Chapter 14.05
DEVELOPMENT AND PERMIT APPLICATION FEES

Sections:

14.05.010    Development and permit application fees.

14.05.010 Development and permit application fees.

A. The city council may establish by resolution fees for project permits or other governmental approvals to cover the city’s cost of processing applications, inspecting and reviewing plans, or preparing detailed statements required by Chapter 43.21C RCW, including, but not limited to, those permits or other governmental approvals relating to plat administration, zoning administration, shoreline management administration, annexations, comprehensive plan amendments, and appeal costs, including attorney’s fees.

B. Not by way of limitation, the city council shall establish by resolution fees for the following actions:

1. Subdivisions;

2. Short subdivisions;

3. Amendment and alteration of plats;

4. Boundary line adjustments;

5. Planned residential developments;

6. Binding site plans;

7. Variances;

8. SEPA checklist;

9. Shoreline subdivision developments;

10. Rezones;

11. Conditional use permits;

12. Home occupation permits and SEPA checklist;

13. Comprehensive plan and zoning amendments;

14. Appeals;

15. Site evaluations;

16. Consultation fees;

17. Annexation fees.

C. In the event such costs established under subsection A or B or this section are less than the actual costs involved, any excess costs shall be assessed and paid by the applicant on the basis of the hourly rate of city department staff or outside consultants retained for inspection, review and/or analysis of the development or permitting action, including, but not limited to, engineers, surveyors, planners, architects, and attorneys, plus material costs and reasonable expenses incurred by such consultants and billed to the city. (Ord. 99-049 § 2).