The following fees shall be established for applications submitted to the Planning Board in the City of Ventnor. The application fee shall be payable to the City of Ventnor and deposited in the general account. The escrow fee shall be used for any and all review, time spent in preparation of reports, time spent in preparation of resolutions, or any other time spent in the review and processing of an application by professionals acting on behalf of the City of Ventnor. Inspection fees shall be for any site inspections required. No individual shall have the ability to waive or modify an application or inspection fee and the same shall only be waived or modified by the Board. Any requests for waiver of a fee shall be made in writing at the time of the filing of a completed application and after the applicant has posted the necessary application fee as required by this section. The fees are set forth in Chapter 114, Fee Schedule.

The inspection fee of the City or Board Engineer for all improvements, as required, shall be based on 5% of the construction costs which shall be used taken from the construction cost used for the performance bond posted, or, if no bond is required to be posted, from Engineer's estimate. This fee as well as all other fees shall be payable to the City of Ventnor and the Engineer shall request appropriate draws therefrom from the Chief Financial Officer. The Engineer's inspection fee must be paid before final approval is granted for any project.

Requests for special Board meetings by the applicant other then those publicly scheduled shall require a flat fee in an amount set forth in Chapter 114, Fee Schedule, in addition to all other fees and escrows as set forth in Chapter 114, Fee Schedule. Special Board meetings can only be requested through written requests to both the Board Secretary and Board Chairperson and shall be in the exclusive discretion of the Board to grant or deny the same. Nothing in this section shall be deemed a requirement that the Planning Board hold any special meeting.

All fees set forth herein are nonrefundable. To the extent that any escrow deposit exceeds the amount actually billed by Board Professionals regarding said application any remaining escrow shall be returned to the applicant.

Any applicant may request, in writing, at the time of the submission of an application, that a certified court reporter be present to transcribe any testimony or Board discussion at a meeting. The cost for such transcription shall be born solely by the applicant. The applicant shall have the sole responsibility for arranging for a certified court reporter to attend said meeting. When such transcription is prepared, four copies of the same shall be provided to the Board at no cost to the municipality or the Board.

Notice of publication of hearings shall be published by the applicant and shall be the sole responsibility of the applicant. Publication of final decisions by the Board shall be pursuant to the fees set forth in this section.

The applicant shall be billed additional escrow when the initial escrow deposit has been depleted and additional work is required from Board professionals. Such additional escrow amount must be paid prior to a final resolution being provided to the applicant. By submitting an application, the applicant agrees that he or she is responsible for any and all necessary applications fees, escrow fees and inspection fees as set forth in this section.

In all applications for major or minor subdivisions, lot consolidations, removal or additions of easements or any other action that may require a modification to the Tax Map, an administrative Tax Map maintenance fee shall be submitted by separate check in the amount set forth in Chapter 114, Fee Schedule, per lot in order to update and modify the City of Ventnor Tax Maps. The above fee shall be deposited in a fund for use by the Tax Assessor in order to update the Tax Map by the professional land surveyor (PLS) on record with the City of Ventnor. Tax Maps shall be updated in January each year for the previous year. The Tax Assessor shall retain a record of Tax Map updates each year.