LL #04-1983TOWN OF WAPPINGER
DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
LOCAL LAW NO. 4 YEAR OF 1983
A local Law providing for the payment of professional or
consulting fees.
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger as follows:
Section 1. Declaration of Purpose.
To safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the
Town of Wappinger and to permit the Town of Wappinger and its agencies to
obtain full and complete review of the impact of a proposed activity for
which a permit is required from the town or any of its agencies without
burdening the taxpayers of the town in those instances where the applic-
ation is for the pecuniary benfit of the applicant, it is appropriate that
the costs of various professional, consulting, or other third -party services
which may be determined to be necessary for review purposes be assumed by
the applicant rather than by the town.
Section 2.
Upon the submission of an application for an activity for which a
permit is required from the Town Board, the Planning Board, the Zoning
Board of Appeals or any other agency of the Town of Wappinger, including
but not linited to zoning permits,zoning amendment requests, subdivision
applications, permits required by the Building Code, the Fire Prevention
Ordiance or other statutes or Local Laws, the agency within the town issuing
the permit or from whom the permit for the activity is requested may in its
discretion require that such permit application be accompanied both by
such fees as are prescribed by statute, local law, regulation or
resolution, and by such pre -payments as deemed appropriate by such
agency for the payment of professional, consulting or otherthird-party
services if the same are necessary to assist in review of the application
or request, said payment to be sufficient to defray the cost of such
which will be necessarilv and reasonablv required by such board or
agency in its evaluation or review of the requested activity as determined
by theagency. Submission of the application shall not be deemed complete
.. until such time as satisfactory arrangements have been made with the board or
agency with the payment of the same, and such board or agency may require
a deposit of the same in advance. If advance payment is required, such
payment shall be made to the town comptroller. Any amount remaining
unexpended after said deposit and after the rendering of services
shall be returned to the applicant upon the obtaining of such final
disposition of the application or in the event of withdrawal. No final
disposition shall be made until any additional payments determined as
necessary by the board or agency are made andany application shall be
deemed incomplete and not susceptible to final approval or disposition
until such payment is made.
Section 3.
The board or agency shall make its own determination as to the selection of
professional, consulting or other third -party services necessary to assist
in review.
Section 4.
This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the
Secretary of State.