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Timestamp: 2020-08-11 13:50:31
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 310', '§ 310', '§ 310', '§ 310', '§ 310', 'art 2']

Township of Muhlenberg, PA Fees for Professional Consultants
Ch 310 Pt 2 Fees for Professional Consultants
Ch 310 Pt 2 Art IX Professional Consultants
§ 310-68 Definitions.
§ 310-69 Authorization to charge for professional consultant services.
§ 310-70 Charges for professional consultant services.
§ 310-71 Inspection of improvements.
§ 310-72 Certification by Township Secretary.
Township of Muhlenberg, PA / Part II: General Legislation / Subdivision and Land Development
Part 2 Fees for Professional Consultants
[Adopted 1-17-2005 by Ord. No. 405 (Ch. 127, Art. III, of the 1982 Code)]
Article IX Professional Consultants
Any person(s) who provides expert or professional advice, including but not limited to architects, attorneys, certified public accountants, engineers, geologists, land surveyors, landscape architects or planners.
The Township shall submit to the applicant an itemized bill showing work performed, identifying the person performing the services and the time and date spent for each task. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit interim itemized billing or Township escrow or other security requirements. In the event the applicant disputes the amount of any such review fees, the applicant shall, no later than 100 days after the date of transmittal of the bill to the applicant, notify the Township and the professional consultant that such fees are disputed and shall explain the basis of his objections to the fees charged; in which case, the Township shall not delay or disapprove a subdivision or land development application due to the applicant's dispute over fees. Failure of the applicant to dispute a bill within 100 days shall be a waiver of the applicant's right to arbitration of that bill.
The Township shall submit to the applicant an itemized bill showing the work performed in connection with the inspection of improvements performed, identifying the person performing the services and the time and date spent for each task. In the event the applicant disputes the amount of any such expense in connection with the inspection of improvements, the applicant shall, no later than 100 days after the date of transmittal of a bill for inspection services, notify the Township and the professional consultant that such inspection expenses are disputed as unreasonable or unnecessary and shall explain the basis of his objections to the fees charged; in which case the Township shall not delay or disapprove a request for release of financial security, a subdivision or land development application or any approval or permit related to development due to the applicant's dispute of inspection expenses. Failure of the applicant to dispute a bill within 100 days shall be a waiver of the applicant's right to arbitration of that bill under this section.
If the professional consultant and the applicant cannot agree on the amount of expenses which are reasonable and necessary, then the applicant shall have the right, within 100 days of the transmittal of the final bill or supplement to the final bill to the applicant, to request the appointment of another professional consultant to serve as an arbitrator. The applicant and professional consultant whose fees are being challenged shall, by mutual agreement, appoint another professional consultant to review any bills the applicant has disputed and which remain unresolved and make a determination as to the amount thereof which is reasonable and necessary. The arbitrator shall be of the same profession as the professional consultant whose fees are being challenged.
The fee of the arbitrator shall be paid by the applicant if the disputed fee is upheld by the arbitrator. The fee of the arbitrator shall be paid by the charging party if the disputed fee is $2,500 or greater than the payment decided by the arbitrator. The fee of the arbitrator shall be paid in an equal amount by the applicant and the charging party if the disputed fee is less than $2,500 of the payment decided by the arbitrator.
Pursuant to the Muhlenberg Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of 1980, as amended, the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Muhlenberg shall not affix its original signature to any proposed final plan for recording with the Berks County Recorder of Deeds unless and until the Township Secretary, as defined by the First Class Township Code, attests that all actual costs for professional consultant services rendered as herein defined have been paid in full by the applicant.