The following fees shall be paid in addition to any other fees in this chapter where an application is filed requiring action. The appropriate fees, costs, and other charges specified shall be submitted with, and paid at the time of, initial application submission or other initial document submission except otherwise specified in this Code.
(1) Variance applications to board of adjustments and appeals: Public hearing fees for variance or special exception/conditional use applications to be heard by the board of adjustments and appeals shall be as follow:
a. Special exceptions ….$400.00
b. Variances:
c. The applicant shall pay the advertising and notification costs of the public hearing prior to a permit being issued, or within 30 days after final action.
NOTE: Advertising includes the cost of running ads in the newspaper. Notification costs include the cost of postage for each letter mailed to surrounding property owners within 150 feet of the subject property for both the Board of Adjustment and Appeals hearing and the hearing before the City Commission.
In signing this application, the applicant is responsible for these fees regardless of whether the application is approved or disapproved by the City Commission.
The required application forms are provided on the following pages. Additional copies are available from City Hall or from http://www.indian-rocks-beach.com/ – permits/pdfs
GRAPHICS: Graphics such as surveys, site plans, drawings, photographs, etc., should be submitted by email to: doreilly@irbcity.com. in either PDF or JPEG format.
All information submitted with the application or provided at a public hearing will be kept by the City of Indian Rocks Beach as part of the record of the application and hearing.
If the information submitted with the application is incomplete or insufficient, the Planning and Zoning Consultant may postpone having the application heard by the Board of Adjustments and Appeals and the City Commission until the application is deemed sufficiently complete for public presentation.
Most applications for variances will not pass the variance review criteria. A variance hearing is a quasi-judicial proceeding. Please be prepared to argue your case. A good presentation can greatly assist an applicant.
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