The Town Board makes the following findings:
A. The Town of Royalton Master Plan and local laws and ordinances previously
adopted by the Board require an engineering review by the Town's
Engineer or consulting engineers prior to approval of certain permits
and authorizations.
B. The Town has further established, through local legislation, a process
of approval for site plan review, the creation of subdivisions, the
dedication of roads, easements and procedure for drainage, water and
sewerage facilities, and the rezoning of property for the benefit
of applicants for such improvements.
C. Existing revenue sources are not sufficient to fund engineering costs
for new development and improvements, and such new development should
contribute its fair share of the costs attributable to the specific
improvement, project, site or plan being proposed.
D. The Town Board projects multifamily, commercial and industrial growth.
E. The engineering cost recovery fee shall be set at a rate which is
fair and just to the applicant and does not represent a means to correct
deficiencies in the Town's current budget for planning.
F. The engineering cost recovery fee shall pay the costs of engineering
to the Town and SEQR review, as allowed by the cost recovery purposes
of the SEQR regulations.
G. The Town of Royalton imposes special district and improvement area
assessments which spread the actual cost of operation of Town government
to property owners, on an annual basis, for Town services, and it
is unfair to Town taxpayers to pay for specialized engineering services
for the benefit of a particular improvement.
H. An additional revenue source is needed to defray the cost of reviewing
stormwater pollution prevention plans, reviewing revisions thereto,
and reviewing applications for large-scale commercial solar and wind
projects.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BOARDS
The Town Board and any duly constituted board authorized
by the Town Law of the State of New York.
ENGINEER or ENGINEERING
The practice or profession of a licensed professional engineer
in performing the following: consultation, investigation, evaluation,
planning, design or supervision of construction or operation in connection
with any utilities, structures, sites, buildings, machines, equipment,
processes, works or projects wherein the safeguarding of life, health
and property is concerned, when such work requires the application
of engineering principles and data.
IMPROVEMENT
The alteration of land, the construction of a structure or
utility, either public or private, the laying out of a subdivision,
plat or parcel as defined by Town local law, the construction of a
road, curb, sewer line, waterline, drainage facility, landfill, sidewalk
or other activity authorized by Town laws.
LAND SURVEYOR
The branch of the engineering profession and applied mathematics
which includes the measuring and plotting of the dimensions and areas
of any portion of the earth, currently licensed by the State of New
York.
PERSON
An individual, a corporation, a partnership or firm.
SEQR
The implementing regulations of the State Environmental Quality
Review Act (New York State Environmental Conservation Law § 8-0111)
as set forth under Title 6 of the New York Compilation of Rules and
Regulations (6 NYCRR 617) which provide for incorporating environmental
review within the decisionmaking of any agency of any governmental
unit in the State of New York.
SQUARE FOOT or SF
Refers to gross square feet, the sum of enclosed areas on
all floors of a building or structure, including areas used for storage
or access above or below grade, including lobbies, stairways, porches,
balconies and garages.
TOWN BOARD
The Town Board of the Town of Royalton.
TOWN PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEER
Whenever the terms "engineer," "engineering," "Town's
Engineer" or "consulting engineers" are used in this chapter or amendments,
those terms shall be defined as including any engineers or engineering
firm retained by the Town.
In no event shall the Town charge against or utilize a fee paid
hereunder for deficiencies in Town-owned improvements, routine maintenance
or matters not directly related to the engineering cost for the specific
improvement proposed.
In addition to any other fees required by law, any person undertaking
a construction activity that requires submission of a stormwater pollution
prevention plan (SWPPP) to the Town shall pay the following fees for
review of the SWPPP, review of any subsequent revisions thereto, and
for related inspections authorized by the Town Code. Such fees may
be amended by the Town Board from time to time.
A. Fees for land development activities. Any applicant or developer
submitting an SWPPP to the Town for a project to be completed in a
single phase shall pay the Town a fee based on the acreage of the
entire development, in accordance with the following fee schedule.
Any applicant or developer submitting an SWPPP to the Town for a project
to be completed in multiple phases shall pay the Town a fee based
on the acreage of the entire development, including the acreage of
subsequent phases that are part of a common scheme of development
or sale, in accordance with the following fee schedule.
Acreage of Entire Development
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SWPPP Review and Inspection Fee
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0 to 5 acres
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$500
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5 to 10 acres
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$850
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Over 10 acres
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$850 plus $300 for every 5 acres above 10 acres
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B. Fees for subsequent phases. For all land development activities to
be completed in multiple phases over time, the applicant or developer,
in addition to the fee provided for above, shall pay the Town an additional
$500 for each subsequent phase after the first phase of the project,
to be paid at the beginning of each such subsequent phase.