§ 200-4. Professional and consulting fees., Chapter 200. Fees, Part II. General Legislation, Code of Ordinances, Sleepy Hollow

A.

The Village Board of Trustees, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Fire Prevention Board, Architectural Review Board, Waterfront Advisory Committee and the Building Department, in the review of any application, request, plan or project, may refer any of the aforementioned applications, requests, plans or projects presented to them to such engineering, planning, technical, environmental, architectural or legal consultant as such board or department shall deem reasonably necessary to enable it to review such application, request, plan or project as required by law.

(1)

The charges made by such consultants shall be in accord with charges usually made for such services in the metropolitan New York region or pursuant to an existing contractual agreement between the Village and such consultant.

(2)

All such charges shall be paid upon submission of a Village voucher. The applicant shall reimburse the Village for the cost of such consultant services upon submission of a copy of the voucher. Such costs will be payable within 30 days of that submission. Commencing on the 31st day, interest will be charged at the rate of 1% per month that the voucher remains unpaid. No permits may be issued to the applicant until such charges are paid in full.

(3)

In the event that an application is required to be reviewed by both the Village Board and the Planning Board, then, in such event and to the extent applicable, both the Village Board and the Planning Board shall use the same consultants, who shall in such case prepare one report providing the date, information and recommendations requested. In all instances, duplications of consultants' reports shall be avoided wherever possible in order to minimize the cost of such consultants' reports to the applicant.

B.

Notwithstanding the above, with regard to legal consulting fees, this section shall not apply to applications, requests, plans or projects pertaining to one- and two-family dwellings.

C.

All Planning Board escrow agreements shall be amended to eliminate a $10,000 maximum initial amount and include a reference to § 200-6 as controlling for all initial escrow payments.