[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Woodbridge as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-9-2003, effective 5-9-2003 (Ch. 5, Art. VIII,
of the 1983 Code); amended 5-9-2007, effective 6-8-2007]
In accordance with the authority granted in
Connecticut General Statutes, § 8-1c, the Board of Selectmen
hereby establishes a schedule of fees for the processing of land use
applications to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board
of Appeals.
Application fees are established as set forth
below to defray the various costs associated with land use applications
to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.
Such costs include, but are not limited to:
A.
Expenses incurred for staff time spent undertaking
or participating in the review, evaluation, and processing of applications
from submission of an application until final action on the application.
B.
Expenses incurred for, but not limited to, legal advertisements
regarding hearings, decisions of land use agencies and other matters
requiring publication in a newspaper, recording public hearings and
composition of minutes of land use agency meetings relative to an
application, abutter notices, staff salaries and overhead expenses.
C.
Consultant expenses for the technical and regulatory
review related to an application.
A.
Fees are as follows:
(1)
Subdivision/resubdivision application fees shall be
computed as follows:
(a)
Base fee of $250 or $25 per lot, whichever is
greater, for mailing, notices, and general administrative expenses
(this portion of the fee is nonrefundable); plus
(b)
New road construction fee of $200 for every
100 linear feet, or any part thereof, of new roadway proposed to be
constructed as part of the subdivision and intended to be deeded to
the Town as a public right-of-way (for engineering review and inspections);
plus
(c)
Existing Town/state road fee of $50 for every
100 linear feet, or any part thereof, of existing or previously approved
public rights-of-way of Town or state roadways abutted by the boundaries
of the land contained in a proposed subdivision (for engineering review
and inspections); plus
(d)
Common driveways and driveways that service
rear lots fee of $150 per 100 feet, or any part thereof, for new common
driveways and/or driveways that service rear lots (includes all inspections);
plus
(e)
Lot fee of $300 per lot for each new lot to
be created by the subdivision/resubdivision application; plus
(f)
Erosion control fee of $50 per lot, for sedimentation
and erosion control measures review; plus
(2)
Certification of sediment and erosion and/or stormwater
site plan.
(a)
Three hundred fifty dollars for initial review
of plan (includes two inspections). If additional expert consultant
review is required due to the complexity of the plans, or need for
submission of revised plans, an estimate of the additional cost for
such expert consultant review will be estimated by the land use staff,
based on preliminary estimates from the expert consultant and said
estimate, times 150%, will be paid to the Land Use Department prior
to proceeding on the application. If the applicant fails or refuses
to deposit the consultant's estimated fee, times 150%, the application
for certification of the sediment and erosion control and/or stormwater
site plan shall be considered to be incomplete and will be denied.
Upon completion of the technical review and determination of the costs
incurred, any excess will be refunded to the applicant. The applicant
shall not be responsible for expert consultant review costs incurred
in excess of 150% of the land use staff's estimate.
(b)
Inspections in excess of the two provided for
in the fee for the certification of the sediment and erosion control
and/or stormwater management plan shall be assessed at a fee of $50
per inspection by the enforcement officer and an additional $100 per
inspection if expert consultant inspection is also required. Such
fees must be paid in full prior to the issuance of a certificate of
occupancy for any new or existing structure, or in the case of site
work that does not include issuance of a certificate of occupancy,
must be paid in full or will be deducted from the completion bond
required to be posted by Section 6.56 of the Zoning Regulations of
the Town of Woodbridge relative to soil erosion and sediment control.
(3)
Copy of Subdivision Regulations: $15.
(4)
Special permit for rear lot: $250 per lot, plus common driveways and driveways that service rear lots fee: $150 per any part thereof, for new common driveways and/or driveways that service rear lots (includes all inspections). At the Town Plan and Zoning Commission's determination, additional application fees set forth in § 225-5 of this article may be applied.
(5)
Site plan and use permit for Development 1 or Development
2 District:
(6)
Change of use permit for Development 1 or Development 2 District: $150. At the Town Plan and Zoning Commission's determination, additional application fees set forth in § 225-5 of this article may be applied.
(7)
Site plan and use permit for Business or General Business
District:
(8)
Change of use permit for Business or General Business District: $150. At the Town Plan and Zoning Commission's determination, additional application fees set forth in § 225-5 of this article may be applied.
(9)
Congregate community designed exclusively for occupancy by elderly persons: $250; each additional unit: $25. At the Town Plan and Zoning Commission's determination, additional application fees set forth in § 225-5 of this article may be applied.
(10)
Affordable Housing District development: $250; each additional unit: $25. At the Town Plan and Zoning Commission's determination, additional application fees set forth in § 225-5 of this article may be applied.
(11)
Active adult planned development: $250; each additional unit: $25. At the Town Plan and Zoning Commission's determination, additional application fees set forth in § 225-5 of this article may be applied.
(12)
Flood hazard permit: $250.
(14)
Special permit for residence office: $100.
(15)
All other special permits: $100. At the Town Plan and Zoning Commission's determination, additional application fees set forth in § 225-5 of this article may be applied.
(16)
Sign permit, residential: $10.
(17)
Sign permit, commercial: $100.
(18)
Zoning permit, residential: $50.
(19)
Zoning permit, commercial: $100.
(20)
Proposed regulation or zoning boundary change: $250. At the Town Plan and Zoning Commission's determination, additional application fees set forth in § 225-5 of this article may be applied.
(21)
Copy of Zoning Regulations: $25.
(22)
Copy of Zoning Map: $15.
(24)
Certificate of location for motor vehicle licensing:
$500.
(25)
Appeal of Zoning Enforcement Officer decision:
$75.
(26)
Copy of Town Plan: $25.
(27)
Letter of zoning compliance: $50.
In accordance with Connecticut General Statutes,
§ 8-1c, the foregoing schedule of fees shall supersede any
specific fees set forth in the general statutes, or any special act,
or set forth in the Zoning Regulations for the Town of Woodbridge
and the Subdivision Regulations for the Town of Woodbridge, or as
may have been otherwise heretofore established pursuant to § 8-26
of the Connecticut General Statutes. Fees for applications not specifically
enumerated above shall not be affected by this article.
Application filing fees may include additional
costs incurred by the Town of Woodbridge, including but not limited
to the expense of retaining experts to analyze, review and report
on areas requiring a detailed, technical review in order to assist
the Town Plan and Zoning Commission in its deliberations Upon receipt
of an application by the Town Plan and Zoning Commission, the Commission
may determine that, in order to fully and properly review and evaluate
the application, such expertise would assist the Commission. In that
case the following procedure shall apply:
A.
Upon five business days' notice to the applicant identifying
the names of the expert and the expert's estimated proposed fee(s),
the Commission may retain one or more consultants, whose fees times
150% shall be paid by the applicant.
B.
If the applicant fails or refuses to deposit the consultant's
estimated fee times 150%, the application shall be considered to be
incomplete.
C.
At its next regularly scheduled meeting the Commission
shall note in its minutes that the application is considered incomplete.
D.
The fact that the application is considered incomplete
shall be sufficient ground for denial of the application.
E.
The Commission may, but shall not be required to,
deny the application without prejudice, if equitable circumstances
exist that have prevented or excused the payment of the consultant's
fee in accordance with this article.
F.
Upon completion of the technical review and determination
of the costs incurred, any excess will be refunded to the applicant.
G.
The applicant shall not be responsible for costs incurred
in excess of 150% of the Commission's estimate.
Permit fees shall be doubled if an application
is submitted as the result of a zoning enforcement action, and/or
site or building work, which has commenced without required Town of
Woodbridge zoning permits and approvals.
[Amended 3-3-2009, effective 4-3-2009]
The Board of Selectmen shall have the right
to waive the payment of any land use fee enumerated above for any
application filed by any board, commission, department, subdivision,
quasi-town agency funded in whole or in part by the Town, regional
entity of which the Town is a member, or officer or official of the
Town of Woodbridge, provided any waiver to an officer or official
shall only be granted when such individual is acting in his or her
official capacity.
