Ordinance #2024-27 – Amending Appendix F – Fees and Fines (Planning and Subdivisions) — full text

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City of Dover CITY OF DOVER ORDINANCE #2024-27 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN COUNCIL MET: That Appendix F - Fees and Fines, Chapter 82. - Planning be amended to read as follows: Chapter 82. - Planning Chapter 82. Planning Fees and Fines Sec. 82-3. Planning services (a) Zoning verification letters/administrative interpretations $60.00 per letter/interpretation BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: That Appendix F - Fees and Fines, Appendix A. - Subdivisions be amended to read as follows: Appendix A. - Subdivisions Appendix A. Subdivisions Fees and Fines Article IV. Subdivision--Procedure Subsec. A.2. Preapplication; filing fee $225.00 Subsec. B.2. Preliminary layout; filing fee $350.00 Subsec. C.3. Plat; review fee $225.00, plus $85.00 per acre for the first ten acres, $60.00 per acre for the next ten acres and $45.00 per acre for each acre thereafter Subsec. C.3. Plat; review fee--Minor lot line adjustment Plats for minor lot line adjustments shall require a review fee of $200.00 Subsec. C.3. Plat; review fee--Minor subdivision Plats for minor subdivisions shall require a review fee of $200.00 plus $15.00 $20.00 per lot Ordinance #2024-27 - Amending Appendix F - Chapter 82, App A, and App B Page 2 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: That Appendix F - Fees and Fines, Appendix B. - Zoning be amended to read as follows: Appendix B. Zoning Appendix B. Zoning Fees and Fines Article 3. District Regulations Sec. 24. Planned Neighborhood Design option (PND) Subsec. 24.2. Review process--General sketch plan review fee, each application $150.00 Subsec. 24.8. Conditional use plan approval Subsec. 24.81. Plan approval fee, each application $250.00, plus $20.00 per acre Subsec. 24.9. Site development preliminary subdivision plan review Subsec. 24.91. Preliminary plan approval fee; each application $350.00, plus $25.00 per acre Subsec. 24.10. Final subdivision plat approval Subsec. 24.101. Final subdivision plat approval; each application $300.00 Sec. 28. Traditional Neighborhood Design Zone (TND) Subsec. 28.4. Procedure; application for rezoning of a land area to a TND zone Subsec. 28.411. Minimum fee; each rezoning petition $350.00 Subsec. 28.422. Implementation plan approval; each application $350.00, plus $10.00 per acre Subsec. 28.434. Site development plan or subdivision plat; each application $300.00 Article 5. Supplementary Regulations Section 4. Supplementary sign regulations Subsec. 4.8. Unified campuses and complexes Subsec. D.4. Submission requirements; application fee $250.00, due at time of application Subsec. 4.9. Supplementary sign provisions Subsec. D.1. Temporary signs; permit $50.00 Article 9. Board of Adjustment Sec. 3. Procedure Subsec. 3.4. All variance requests and appeals from an order, requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative official, board, or agency of the city shall be accompanied by a fee All variance requests for residential uses $325.00 All variance requests for nonresidential uses $625.00 All appeals from an order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official, board, or agency of the city $300.00 Ordinance #2024-27 - Amending Appendix F - Chapter 82, App A, and App B Page 3 The board of adjustment may, in its discretion, return to the applicant part or all of the fee paid by him in the event that his appeal under section 2.1 (interpretation) hereof is partially or wholly successful. The fees filed in connection with applications under section 2.2 (variances) shall not be returnable, regardless of disposition of the case by the board Article 10. Planning Commission Sec. 1. Approval of conditional uses Subsec. 1.52. Application procedure; conditional use permit; each application $450.00, plus $25.00 per acre of the area or multiple thereof involved in the application Sec. 2. Site development plan approval Subsec. 2.42. Fees--Application for administrative site plans $325.00 Subsec. 2.43. Fees--Application for site development plan approval $450.00 plus $25 per acre Sec. 3. Historic district commission and architectural review Subsec. 3.26. Procedures for an architectural review by the historic district commission or planning commission Subsec. (b) Application and fee for an architectural review certificate $250.00 Sec. 5. Amendments Subsec. 5.32. Application. Each application for a zoning map amendment: Minimum fee, in addition to required district supplemental fee $450.00 One-family residence zones (R-8, R-10, R-15, and R-20); supplemental fee $25.00 per acre General residence zones, Medium density residence zones, and Manufactured housing zones (RG-0, RG-1, RG-2, RG-3, RG-5, RM- 1, RM-2, and MH); supplemental fee $50.00 per acre Commercial and office (C-1, C-1A, C-2, C-2A, C-3, C-4, CPO, RC and IO); supplemental fee $75.00 per acre Shopping center development (SC-1, SC-2 and SC-3); supplemental fee $75.00 per acre Industrial zones (M, IPM, IPM2, and IPM3); supplemental fee $75.00 per acre BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: That the Effective Date of this schedule of application fees be established as September 1, 2024, and any application filed to meet an application filing deadline set for after September 1, 2024, be subject to these new rates. ADOPTED: July 22, 2024 EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2024 Ordinance #2024-27 - Amending Appendix F - Chapter 82, App A, and App B Page 4 SYNOPSIS This is a series of text amendments to the application filing fees for applications to the Planning Office for administrative reviews and to the Board of Adjustment, Historic District Commission, and Planning Commission. These are proposed to update the Schedule of Application Fees that were last amended in December 2015 (Effective January 1, 2016). The application processes and procedures are outlined in the Land Subdivision Regulations and the Zoning Ordinance (Dover Code of Ordinances, Appendix A - Subdivisions and Appendix B - Zoning). (Planning Reference MI-24-07) (SPONSORS: ANDERSON and ROCHA) Action History 07/22/2024 - Final Reading - City Council 07/08/2024 - First Reading - City Council 06/25/2024 - Introduction - Council Committee of the Whole/ Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee