Belleville Village City Zoning Code

Fees for procedures requested by a private party. For procedure fees requested by a private party, refer to the Village Fee Schedule, as amended.

Fees for procedures requested by the Village of Belleville. There shall be no fee in the case of applications filed in the public interest by the Village Board or the Plan Commission, other agency, or officials of the Village of Belleville.

Payment of fees. Fees shall be payable at the time applications are filed with the appropriate officer of the Village (per the requirements of this chapter) and are not refundable.

Professional consultant review services. The Village may retain the services of professional consultants (including planners, engineers, architect, environmental specialists, recreation specialists, and other experts) to assist in the Village's review and processing of applications under this chapter. Any person, firm or corporation requesting action by the Village of any and all applications shall reimburse the Village for Staff time expended in the administration, investigation and processing of application and the cost to the Village charged by the professional consultant(s) retained by the Village on any such matter. Notice shall be provided to the property owner or representative of the property owner information them of the Village policy on reimbursement costs. The Village may delay acceptance of the application or petition as complete, or may delay final approval of the proposal, until such fees are paid by the Petitioner. The submittal of a development proposal application or petition by a Petitioner shall be construed as an agreement to pay for such professional review services applicable to the proposal. Review fees which are applied to a Petitioner, but which are not paid, may be assigned by the Village as a special charge or a special assessment to the subject property. The Village Administrator is authorized to execute a cost recovery agreement required under this section if the form of the agreement is provided by the Village Attorney.

Applications deemed incomplete. Any application for a zoning map amendment, amendment of the zoning regulations, planned development, variance, site plan, conditional use permit, and/or other zoning approval from a person, firm or corporation having unpaid and overdue property taxes, special assessments, sanitary sewer hookup fees, park fees, impact fees, building permit fees, erosion control and storm water management fees, fees or charges owed pursuant to a predevelopment agreement or development agreement, an outstanding judgment owed to the Village, or any other fees or charges owed to the Village shall be deemed incomplete and shall not be reviewed by Village Staff. This section does not apply to fees paid in installments pursuant to a development agreement if made within thirty (30) days of the issuance of an invoice by the Village.

Fee contingency. The Zoning Administrator may unilaterally wave or reduce an application fee in extenuating circumstances when one (1) of the following apply:

Hearing request. Upon receipt of such an application from a person, firm or corporation having unpaid fees or accounts due to the Village, the person, firm or corporation shall be notified that the application will not be accepted and that they may request a hearing before the Finance Committee regarding the unpaid fees or accounts. The request for a hearing must be made within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the notice.

Appeal. The applicant shall have the right to appeal the decision of the Finance Committee to the Village Board within thirty (30) days of issuance of a denial of their appeal by the Finance & Governance Committee.

Village Board determination. Any determination of appeal made by the Village Board shall be final.