17.132.010 Solid waste site and facility review fee.

A. A solid waste site and facility review fee ("fee") is established. The fee shall be applicable to the following applications and related activities pursuant to Certificate of Designations and the Pueblo County zoning resolution:

1. Application (new);

2. Application (amendment);

3. Revocation; and

4. Review.

B. The fee is based on the estimated costs which are expected to the county in the conduct of its duties and responsibilities. The following items are eligible costs which can be paid by the fee:

1. Publication, mailing and posting of public notice;

2. Staff time of county and other public (e.g., Pueblo City-County Health Department) employees at their weighted hourly rates;

3. Technical consultants or professional services retained by the county;

4. Acquisition of supplemental or additional information;

5. Consumable supplies and out-of-pocket expenses, such as long distance telephone calls, travel, postage, recording fee, and photocopying; and

6. Administrative charge of twenty-five (25) percent on all eligible costs.

A technical consultant or professional service expected to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) shall be approved in advance by the applicant. The applicant’s approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Failure by the applicant to approve or deny the service as an eligible cost within ten (10) days shall be deemed approval.

C. The solid waste site and facility review fee is as follows:

 

Action Fee
Certificate of designation (new) Minimum fee of $10,000, with total fee not to exceed $50,000
Certificate of designation (amendment) Minimum fee of $1,000, with total fee not to exceed $10,000
Certificate of designation (review) Minimum fee of $1,000, with a total fee not to exceed $10,000
Map amendment Minimum fee of $1,000, with a total fee not to exceed $10,000
Special use permit (new) Minimum fee of $5,000, with a total fee not to exceed $25,000
Special use permit (amendment) Minimum fee of $1,000, with a total fee not to exceed $10,000
Special use permit (review) Minimum fee of $1,000, with a total fee not to exceed $10,000

The applicant shall pay the minimum fee at the time of application. The minimum fee is not refundable even if the actual review costs are less than the minimum fee.

If the actual review costs exceed the minimum fee, the applicant is responsible for the costs up to the amount of the total fee as established herein.

D. Eligible review costs shall be reasonably documented and shall be made available to the applicant upon request.

E. The applicant may appeal the amount or eligibility of any charge to the board.

17.132.020 Hazardous waste special use permits and zone districts--Fee schedule.

A. The fee schedule for the county’s I-4 zone district shall be as follows:

Hazardous waste treatment facility with on-site disposal: $10,000.00

Hazardous waste treatment facility without on-site disposal: $10,000.00

Hazardous waste storage facility: $7,500.00

Hazardous waste resource recovery facility: $7,500.00

Hazardous waste research and development facility: $1,000.00

Hazardous waste transfer facility: $5,000.00

Hazardous waste testing laboratory: $1,000.00

Hazardous use permit for any I-4 zone district overlay: $1,000.00

B. The fee schedule for the county’s I-2 and I-3 zone districts for special use permits for hazardous waste use shall be as follows:

Hazardous waste research and development facility: $1,000.00

Hazardous waste testing laboratory: $1,000.00

 

17.132.030 Zoning, subdivision and other land use development applications--Fee schedule.

Zoning, subdivision, and other land use development application fees are adopted by the Pueblo Board of County Commissioners by resolution.  For current land use application fees, select "Land Use Application Fees" below.