[Adopted 2-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-03 (§ 2.21
of the 1961 Code)]
[Amended 12-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-18]
The Village Clerk/Treasurer shall charge property owners fees
for services, pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes § 66.0627,
in the following circumstances:
A.
Whenever a property owner contacts the Village Attorney, Director
of Public Works/Village Engineer, Village Forester or other of the
Village's professional staff, whether such professional staff
is employed by the Village or independently contracted, if said contact
and subsequent service results in a charge to the Village of Fox Point
for that professional's time and services and said service is
not a service supplied to the Village of Fox Point as a whole;
B.
Whenever the Village Board, Village Manager, Village Clerk/Treasurer,
or other Village official contacts the Village Attorney, Director
of Public Works/Village Engineer, Village Forester or any of the Village's
professional staff, whether such professional staff is employed by
the Village or independently contracted, regarding an application
received from a property owner, if said contact and subsequent service
results in a charge to the Village of Fox Point for that professional's
time and services and said service is not a service supplied to the
Village of Fox Point as a whole; or
C.
Whenever the Village incurs professional fees in considering certified
survey maps, subdivision plats, rezoning petitions, conditional use
permit petitions, site development applications, and other petitions
related to the development of land in the Village. For purposes of
this subsection, professional fees shall include any charges incurred
by the Village in relation to such application from the Director of
Public Works/Village Engineer, the Village Attorney, Village Forester
or any other of the Village's professional staff, whether such
professional staff is employed by the Village or independently contracted.
The Village Clerk/Treasurer shall give each property owner billed for current services as provided for herein notice that they shall have a specified period of time not less than 30 days to pay. Said notice shall also state that within 15 days of the date of the notice, the property owner may request a hearing before the Village Board regarding the charge against the property. Said notice shall also include an itemized statement of the professional services fees to be charged. Thereafter, if the property owner requests a hearing within the proper time period, the matter shall proceed as described in § 67-18 below. If a hearing is not requested within the required time period, if that charge remains unpaid, the Village Clerk/Treasurer shall automatically charge that delinquent bill against the property on the tax roll as provided by law. In the event the statement rendered to the property owner becomes delinquent too late in the year to be extended on that year's tax roll, then the delinquent charge shall be extended to the following year's tax roll.
Upon receipt of a timely request for hearing, the Village Board
shall hold a hearing regarding the property charges at its next scheduled
meeting or as soon as feasible. Such hearing shall be preceded by
posted public notice and reasonable notice, via first class mail,
to the property owner. In the event a hearing is requested, no charges
shall be placed on the tax roll unless and until such hearing has
been held and a decision has been rendered by the Village Board, and
the Village Board approves the charges against the tax roll in whole
or in part. If approved only in part, only that part of the charges
that are approved may be charged against the tax roll.
Whenever it is requested that the Village of Fox Point grant
approvals to any other municipality, agency or other governmental
body and that permit process requires the assistance of contracted
professional staff of the Village, those fees shall also be charged
back to the municipality, agency or governmental body seeking the
permit in the manner described in this article.
