[Adopted as Rev. Ords. 1976, §§ 2-112 to 2-118
(Rev. Ords. 1989, §§ 2-271 to 2-278)][2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original §§ 15-13, 15-14 and 15-15 relating to the establishment, membership, terms of office, officers and powers and duties of the Planning Board, § 15-17, Compensation; clerical and other assistants, and § 15-20, Board of Appeals, of this article were deleted 8-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2018-4. See now Administrative Code §§ A-201, A-203 and A-215. Former § 15-20 was amended 12-16-2002 by Ord. No. 02-060A.
It shall be the duty of the Planning Board, and such Board is
hereby authorized, to prepare and maintain a long-range program of
projects.
A.
For the purposes of this section, the word "project" shall mean any
project for which the City is authorized to incur indebtedness for
the construction of buildings and additions thereto, including the
original equipment and furnishing of such buildings or additions,
and for the construction of other facilities and utilities.
B.
Each department, officer, board and commission of the City who or
which proposes to undertake any such project shall prepare and submit
to the Planning Board, at such times and in such form as the Board
may require, his/her or its requests for projects. The Planning Board
shall study each request so submitted and develop projects of its
own, and the Board shall submit to the Mayor between November 1 and
December 1 of each year a report containing a list of all such projects
so requested or developed and its recommended long-range program for
such projects. Such report shall show the estimated cost of each project
as recommended therein.
C.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, the
Planning Board may employ temporarily such architects, engineers,
contractors and consultants as it deems necessary and may expend such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. The Planning Board may request
and shall receive from the several officers, departments, boards and
commissions of the City such assistance as it may require in carrying
out the purposes of this section.
A.
The Planning Board shall report annually, in the month of January,
to the Mayor and City Council, giving information regarding the condition
of the City and any plans or proposals for its development and estimates
of the cost thereof, and shall make such other reports as may be required
by law.
B.
The Planning Board shall also report annually, not later than the
third Monday in March, to the Mayor and City Council, giving a review
of the existing Zoning Ordinance with suggested or proposed amendments,
if any, and alterations or revisions to the same, if any. The Planning
Board may request and shall receive from the several officers, departments,
boards and commissions of the City such assistance as it may require
in carrying out this purpose.
[Added 10-3-1977 by Ord.
No. 19645; amended 5-19-2008 by Ord. No. 08-238]
A.
Before a hearing is held on any application under design review procedures,
the applicant shall deposit a fee of $100 with the City Treasurer,
who shall give a receipt therefor and shall certify on the application
that such fee has been paid. Fees deposited in accordance with this
section shall be paid into the City treasury and belong to the City.
B.
There shall be an administrative fee for all site plan review applications
in the amount of $500, plus $0.10 per square foot of gross floor area
for every development proposal with a gross floor area of 5,000 square
feet or more.
[Amended 8-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2018-4]
C.
There shall be an administrative fee of $600 for each slope protection
special permit application, except in cases where a site plan review
application and a slope protection special permit application are
filed jointly, in which case the administrative fee for the slope
protection special permit application shall be $300.
