f.
Application Fees
The Town Board of Commissioners shall determine all fees required annually to accompany all applications submitted under the Land Development Ordinance. The Town Board may adjust fee amounts from time to time. The purpose of the fee amount is to defray the actual cost of processing an application, administration of such application and legal advertising where required by law. Application fees shall be subject to the following requirements:
(1) Fee Required . No application shall be processed until the application fee has been paid, except as otherwise directed by the Planning Director.
(2) Refunds . Application fees are not refundable except where the Planning Director determines that an application was accepted in error, or the fee paid exceeded the amount due, in which case the amount of the overpayment will be refunded to the applicant, or in certain types of application is withdrawn prior to legal advertising.
g. Pre-Development Meeting
A pre-development meeting is encouraged prior to submission of any application for development under the Land Development Ordinance. (The purpose of the pre- development meeting is to provide assistance with the process for review and approval, schedules, fees, water and sewer plans and capacities, stormwater management, to familiarize the applicant with the provisions of the Land Development Ordinance that will apply and Town Staff that will be involved with the proposed development). Such meeting may be initiated as follows: (1) Initiation of Pre-development Meeting . Any potential applicant, property owner developer or citizen may request a predevelopment meeting by contacting the Planning Department Staff, which schedules such meetings. The person requesting the meeting must give a description of the character; location and type of the proposed development, and any other information that would help Planning Staff determine the appropriate Town staff to be in attendance. (2) Meeting . At the pre-development meeting, the applicant, Town staff and other local, County, State or Federal representatives shall discuss the scope, features and potential impacts of the proposed development, approval processes, review steps and schedules that the applicant shall follow.
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