§ 17.08.030. Fees and lien.

A.

Property owners submitting a land development application shall pay all Town fees and costs, in addition to the application fee, associated with Town review and processing of such application, including but not limited to attorney fees, engineering fees, surveying fees, consulting fees, together with any and all additional fees paid by the Town concerning or related to the processing and review of the application. In order to fund these costs, the applicant shall submit a cash retainer in the amount set forth in the Town's fee schedule as amended from time to time. The Town's expenses for processing the application as described above shall be paid from said retainer. If additional retainer funds are necessary, the Director or his or her designee is authorized to request additional funds. Payment of the additional retainer funds is due within ten (10) days of the date of the invoice and if not paid within thirty (30) days, payment shall be considered to be past due. Such property owners shall also pay interest on any past due unpaid balance at the rate of one and one-half percent per month or eighteen (18) percent per annum in addition to all costs of collection, including reasonable attorney fees and costs. All application fees and resubmittal fees are due at the time of application or resubmittal. Town Staff will not process an application until all required fees have been paid. Payment of the application fee and other fees identified above shall not relieve the applicant from paying any other fee imposed by the Town.

B.

All fees and costs assessed in accordance with this section shall be a lien against the property described in the land development application in the several amounts assessed from the due date of each assessment. Such lien shall have priority over all other liens except general tax liens, prior assessment liens and certain liens in favor of the United States of America.

(Ord. 16-2007; Ord. 13-97 (part): prior code § 13.02.030)