§ 88-7. Assessable costs, expenses, and fees.

All direct costs, expenses and fees incurred by the city relating directly to the review, processing, inspection, or regulation of an application, including but not limited to, the time of city consultants, as well as those relating directly to, advertising, surveying, legal and engineering for an application or project shall be reimbursed to the city by and assessed to the applicant.

(1)

City staff may submit records of their time, fees, costs and expenses expended on applications or projects to the extent such fees, costs and expenses exceed the applicable flat fee, to the city finance director or his designee for invoicing by the city finance director or his designee. City staff's hourly rates shall be determined by the city manager and shall be invoiced to the applicant at such rate to the extent such fees, costs and expenses exceed the applicable flat fee.

(2)

City consultants shall submit records of their time, fees, costs, and expenses to the city finance director and such fees, costs and expenses shall be invoiced to the applicant on a dollar for dollar basis for services provided to or for the city as a result of an application. All fees, costs, and expenses invoices by city consultants, in addition to the applicable flat fee, are the responsibility of the applicant.

(Ord. No. 02-41, § II, 10-24-02)