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Ordinance #07-86 Amending the Fee Schedule for the Planning & Zoning and Subdivision Engineering Divisions of the Land Use Department:

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1.   Fees for site development permits required for the construction of a single-family residence shall use the following schedule:   

 A.      $225 for sites required to obtain a site development permit for construction of a single-family residence in an established subdivision which meets the following conditions:

1. All engineering for the subdivision has been submitted, reviewed and approved by a Subdivision Engineer at the Land Use Department, and

2. No significant drainage problems have become known in the subdivision, and

3. The engineering of the subdivision was completed within five (5) years of the date of the issuance of the site development permit and developed under the same standards in full force and effect at the time of the site development permit is issued, and

4. There are no floodplains, floodways, or wetlands on the site, and

5. No designated detention area exists on the site.

 

B.      $275 for sites required to obtain a site development permit for construction of a single-family residence in an established subdivision which does not meet the conditions listed in Subsection A above.

 C.      $275 for sites required to obtain a site development permit for construction of a single-family residence on sites less than five (5) acres and not part of a subdivision.

        D.      As set forth in the current fee schedule (Sections 2 and 3 below) for all other

required site development permits.

 

2.   Fees for the following applications shall be assessed as identified below in this section:

 

A.      Residential and agricultural map amendments

B.      Residential special use permits

C.      Residential site development permits (excepting those identified in Section 1 above)

D.      Residential preliminary plats of subdivision

E.      Residential final plats of subdivision

F.      Residential permits to construct a mobile home park

G.     Residential initial permits to operate a mobile home park

H.      Residential annual licenses to operate a mobile home park

 

Up to and including 1 acre:  $675

> 1 acre up to and including 5 acres:  $1,250 flat fee

6 acres up to and including 25 acres:  $1,250 + $85 per acre over 5 acres

26 acres up to and including 50 acres:  $2,950 + $55 per acre over 25 acres

51 acres up to and including 100 acres:  $4,325 + $35 per acre over 50 acres

101 acres up to and including 500 acres:  $6,075 + $20 per acre over 100 acres

Over 500 acres:  $14,075 + $15 per acre over 500 acres

 

 Note:  Any portion of an acre shall be considered a full acre.  Fees shall be assessed for each individual request within an application.

 

Click here for a Quick Reference Chart of the fees outlined in Section 2

 

3.   Fees for the following applications shall be assessed as identified below in this section: 

A.      Commercial and industrial map amendments

B.      Non-residential special use permits

C.      Non-residential site development permits

D.      Commercial and industrial preliminary plats of subdivision

E.      Commercial and industrial final plats of subdivision

 

1 acre up to and including 5 acres:  $2,500 flat fee

6 acres up to and including 25 acres:  $2,500 + $85 per acre over 5 acres

26 acres up to and including 50 acres:  $4,200 + $55 per acre over 25 acres

51 acres up to and including 100 acres:  $5,575 + $35 per acre over 50 acres

101 acres up to and including 500 acres:  $7,325 + $20 per acre over 100 acres

Over 500 acres:  $15,325 + $15 per acre over 500 acres

 Note:  Any portion of an acre shall be considered a full acre.  Fees shall be assessed for each individual request within an application.

 

4.       Fees for variance applications shall be assessed as follows: 

Initial variance:  $550 flat fee

Each additional variance on a single zoning lot:  $100

 

5.       Additional fees for applications resultant from violations shall be assessed as follows: 

Additional 50% of base application fee 

 

6.       Fees for permitted wireless telecommunications facilities as defined by statute shall be assessed as follows:

$4,000 new facility

$1,250 co-location

Note:  Fees include zoning and engineering reviews (expedited as required by statute).  Additional fees apply if variances and special use permits are required.  

 7.       Fees for temporary use permits shall be assessed as follows:  $200

 8.       Fees for administrative variances (one or more requests on same application) shall be assessed as follows:  $200 

 9.   In addition to the above stated fees, the applicant will also be responsible for the payment of all costs incurred in the publication of the notice of hearing.  A one hundred dollar ($100) bond check must be submitted with the filing fee to ensure payment of publication.

 10.  No application shall be accepted, nor considered filed, without payment of the appropriate application fee, except as may be waived, on a case-by-case basis, by the Will County Board.

 11.  Subsequent to the initial acceptance of an application for zoning and/or subdivision development related matters, if it should be determined, during the review process, that additional zoning and/or subdivision requirements must be met, which were not addressed in the initial application, the applicant shall be notified and required to pay any related additional fees, prior to proceeding further with the review process.  Refusal of the applicant to pay such additional fees, or failure to do so within thirty (30) days of notification, shall be interpreted to mean that the application(s) have been withdrawn.

 12.  When an application is withdrawn after it has been published for public hearing, the application fee shall not be refunded.  When an application is withdrawn prior to the publication for the public hearing, all but two-hundred dollars ($200) of the fee shall be administratively refunded.

 13.  Application fees shall not be totally refunded, except as may be determined on a case-by-case basis, by the Will County Board.

NOTE: this text reflects the current fee schedule from all additions, deletions, and modifications to the previous fee schedule.