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1 Green Text = Carried over verbatim <br />2 Gold Text=Partially verbatim, paraphrased, or combined carried over paragraphs. <br />3 Rcd Text = Text deleted from a carried over paragraph <br />4 Blue Text = New text <br />5 Purple Text = Text added based on Planning Commission Comments <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 200 Land Development Applications and Procedures <br />9 Sections 200-29J are established to define the procedures and processes for applications for <br />10 development, redevelopment, and changes in use of property in Ramsey. All procedures must be in <br />11 conformance with applicable provisions of State Law. <br />12 <br />13 201 Processing Costs <br />14 (A) Costs. All costs incurred by the City in processing an application for a land use application shall be <br />15 paid by the applicant. The processing costs shall include but not be limited to: <br />16 (1) Professional consulting services as directed by the zoning administrator, the Planning <br />17 Commission and/or City Council; <br />18 (2) Copying charges; <br />19 (3) City staff involvement; <br />20 (4) Public hearing publications and posting of a sign on the property; <br />21 (5) Written notice to adjacent property owners; <br />22 (6) Recording charges; and/or <br />23 (7) Any other cost necessary to process the applicant's request. <br />24 <br />25 (6) Fee and escrow. A set fee and a set minimum escrow established by efelinanee an annual fee <br />26 schedule shall be paid to the city at the time the land use application is made. <br />27 (C) Special assessment of processing costs. An applicant may request that processing costs exceeding <br />28 the amount established by efdinanee annual fee schedule be specially assessed against the <br />29 applicant's property provided that the property owner accepts the assessment to the subject <br />30 property and waives any right of assessment appeal. <br />31 (D) Additional deposits before submittal. If the zoning administrator determines that costs in addition <br />32 to the set escrow will likely be incurred by the city, then an additional sum as determined by the <br />33 zoning administrator shall be deposited with the City before the application is considered officially <br />34 submitted. <br />35 (E) Additional deposits after submittal If at any point during the processing of a coning e- land use <br />36 application, the actual or estimated processing costs exceed the amount on escrow, the applicant <br />37 shall have ten days to supply an additional escrow in an amount equal to or greater than the <br />38 estimated processing costs. Failure to provide additional funds into a deficit account can result in <br />39 assessing the costs to the property subject to the application. <br />40 (F) Refund of unused deposits. Any portion of those funds deposited in escrow but not expended or <br />41 encumbered shall be returned to the applicant after final action on the application. Under no <br />42 circumstance shall an escrow be considered an interest bearing account. <br />43 <br />44 202 Required Sureties and Financial Guarantees <br />45 Upon approval of a land use application or administrative site plan review where a new building and/or <br />46 site improvements are being constructed or reconstructed, the City shall be provided with a cash escrow, <br />47 cash bond, and/or letters of credit prior to the issuing of building permits or initiation of work on the <br />1 <br />