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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 04:21:34+00:00

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§ 63-1 Residential building permit.
§ 63-2 Nonresidential building permit.
§ 63-4 Nonresidential site plan review.
§ 63-5 Planned development or cluster development site plan review.
§ 63-6 Senior living communities.
§ 63-8 Soil and woodland conservation.
§ 63-9 SEQRA review; environmental impact statements.
§ 63-10 Zoning Board of Appeals application.
§ 63-11 Zoning change requests.
§ 63-12 Conditional use permits.
§ 63-14 Traffic mitigation fees.
§ 63-16 Sidewalk installation fee.
§ 63-17 Questions regarding fees.
Zoning — See Ch. 129.
Editor's Note: This resolution supersedes former Ch. 63, Fees, adopted 2-2-1995, as amended.
The rate for residential building permits shall be $0.20 per square foot of floor area; a minimum fee of $50 shall be required. Floor area shall include any basement, carport, garage and canopies but shall not include a cellar, subcellar or nonhabitable attic. Floor area shall be based on the outside dimensions of the building. Renewal of all residential buildings permits shall be $100.
The rate for nonresidential building permits shall be $0.30 per square foot of floor area; a minimum fee of $150 shall be required. Square footage shall include any basement, cellar, subcellar and canopies, decks, patios, etc., but shall not include a crawl space. Square footage shall be based on the outside dimensions of a building, not living space. Fees will not be reimbursed after application approval.
Conceptual/preliminary: $20 per living unit; minimum fee of $300 as per proposed plan. This application fee shall be due at the time of application.
Final: After final subdivision plan approval, but prior to submission of the final subdivision plan for signature, a fee of $150 per living unit is due.
The total review fee is due at conceptual submission.
Outside consultant review escrow: Prevailing rates shall apply. An escrow account shall be established for the fees of an outside consultant.
Park and recreation: $1,200 per new living unit, due at the time final approval is obtained.
If the Planning Board determines that additional and/or special review is required, it may, at its discretion, call in an independent engineering firm and/or special consultants. The costs of these services shall be borne by the owner/developer.
Payment of all fees shall be made prior to the signing of any Mylars by the Town of Wilton.
All engineering fees incurred for projects that are withdrawn by the applicant or disapproved by the Board shall be payable by the applicant at the time of withdrawal or disapproval. Projects that are dormant for over one year shall be reviewed and engineering review fees assessed for those projects.
This section pertains to all approved subdivisions, whether residential, commercial or industrial. In the case of commercial or industrial subdivisions, fees shall be based on a per lot unit basis rather than per living unit and no park and recreation fees shall be due.
Additional fees for projects under the jurisdiction of the Wilton Water and Sewer Authority shall apply.
Pursuant to NY Town Law Art. 16, § 276, failure to file final plat with the County Clerk within 62 days from signature of the Planning Board Officer on Mylars constitutes expiration of subdivision approval. If approval expires, the subdivision plans must be resubmitted and any fees shall be assessed by the Planning Department.
When adding a building lot, charge all subdivision fees. When merging two lots into one or adjusting a lot line, charge a minimum fee of $300.
See also § 63-14, Traffic mitigation fees, and § 63-15, Inspection fees.
The total application fee is due at the site plan application/conceptual submission stage.
For minor or amended site plan, see § 129-147.
Construction inspection fee: $0.20 per square foot or a minimum of $200. Fee can be adjusted for very small projects requiring minimal inspection.
All engineering fees incurred for projects that are withdrawn by the applicant or disapproved by the Board shall be payable by the applicant at the time of withdrawal or disapproval.
Projects that are dormant for over one year shall be reviewed and engineering review fees assessed for those projects.
There are no park and recreation fees.
Review fees: the sum of the subdivision and/or commercial and industrial review fees. If encompassing residential and commercial development, the sum of the two, calculated separately, shall apply.
Minor amendment to a PUD shall be $500. The review fee for an engineer and/or attorney shall be assessed and all cost borne by the owner/developer.
Park and recreation: $750 per new living unit, due at the time final approval is obtained.
Final: After final site plan approval, but prior to submission of the final site plan for signature, a fee of $150 per living unit is due.
Review fees shall be based on the number of living units as per the subdivision review fee schedule in § 63-3.
Park and recreation: $750 per living unit, due at the time final approval is obtained; assisted-living facilities: $250 per living unit.
Projects that are dormant for over a year shall be reviewed and engineering fees assessed for those projects.
The schedule of fees is based on a per-unit basis which shall be paid by the developer in payments at the following set rates.
One hundred percent of the total review fee (includes fees and/or escrow amounts, to be paid with separate checks) shall be paid to the Town of Wilton Planning Board at the time of submission of the conceptual site/subdivision plan.
The preliminary submission shall not be accepted by the Town unless 100% of the total review fee has been paid. If the Town is the primary reviewer, the Town review fee (from the appropriate fee schedule) shall be due. If an outside consultant is the primary reviewer, the Town review fee and consultant escrow amount shall be due. All of the fees collected by the Town of Wilton shall be retained by the Town to help defray the cost of the Town's in-house review.
All escrow amounts collected by the Town of Wilton shall be placed in an escrow account. The Town shall be authorized to pay the costs for reviews from the money on deposit in the account in order for the Town to defray the cost of the review services. Upon completion of the approval process, should monies remain in the escrow account, following the outside consultant's final billing for the project, they shall be returned to the owner/developer. If monies on deposit prove to be insufficient for the review (including any SEQRA review), the owner/developer shall deposit monies in an amount sufficient to cover the additional review costs as may be required. If the Town is the primary reviewer and determines that additional review by an outside consultant is required, these additional costs for outside consultant review shall be borne by the owner/developer. The estimated fee for this additional review shall promptly be escrowed by the developer with the Town prior to the additional review taking place. The Town review fees shall not decrease as a result of these additional costs borne by the owner/developer.
Projects under one acre shall not require a review fee because this size project does not have to appear before the Town Planning Board.
If the applicant has already obtained a subdivision or preliminary approval, both the application fee and the review fee shall be waived.
This review fee is a lump sum amount which is paid to the Town at the time of application.
If the Town requires the assistance of an outside consultant, the cost incurred for such services shall be paid by the applicant. The outside consultant's estimated fee shall be escrowed with the Town at the time of application.
The Town of Wilton reserves the right to set up an escrow account for a given project when it has received a positive declaration according to SEQRA. Due to the direct relationship between the cost of preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) and the specific characteristics of the lands to be used, a set price per unit cannot be estimated. When a large project is submitted to the Town and receives a positive declaration, the Town shall estimate the cost of review and supply this information to the applicant. Upon completion of the EIS, should monies remain in the account following the Town Engineer's and/or Town Attorney's final billing for the project, they shall be returned to the applicant/developer. If monies on deposit prove to be insufficient for the EIS, the applicant/developer shall deposit monies in an amount sufficient to cover the additional costs as may be required.
Three hundred dollars for projects of an estimated completed value of less than $300,000.
Five hundred dollars for projects of an estimated completed value of more than $300,000.
Seven hundred and fifty dollars for projects of an estimated completed value of less than $300,000.
One thousand two hundred and fifty dollars for projects of an estimated completed value of more than $300,000.
Signs: $100. The sign application fee shall be separate from any other application fees to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The application fee for interpretation applications to the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be $50.
If the Zoning Board determines that additional and/or special review is required, it may, at its discretion, call in an independent engineering firm and/or special consultants. The costs of these services shall be borne by the owner/applicant.
Rezoning requests for properties with a value of less than $300,000: $500.
Rezoning requests for properties with a value of more than $300,000: $750.
The fee for a conditional use permit shall be $100.
The fee for a sign permit shall be $3 per square foot, with a minimum sign permit fee of $100.
Mitigation fees shall be the primary source of funding for implementation of the required traffic improvements. These fees shall be implemented through State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) procedures. The use of development mitigation fees allows the Town of Wilton to collect necessary dollars to make improvements related to Town-wide traffic study.
For uses not shown above, the Town will use the ITE Trip Generation Manual (most recent edition) to calculate the fee using the appropriate average trip generation rate.
When a property is changing a use classification, as defined by the traffic mitigation fees, the traffic mitigation fee shall be based on the square footage of any existing or new structure, along with any approved additions, less the required traffic mitigation fee for the current use, based on existing structures. However, based on these calculations the applicant shall not be entitled to a credit.
Fees for structural additions to existing sites shall be based only on the additional square footage. This applies only if the use of the property stays within the same mitigation fee category.
When a property is subdivided and an existing residence is located on one of the new parcels created by the subdivision, only one parcel shall be exempt from a traffic mitigation fee and park and recreation fee.
Total fee shall be due upon final approval, prior to the signing of any Mylar.
If a project is to be filed in phases, as approved by the Planning Board, all lots shown on the mylar shall be paid as if the phase was a separate project. For example: if a mylar shows the entire project in four phases the entire project shall be used as the basis of determining the fee payment; however if only one phase of a project is shown on the mylar the number of lots in that phase shall determine the fee payment.
Town roads: $3 per linear foot.
The Town Engineer and Highway Superintendent can require 100% field inspection by a consultant of the Town's choice, paid for by the developer/owner through a Town escrow account.
Site inspection fee: $0.15 per gross square foot of building floor area or a minimum fee of $150.
The Town reserves the right to adjust this inspection fee for cases involving very small projects that may require minimal inspection.
In both cases (residential and nonresidential), if off-site improvements are required, an additional fee shall be calculated by the Town for the inspection of these off-site improvements. In cases where the Town requires the use of an outside consultant to perform inspections, the per-linear-foot fee would still be paid to the Town. The Town shall be authorized to pay the consultant from this fee, with any remaining amounts retained by the Town to cover its administrative costs. If the inspection fee proves to be insufficient for the inspection work, the owner/developer shall deposit monies in an amount sufficient to cover the additional inspection costs. These additional monies shall be deposited immediately so that the construction and inspection work may continue. The initial inspection fees shall be fully paid prior to any construction activity taking place on the project.
The Building Department and the Department of Planning and Engineering shall be given a minimum of 24 hours' and preferably 48 hours' notice to schedule inspections. Contractors, who find that work to be inspected is not complete, shall give said Department sufficient notice to reschedule appointments/inspections. The Building Department and the Department of Planning and Engineering may impose a fine on contractors who make appointments for inspections and then do not notify said Department if, for some reason (including work not being completed), the inspection should have been cancelled or postponed. The amount of the fine shall be $100 per violation and shall be payable, at the discretion of the Department, before additional inspections are made. If outstanding fines have been imposed and remain unpaid, no certificate of occupancy or certificate of compliance shall be issued. All fines are the responsibility of the applicant even if the inspection appointments have been made by subcontractors or other interested parties.
Stormwater maintenance fee. On projects where the Town will take on maintenance responsibilities of stormwater management areas (basins) and/or practices, the applicant is required to pay $2,500 per stormwater management area or practice prior to final approval. The applicant shall maintain said stormwater management areas and perform required maintenance per NYSDEC stormwater permit standards until the letter of credit expires. Maintenance and required inspections shall be performed per NYSDEC stormwater permit standards until notice of termination is filed.
For all parcels receiving site plan approval in the H-1 and CR-2 Zones, a one-time, lump sum fee of $40 per linear foot along the proposed sidewalk's path less any paved areas this path will cross, per the approved site plan, shall be paid prior to signing of Mylars/prints (i.e., final or minor site plan approval).
All questions regarding the amount of fees charged in this chapter shall be addressed to the Wilton Town Board.
Fees will not be reimbursed or altered for revisions after application is made.

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