There are hereby incorporated by reference, as if set out fully herein, certain regulations governing the subdivision of land located within the City of Harveyville, Kansas and certain surrounding area as described therein, as adopted by the governing body of the City of Harveyville, Kansas and prepared by the Wabaunsee County Planning Commission. No fewer than three copies of the subdivision regulations marked “Official Copy as incorporated by the Code of the City of Harveyville” and to which there shall be a published copy of this section attached, shall be filed with the city clerk to be open for inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours.

(Ord. 233; Code 2002)

(a)   For the purpose of wholly or partially defraying the costs of processing applications for actions taken under the Harveyville subdivision regulations, there is hereby established a schedule of fees as follows:

(1)   Application for Preliminary Plat: $100 plus $2 for each lot over or within the preliminary plat.

(2)   Application for Final Plat: $25 plus $2 for each lot over or within the final plat.

(3)   Application for Short Form Plat: $100 plus $2 for each lot over one within the short form plat.

(4)   Application for Lot Split: $50.

(5)   Appeal form decision of zoning administrator: $50.

(6)   Request for Rule Exception: $50.

(b)   All costs associated with recording documents, placing legal publications, writs, engineering costs and inspections shall be payable in addition to the fees stated in subsection (a) above. These will be separately billed to the applicant and must be paid prior to the recording of any plat.

(c)   The register of deeds is hereby directed to ascertain that all fees required by this article and the Harveyville subdivision regulations have been paid in full prior to recording any plan approved under the subdivision regulations.

(d)   No fee shall be refunded in the event any preliminary final or short form plat is disapproved; nor in the event an appeal or rule exception is denied.

(e)   A written receipt shall be issued to the person(s) making payment of the fee. No fee shall be required when a proposed plat or lot split is owned by any township, city, county, state, or the federal government; nor any agency, board, or legal entity thereof.

(Ord. 234)

Any person or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of these regulations or fail to comply herewith, or with any of the requirements thereof; or who shall build or alter any building in violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted and approved hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not more than $500 and/or imprisonment for not more than six months for each offense and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist, and any architect, building, contractor, agent, person, or corporation employed in connection therewith, and who assisted in the commission of any such violation, shall be guilty of a spare offense and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the same fine as herein before provided.

(Ord. 233, Sec. 4)