For the purposes of these regulations, unless otherwise defined in other sections of these regulations, the following terms, phrases and words shall have the meaning herein given:

These regulations establish minimum standards to require large-scale project developers to pay their fair share of the costs of nonexempt city staff time necessary to complete the project approval process. (Ord. 95-09 (part), 1995)

All provisions set forth in this chapter shall be in effect within the City and/or within the urban development zone as set forth within Utah State Code (Section 10-2-418). (Ord. 95-09 (part), 1995)

The City Manager shall oversee the preparation of an evaluation of estimated city professional staff service charges for projects that, in the opinion of the City Manager, due to the complexity of planning issues, site design, research and analysis and public review processes may exceed the forty hour professional staff service threshold.

The City Manager shall prepare an itemized evaluation for all of the anticipated work requirements, the projected professional staff hours and the in-effect wages and benefit rates for all nonexempt employees responsible for the work. This evaluation shall be submitted to both the City Council and the project applicant as a guidepost for the estimation of total staff hours necessary to complete the project under consideration. (Ord. 95-09 (part), 1995)

The City Recorder, at the end of each month, shall mail a written statement to each large-scale project applicant, stating the amount of hours charged to those nonexempt employee(s) undertaking professional work on the large-scale project and the nonexempt employee(s) wage and benefit rate in effect during the billing cycle. (Ord. 95-09 (part), 1995)

If any person or organization refuses or fails to pay a bill issued by the City for nonexempt city staff time directly related to a large-scale development project within thirty days from the date of billing thereof, the City Recorder shall notify said person or organization that the City shall cease all technical and administrative work on the designated project after ten days from the date of notification. Before city staff shall resume any technical or administrative work, all delinquent charges including a penalty of one and one-half percent per month shall be paid in full. The City Recorder is authorized to enforce the payment of all delinquent charges by an action in law in the corporate name of the City. (Ord. 95-09 (part), 1995)