A.

This section establishes requirements for the number and type of submittal copies that shall be prepared and submitted to the city for processing applications for proposed land use changes and related actions.

B.

General Provisions. The number of submittal copies required herein for making and processing applications to the city for proposed land use changes and related actions is in addition to the requirement for completing application forms and transmitting application fees to the city. Designated city staff may notify applicants that the processing of individual applications shall require more or less than the number of submittal copies specified in this title and the staff person shall, at the request of an applicant, provide such notification in writing.

C.

General Submittal Copy Requirements. In addition to any other requirements for submittal materials contained elsewhere in this title, all submittal materials transmitted to the city shall be neatly and clearly drawn, legible, clear, free of errors and inaccuracies and, when specified, capable of clean reproduction on conventional copying equipment. Failure to satisfy any of these conditions shall be sufficient reason for the planning commission or city council to reject submittal materials from an applicant and return the materials for appropriate modification or amendment.

D.

Submittal Copies Required. The following number of submittal copies shall be required except as otherwise provided for, as a precondition for the acceptance and processing of applications for proposed land use changes and other related actions.

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(Ord. 99-8 § 1 (part): prior code §§ 17.28.010—17.28.040)

A.

This section establishes fees, adopted periodically by city council resolution, to be paid to the city for the anticipated and projected cost of processing applications for proposed land use changes provided for in this title. The purpose of this section is to insure that the costs to the city of processing and reviewing applications for land development approval is fairly borne by the applicants for such approval.

B.

Conditions of Fee Payment. No applications for land use changes requiring a fee as established herein will be accepted by any employee, agent, board or commission of the city for processing without payment of the required application fees. All fees are payable to the order of the city of Leadville in the form of cash, check or money order. Fee payments that do not clear due to insufficient funds shall cause all processing and review of an application to be halted immediately and such processing and review shall not continue until proper payment has been made to the city.

All fees paid, except for sign permit fees, are nonrefundable except that refunds shall be made to applicants who provide written notification to the city of a withdrawal of an application prior to its initial consideration by the planning commission, or if no planning commission review is required, its initial hearing before city council.

C.

Fee Requirement and Exemptions. The fees included in this section shall be paid by all applicants requesting or proposing land use changes requiring payment of an application fee as listed herein with the following exceptions:

1.

All city departments, agencies, boards and commissions are exempt from paying fees otherwise required herein.

2.

Upon written request of a public agency or a not-for-profit applicant to city council requesting an adjustment or an exemption from any of the fees contained herein, and a statement of the reasons why such fee change or waiver should be granted, city council shall consider the matter at a regularly scheduled meeting and grant such requests in cases where the characteristics of the application would cause the established application fees to represent an unreasonable burden upon the applicant.

D.

Amendments to Fee Structure. City council may modify, eliminate or add to the established fees by adopting new fees by resolution.

E.

Application Fees. An application fee for land use changes provided for in this title shall be paid by the applicant to cover administrative costs associated with processing applications, including but not limited to, costs to review applications for completeness, set public hearings, coordinate with consultants, and other administrative tasks.

F.

Consultant Review Fee. In addition to payment of an application fee, as required in subsection E of this section, applicants shall pay fees for review by planning, engineering, legal, scientific and other expert personnel retained by the city in the amount of such charges incurred by the city. When, in the judgment of the city, such independent expert review and analysis is required, those fees shall be added to the application fees contained herein and charged to the applicant. Payment of such consultant review fees by the applicant to the city shall be a precondition for granting all permits or approvals requested by the applicant. Upon receipt of an invoice from the city for consultant review or application fees, the applicant shall make full payment to the city within ten (10) days of the date of such invoice. If payment has not been received within this period, the city may suspend or terminate review of an application.

In addition, applications for proposed land use changes requiring legally mandated state of Colorado agency reviews by agencies charging fees for such review services shall be assessed supplement fees in the amount of such charges incurred by the city. Such supplemental fees shall be paid by the applicant directly to the billing agency as a precondition for granting all required permits and approvals.

Applicants for conditional use permits included within Section 17.52.060 may petition the planning commission for a reduction in the application or consultant review fee for such permits (to an amount to be determined) when the fee would represent a burden or hardship to the applicant or when, in the case of a minor action, the fee is not justified by the amount of review time required to reach a decision.

G.

Fee Structure. The fee structure for the processing of applications for proposed land use changes is available in the planning and zoning office.

(Ord. 03-12 §§ 1, 2 and 3; Ord. 99-8 § 1 (part): prior code §§ 17.29.010—17.29.070)

A.

The general application form is the standard form used to make application to the city for nearly all proposed land use changes and related actions requiring notification of or approval by the city. Required copies of this application form, with all required fees, shall be submitted for all proposed actions included in this and related titles of this code.

B.

Administration. This general application form is provided for the convenience and information of users of this title and is declared not to be adopted as a portion of this title and may be changed by administrative action by the planning commission or employees of Leadville with the approval of city council without need for a public hearing.

(Ord. 99-8 § 1 (part): prior code § 17.32.010)