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Escrom The escrow is used to pay consultants (engineering,legal,environmental)for review of land use cases, hours applied to an application by professional staff as well as recording and publication fees,where required. Staff hours may include time spent on review, site visits,documentation,inspections up to an including final inspection. Once the escrow is used,the applicant or responsible party will be billed for all additional services (see Agreement to Pay Costs of Review). The applicant,at completion of their project,may request a refund on all unused funds. Agreement to Pay Costs of Review It is the policy of the City of Elk River to require applicants for land use approvals and licenses to reimburse the City for costs incurred by the City in reviewing and acting upon applications, so that these costs are not borne by the taxpayers of the City. These costs include all of the City's out-of-pocket costs for expenses, including the City's costs for review of the application by the City's environmental Consultant, City Engineer, Planning staff, City Attorney, or other consultants, recording fees, necessary publication costs excluding public hearing notices. Additionally, these costs do include actual time spent by professional staff on a particular application. The City will invoice the applicant for these costs as they are incurred, and payment will be due within thirty (30) days. If payment is not received as required by this agreement, the City may suspend the application review process and may deny the application for failure to comply with the requirements for processing; the application. Payment for costs will be required whether the application is granted or denied. The undersigned has received the City's policy regarding the payment of costs of review, understands that reimbursement to the City of costs incurred in reviewing the application will be required as set forth in the policy, agrees to reimburse the City as required in the policy and make payment when billed by the City, and agrees that the application may be denied for failure to reimburse the City for costs as provided in the policy. The undersigned agrees that unpaid fees may be assessed to property taxes,with penalty. Billing Information Same as Applicant Same as Property Owner Q Different,as below ❑ (Check fee) Name: E-mail address: Address: Street City State Zip Code Phone(cv): Fax: Phone(h) Signature: Date: Print Name: Information Correspondence to and from Staff is considered public information,except for personal information, including email addresses. N:\Departments\Community Development\Planning\Adenin\Application Forms\Land Use Application Form.docx 7/23/2415 Last Modified