17.07.040 Fees.
All persons, firms, or corporations performing work which by this ordinance requires the issuance of a permit shall pay a fee to the Kenosha County Division of Planning and Development to defray the cost of administration, investigation, and processing of the permit. Application and review fees under this ordinance shall be in accordance with the following:
(a) All fees shall be established by P&D and approved by the County Planning, Development & Extension Education Committee.
(b) A fee schedule shall be available for review and public distribution.
(c) A fee shall be charged for each individual stormwater, erosion control, or as-built review submittal or re-submittal.
(d) Kenosha County and any town located within Kenosha County shall be exempt from payment of any of the fees in this Chapter unless a hired consultant as determined by the County is paid to perform the review. Under such circumstances, the applicant shall be required to pay the actual fees of the consultant. If said fees are not paid by the applicant to Kenosha County within forty-five (45) days of a billing sent to the applicant, the application shall be deemed incomplete and no permits shall be issued until the bill is paid in full and all applicable requirements are met by the applicant. [Code § 17.07-4.]