Article XIV. FEES  


(a)

Each petition concerning a zoning change or amendment for ten (10) acres or less shall be accompanied by a deposit of three hundred dollars ($300.00). For petitions involving more than ten (10) acres, a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per acre shall be charged up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Therefore, the minimum fee for any zoning change will be three hundred dollars ($300.00) regardless of the acreage. The maximum fee for any petition shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) which shall apply for all areas fifty (50) acres or more.

(b)

All checks submitted with zoning petitions shall be made payable to the St. Martin Parish [Council].

(c)

Under no conditions shall fees, either in whole or in part, be refunded for failure of said change to be adopted by the [parish council].

(Ord. No. 05-06-0563-OR, 6-7-2005)