Sec. 25-4. - Fees.

(a)

Every person requesting a subdivision shall pay a processing fee prescribed by ordinance of the board of supervisors.

(b)

Fees for all certificates of compliance, administrative and conditional, shall be computed on an hourly basis, to reflect the actual cost of salary and overhead for staff time spent researching the title documents accompanying the application. At the time of filing the application, the planning department shall collect a deposit, pursuant to the application fee schedule, to be applied toward the eventual amount of fee. The payment of the entire fee shall be made prior to the issuance of the certificate of compliance. No certificate shall be issued unless such fee is paid or is waived by the board of supervisors.

(Ord. No. 5404 § 2, 2003; Ord. No. 3619, 1986.)

Where a development requires multiple approvals from different decision making bodies authorized to act under this chapter and Chapter 26 or 26C of the Sonoma County Code, notwithstanding anything else contained in this chapter and Chapter 26 or 26C to the contrary, the following administrative rules shall be applied to achieve concurrent processing of related applications:

(a)

The Sonoma County planning commission or the Sonoma County board of supervisors shall take original jurisdiction over any application filed pursuant to this chapter, where such application is being processed with a related application requiring the approval of the planning commission or board of supervisors; provided, however, that the board of supervisors shall not take original jurisdiction if either application, by statute, requires a planning commission recommendation prior to board action.

(b)

In those cases where an application made pursuant to this chapter is accompanied by an application for a rezoning, specific plan amendment, or general plan amendment, the Sonoma County planning commission shall, at the time it makes its recommendation to the board of supervisors in connection with such rezoning or plan amendment application, make a recommendation to the board on all related applications, and the board of supervisors shall be the decision making body for all such related applications.

(c)

Applications for extensions or modifications of development projects originally approved pursuant to this section may be acted upon by any decision making body which would otherwise have jurisdiction over the type of extension or modification which is sought.

(Ord. No. 3753.)