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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 335 - Establishing Zoning Amendment and Appeals Fees - 03/24/1970 VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 335 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ZONING AMENDMENT AND ZONING APPEAL APPLICATION FEES WHEREAS , Ordinance No. 135, Zoning Ordinance, of the Village of Eden Prairie authorizes the Village Council to establish fees for the Village ' s review and processing of applications for zoning amendments and appeals, and; WHEREAS, the review and processing of applications for zoning amend- ments and appeals necessitates expenditures for professional , technical and clerical services as well as for such things as maps , legal advertisements and mailing, and ; WHEREAS, the amount of these expenditures will vary depending upon the characteristics of each individual application including its complixity, degree of variation from previously established Village policy and the completeness of the application itself, and; WHEREAS, the review and processing of applications for zoning amendments and appeals is of primary and special benefit to the applicant and the property he represents and only of indirect benefit to the Village, and; WHEREAS, it is the Vi11 age Is policy that the cost of providing such services should be paid by the persons benefiting from them, not by the taxpayers through the Village general revenue fund: NOW THEREFORE GE IT RESOLVED, by the Village Council of the Village of Eden Prairie, County of Hennepin, Minnesota, that A) The fees to be charged for Village review and processing of applications for zoning amendments and appeals shall be sufficant to completely reimburse the Village for all the costs it incurres including, but not limited to, direct Village payroll costs , fees paid to consultants and other professionals and the costs of printing, mailing, and supplies. B) At the time of application the applicant shall pay a minimum fee of $25 for a zoning appeal and $150 for a zoning amendment plus a deposit equal to the Village Manager' s estimate of the additional costs the Village will incurr in reviewing the processing and application. C) Immediately following the final Council or Board of Appeals action on the application the Village Manager shall prepare a itemized list of all costs incurred by the Village and deduct the total cost from the deposit and return the remainder to the applicant. If the costs exceed the deposit or minimum fee he shall invoice the applicant for the difference. D) In the event the total fee is not paid within 30 days of the invoice date the application filed by the applicant shall be declared incomplete and any action taken by the Council or Board of Appeals in response to it shall automatically become null and void. Ej The Council shall certify all unpaid zoning amendment or appeals application fees to the Hennepin County Auditor who shall enter them upon his tax records as a lien upon such land to be collected in the same manner as other real estate taxes are collected. ADOPTED BY THE Village Council of Eden Prairie this 24th day of March ,19 70 David ster o t, Mayor ATTEST: 42 Edna M. Ho1mgr9n, Clerk,/- (SEAL)