To defray a portion of the cost of advertising, as required by law, and of technical services necessitated by petitions for changes to the zoning regulations or Official Zoning Maps, and requests for special use permits, variances, plan review or permits, fees shall be charged. Said fees shall be established and modified by the Elected Body. Lists of said fees applicable to the Planning Board and the Inspections Division shall be maintained on file and available to the public in the respective offices.

When a request for rezoning, zoning text amendment or special use permit authorized by the Elected Body is requested for continuance by the petitioner; or must be continued due to deficient information filed with the petition; or must be continued due to the petition being remanded to the Planning Board by the Elected Body at the applicant's request; and does not require readvertising and a new public hearing held, the fee shall be one-half the original zoning fee. If a case is continued or remanded to allow the applicant to file for a different zone change or permit and must be readvertised and a new public hearing held by the Planning Board, the case will be considered a new petition and be subject to the fees set forth in this section.

Fees filed in conjunction with applications submitted to the Planning Board for rezoning requests, zoning text amendments or special use permits are not refundable except in accordance with the following. An applicant may request before the Planning Board a partial or full refund of fees if the petition is requested to be withdrawn prior to the deadline for advertising the petition to the newspaper and the request is based upon a hardship. A hardship, to be considered by the Planning Board, must consist of an unforeseen set of circumstances beyond the applicant's control which provide sufficient cause for the applicant to not pursue the rezoning, text amendment or permit. In this case, the decision to grant a refund as well as the amount of any refund is the responsibility of the Planning Board.

Penalties for violations of the provisions of this Ordinance are specified in Section B.9.