A.

The city and authorized city bodies, commissions, boards, committees, officers, and employees may retain the services of professional consultants (including, but not limited to, planners, engineers, architects, attorneys, environmental specialists, and recreation specialists) to assist in the review of applications related to developments, zoning permit approvals, rezone petitions, conditional use applications (or other zoning related requests) including, but not limited to, those being reviewed for consideration of approval by the director of neighborhood services and those coming before the plan and architectural review commission, the board of zoning appeals, the Whitewater University Technology Park Architectural Review Committee and/or the common council for review.

B.

As part of the application process, the applicant shall be required to agree, in writing, to pay for said professional fees in accordance with policies in effect that are approved from time to time by the common council. The city may delay final action or approval of the associated request, until the applicant pays such fees or the required percentage thereof. Review fees that are charged to the applicant, but that are not paid, may then be imposed by the city as a special charge on the affected property.

(Ord. No. 1914A, 2-18-2016)