Fees

Sec. 18.7. Fees.

• (1) The Town may collect fair and reasonable fees from each applicant requesting approval of a SWPPP for the purpose of administering this ordinance.

• (2) At the time of submission of a SWPPP to the Office of the Building Official or his or her designee, the applicant shall pay a filing fee. This fee is in addition to any required by the R.I. Freshwater Wetlands Act.

• (3) The Building Official or his or her designee may waive the filing fee for an applicant who demonstrates that imposition of the filing fee will result in substantial hardship, or that the imposition of the filing fee will make unnecessarily difficult a project which should enjoy routine approval or which could be beneficial to soil, water, or land resources. Any such determination of waiving a filing fee shall be based upon documentation provided to the Building Official or his or her designee prior to the application for plan approval.

• (4) The Building Official or his or her designee may waive the filing fee for an application or request filed by a Town office or agency.

• (5) The Building Official or his or her designee may draw upon the fees for costs and expenses in processing applications, plans, and requests; copying plans, technical reports, and other documents for review; advertising, circulating, or otherwise publishing notices and information regarding applications and other matters pending; conducting hearings, meetings, field inspections and other professionally contracted reviews; and communicating with federal and state agencies, consultants and engineers, provided that only those costs and expenses are reasonably attributable to review, approval, disapproval, or other action on plans and determinations of applicability.

• (6) This filing fee schedule (see Appendix A) has been determined by the Town to be commensurate with the expenses of providing these municipal services to applicants.