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 Danbury
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 34. PLANNING AND LAND USE
 Article I. IN GENERAL

§ 34-1. Land use application processing fees; subdivisions; engineering and Fire Marshal review.  

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  • (a)

    Purpose. Pursuant to the provisions of C.G.S. § 8-1c, the City is authorized to adopt a schedule of reasonable fees for the processing of applications by the Zoning Commission, Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals and Environmental Impact Commission. The intention of this section is to allow the aforementioned land use agencies to retain, to the extent possible, the right to establish general processing fees while establishing consistent engineering and Fire Marshal review fees pertaining to all land use applications.

    (b)

    Engineering fees. In addition to the general processing fees established in connection with the issuance of permits, licenses or other approvals by the land use agencies identified in subsection (a) of this section, whenever a review by the Engineering Division of the Department of Public Works is required in connection with the issuance of said permits, licenses and approvals, the applicant shall pay an additional processing fee to defray the costs of said review. Said additional processing fee shall be in the amount of three (3) percent of the estimated cost of construction, but shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor be less than fifty dollars ($50.00). In addition to the foregoing, the applicant shall pay a fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each and every review of revised or modified plans submitted by the applicant to the City and reviewed by the Engineering Division of the Department of Public Works.

    (c)

    Fire Marshal fees. In addition to the general processing fees established in connection with the issuance of permits, licenses or other approvals by the land use agencies identified in subsection (a) of this section, whenever a review by the Fire Marshal is required in connection with the issuance of said permits, licenses and approvals, the applicant shall pay an additional processing fee to defray the costs of said review. Said additional processing fee shall be in the amount of three (3) percent of the estimated cost of construction, but shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor be less than fifty dollars ($50.00).

    (d)

    Engineering and Fire Marshal fees for Downtown Revitalization Zone. The engineering and fire marshal fees mentioned in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be reduced by fifty (50) percent for land use applications submitted on properties located within the Downtown Revitalization Zone as specified in section 7.F. of the City of Danbury Zoning Regulations.

    (e)

    Land use application processing fees. Nothing in this section shall be construed as superseding any fees established pursuant to the City of Danbury Zoning Regulations, City of Danbury Subdivision Regulations or the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations of the City of Danbury.

(Code 1961, § 11-2; Ord. No. 619, 6-2-2004; Ord. No. 632, 3-1-2005; Ord. No. 719, § 11-2, 11-19-2012)