Roseland City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VII
Fees and Deposits
§ 30-701 FEES PAYABLE TO BOROUGH.
[Ord. No. 35-97 § 1]
All fees as hereinafter required shall be payable to the Borough of Roseland, and unless otherwise required herein, are to be submitted to the Secretary or Administrative Officer at the time of filing any application for development. All permits, determinations, resolutions or certificates of approval are subject to the payment of all fees provided for in this Article and no approvals shall be given by the Board or any certificates, permits or transcripts issued by designated personnel, until proof has been submitted to them that the requisite fees, have in fact, been paid to the Borough.
§ 30-702 SCHEDULE OF FEES.
There is hereby established in connection with various applications for development and other matters which are the subjects of this chapter, the following schedule of fees which shall be computed and due cumulatively.
§ 30-702.1 Filing Fee.
[Ord. No. 35-97 § 1; New]
a.
An application to the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be accompanied by a filing fee, which shall be used to defray the administrative costs of processing the application as follows:
Minor subdivision plat | $100. |
Major subdivision sketch plat | $100. |
Major subdivision preliminary plat | $500.+$50. each additional lot |
Major subdivision final plat | $250.+$25. each additional lot |
Conceptual site plan and/or subdivision | $200. |
Minor site plan | $100. |
Preliminary site plan | $500. first acre + $75. additional acres + $.05 s.f. total floor area |
Final site plan | $250.+ $.05 s.f. total floor area |
Amended site plan | $100. |
C variances | $ 75. Residential |
C variances - per each variance | $ 75. Nonresidential |
Conditional uses | $250. |
D variances | $250. |
Interpretations/Appeals | $100. |
Where an application to a Board involves more than one (1) of the above listed matters, the fees shall be computed by addition of all appropriate filing fee amounts. |
b.
Publication Fee. Publication of hearings or decisions of Governing Body on an appeal pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10i and 17g, Cost of Publication.
§ 30-702.2 Appeals to the Governing Body.
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Appeals for relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-17, as made to the Borough Council, shall be accompanied by a fee due, in addition to any other applicable fees hereunder, of one hundred ($100.00) dollars.
§ 30-702.3 Review Deposit.
[Ord. No. 35-97 § 1; Ord. No. 10-2001 § I; New]
a.
In addition to the required filing fees pursuant to subsection 30-702.1, the applicant shall deposit adequate sums to cover the cost of review services provided by the Borough Engineer, Planning Consultant, Attorney and other professionals whose services are deemed necessary in connection with the application by the Board as well as the cost of any stenographic recording, publication or notice. The Borough Clerk shall place the deposit in a trust account in the name of the applicant and shall charge thereto all disbursements in connection with the costs referred to above. The amount of the deposit shall be determined as follows:
1.
Initial review deposit: $1,000.00, to be made prior to the submission of an application and review of any development application by the professional staff. The initial review deposit shall be credited toward the review deposit required for development.
2.
Minor subdivision: $1,000.00.
3.
Preliminary major subdivision: $750.00 per lot: minimum $3,000.00
4.
Final major subdivision: $500.00 per lot; minimum $2,000.00
5.
Preliminary site plan: $250.00 for each 1000 square feet or part thereof of floor area for commercial or industrial uses: $350.00 per dwelling unit for residential uses; minimum for any use $3,000.00
6.
Final site plan: $125.00 for each 1,000 square feet or part thereof of floor area for commercial or industrial uses; $75.00 per dwelling unit for residential uses; minimum for any use $2,000.00
7.
C variance (each variance): $1,000.00, except for detached one (1) or two (2) family dwellings unit uses
8.
Informal review pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10.1: $1000.00
9.
Conditional use: $3000.00
10.
Appeal pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70a: $1000.00
11.
Interpretation or special question pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70b: $1,000.00
12.
D variance: $5,000.00
13.
Review deposit: a review deposit shall be required with each application. Unless otherwise specified in this section, the minimum deposit shall be $1,000.00.
b.
Where an application to a Board involves more than one (1) of the above listed matters, the escrow shall be computed by addition of all appropriate review fee amounts.
c.
For purposes of determining the amount of deposit, if only a portion of the property is to be developed and said property can be further subdivided or developed under the terms of this chapter, the lot area shall be construed to be an area which may be subdivided and/or developed under the terms of this chapter wherein all proposed buildings and improvements would meet all required setback, open space, drainage, landscaping and off-street parking requirements.
d.
Any of the aforesaid deposit remaining in the trust account upon completion of the application procedure shall be returned to the applicant.
e.
In the event the funds in the trust account should become deplete prior to the completion of the application procedure and additional funds required for the purpose referred to above, the applicant shall deposit sufficient additional funds.
f.
The Borough agency shall not process and/or take action on the application unless all fees and deposits required in the manner described above shall have been paid by the applicant.
§ 30-702.4 Request for Special Meeting.
[Ord. No. 35-97 § 1]
In the event an applicant requests a special meeting and the request is granted by the Board, the applicant shall pay an additional fee for each such meeting in the amount of two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars. Such fee must be paid no later than ten (10) days prior to the scheduled meeting.
§ 30-702.5 Inspection
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a.
Inspection Deposit. The applicant shall deposit, prior issuance of a Zoning permit for a subdivision or site plan, adequate sums to cover the cost of inspection services provided by the Borough Engineer, Planning Consultant and other personnel whose services are deemed necessary in connection with improvements to be installed for the project. The Borough Clerk shall place the deposit in an escrow account in the name of the applicant and shall charge thereto all disbursements in connection with costs referred to above. The amount of the deposit shall be five hundred ($500.00) dollars plus three and one-half (3.5%) percent of the cost of the necessary improvements as estimated by the Borough Engineer.
1.
Any of the aforesaid deposit remaining in the escrow account upon completion of the application procedure shall be returned to the applicant.
2.
In the event the funds in the escrow account should become depleted prior to the completion of the application procedure and additional funds required for the purposes referred to above, the applicant shall deposit sufficient additional funds.