Fees are for the purpose of defraying administrative costs.

(Ord. 619, 2003)

A. Fees shall be payable at the time of application and shall be set forth by resolution of the city council. There shall be no fee required for an application initiated by the planning commission or the city council.

B. The failure to submit the required fee with an application or notice of appeal, including return of checks unpaid or other failure of consideration, shall be a jurisdictional defect.

C. Fees are not refundable unless the application is withdrawn prior to the notification of the hearing.

D. The city council may reduce or waive the fees upon showing of just cause to do so.

(Ord. 619, 2003)

In addition to other fees for appeal requests, any person requesting a verbatim transcript shall pay a fee equal to the actual cost of the preparation of the transcript. The cost of the transcript fee shall be determined by the cost per page for the preparation of such transcripts, at an appropriate rate. The city shall estimate the cost of the transcript at the time of the filing of the appeal request and shall receive a deposit in that amount. Any person requesting a verbatim transcript shall be billed for actual costs in excess of the deposit or receive a refund for surplus deposit funds in excess of transcript fees authorized by this section. (Ord. 619, 2003)