A.

An application fee in the amount established in Title 4 is to be submitted with applications for special use permit, rezoning (amendment), and variance. Remittance shall be made to the Community Development Director at the time of submittal of the application. The Community Development Director shall cause such fees to be deposited in the City's General Fund. Items that will be paid for by the application fee include, but are not restricted to, the following:

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Staff/professional review time.

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Newspaper publications.

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Mailings.

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Related costs for application review.

B.

A retainer fee in the amount established in Title 4 is to be submitted with applications for site plan review. This retainer fee will be used to reimburse the City for its costs for planners, engineers, attorneys and other professional services when their services are provided to the City in relation to the site plan review application. Costs over and above the retainer fee will be invoiced to the applicant. There will be no charge for the first preapplication conference described in Section 17.030.070.

C.

Outstanding monies due to the City. Any permit, license, program, or utility, or service provided by the City of Collinsville may be denied if the person has outstanding fines, fees, taxes, or money due the City and has failed to pay the fines, fees, taxes or money due. The denial of the permit, license, program, utility or service shall not apply to emergency services relating to the public health, welfare or safety. The denial of permit, license, program, utility or service shall not apply to any property with outstanding real property taxes.

The person requesting the permit, license or fee, utility, or service may appeal a denial to the Hearing Officer. The appeal shall be made in the same manner as otherwise provided for the appeal of administrative decisions in the City's Zoning Code Section 17.130.030—Appeals.

(Zoning Ord. 2009, § 17.180.010; Ord. No. 18-19, § 8, 2-26-2018)

Note— Fees under this section apply to applications pursuant to the provisions of this Title 17 (Zoning Ordinance), Title 16 (Subdivisions) and any other provision of Title 18 (Land Development), Chapter 15.44 (Telecommunications), as well as any other time that land development or use in the City requires it to utilize the services of the City's Community Development Director, planners, engineers, consultants, attorneys, or any other outside professional services.