that he objects to the calculation of such costs, the Treasurer shall release the escrow funds for payment of such costs and for refund to the applicant, if any. In the event the applicant objects to the calculation of such costs, applicant shall be granted a hearing by the Board to review such costs and the Board shall decide the calculation of such costs. Upon the decision of the Board, the Treasurer shall release the escrow fund.
In the event that any special traffic study, environmental study, or similar report is deemed necessary by the Board and the cost of which is to be charged to the applicant, the applicant shall be notified in advance of the expected cost for such study or report and the reason therefor and shall have the right to reject such proposed report or study and the costs therefor.
If the applicant rejects such additional items and the costs therefor, as the Board deems necessary to properly evaluate the application, the Board will render its decision without benefit of such additional information it deemed necessary.