All fees required by these regulations shall
be submitted to the Commission by cash, certified check, or money
order payable to the Town of Orange at the time the application is
filed with the Commission.
No application shall be granted or approved
by the Commission unless a waiver has been granted by the Commission.
The application fee is not refundable.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Activities carried out on property developed for industry,
commerce, trade, recreation, or purposes for profit or non profit.
Activities other than residential uses or commercial uses.
Activities carried out on property developed for permanent
housing or being developed to be occupied by permanent housing.
[Amended 5-8-2002; 2-11-2003]
A.
Fee schedule: Application fees shall be based on the
following schedule.
[Amended 10-10-2007]
(6)
Residential, multiple units: $100 per dwelling unit,
plus direct wetland activity fee.
(7)
Commercial uses: $250, plus direct wetland activity
fee.
(8)
Other activities or uses.
(a)
Rain gardens with retention/detention galleries:
$200.
(b)
Watercourse crossing: $200, plus direct wetland
activity fee.
(c)
Bio-filtration system, no other activity: $175.
(d)
Stormwater discharge to a wetland area: $200
per acre of impervious surface, including roofs; one-acre threshold.
(e)
Stormwater detention ponds including below-grade
infiltration units: $250.
(10)
Direct wetland activity:
|
Square Feet
|
Fee
| |
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0 to 500
|
$50.00
| |
|
501 to 1,000
|
$75.00
| |
|
1,001 to 5,000
|
$100.00
| |
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Over 5,000
|
$200.00, plus $5.00 per square foot over 5,000
square feet
|
B.
Extra assessments.
(1)
In the event that additional expenses, including but
not limited to outside consultants, experts, or legal advisors are
incurred in processing the application the applicant may be assessed
an additional fee to cover said costs. Said fees are to be estimated
by the enforcement officer and submitted with the application fee
and held until the application is completely processed, after which
time any residual funds pertaining to this assessment are to be returned
to the applicant.
(2)
For the purpose of this assessment, an "outside consultant"
means a professional who is not an employee of the Town of Orange,
including but not limited to engineering, environmental, hydrogeology
and wetland biologists and professionals.
Boards, commissions, councils and departments
of the Town of Orange are exempt from all fee requirements.
A.
The applicant may petition the Commission to waive,
reduce or allow delayed payment of the fee required of these regulations.
Such petitions shall be in writing and shall state fully the facts
and circumstances the Commission should consider in its determination.
The Commission may waive all or part of the application fee if the
Commission determined that:
(1)
The activity applied for would clearly result in substantial
public benefit to the environment or to the public health and safety
and the applicant would reasonably be deterred from initiating the
activity solely or primarily as a result of the amount of the application
fee; or
(2)
The amount of the application fee is clearly excessive
in relation to the cost to the Town for reviewing and processing the
application.
B.
The Commission shall state upon its record the basis
for all actions under this subsection.
