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reproduction and photocopying of materials, public hearing expenses, recording costs, <br />and inspections by County staff to ensure the Applicant's compliance with the <br />requirements of the approved plans and specifications; <br />WHEREAS, the County has customarily incurred significant expenses associated with <br />ensuring an applicant's compliance with design and construction specifications for public <br />improvements, such as roads, drainage improvements, and bridges, and these <br />expenses oftentimes exceed the land use fees paid by the applicant as part of the <br />customary review processes; <br />WHEREAS, the Park County Land Use Regulations require that every applicant for <br />certain land use approvals execute an agreement for the payment of County expenses <br />incurred in the processing and review of the applicant's application and that this <br />requirement is based on the policy that the Applicant is the party that should properly <br />bear the costs of application, review, consideration, and inspection associated with <br />development; and <br />WHEREAS, the Applicant understands that the review and processing fees incurred by <br />the County are independent, separate, and apart from the County's decision to approve <br />or deny the submitted Application and that such fees are owed by the Applicant <br />regardless of the County's decision on the application or the Applicant's decision to <br />postpone, abandon, or terminate processing of the Application. <br />NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual promises and <br />conditions hereinafter contained and the requirements of the Park County Land Use <br />Regulations, it is hereby agreed as follows: <br />1.0 APPLICANT SHALL PAY ALL EXPENSES <br />The Applicant shall pay in accordance with this Agreement all expenses which are <br />directly related to the County's review, processing, consideration, and inspection (both <br />pre-application approval and post-application approval) of the Application. <br />2.0 "EXPENSES" DEFINED <br />2.1 Generally: For purposes of this Agreement, "expenses" shall include all <br />expenses, costs, fees, assessments, and other charges incurred by the <br />County and directly related to the County's processing, review, <br />consideration, and inspection (both pre-and post application approval) of <br />the Application and the Property. Such expenses shall include, but shall <br />not be limited to: legal and notice publication(s); engineering services <br />(County engineer and/or other necessary engineering professional); land <br />use planning services (County planners and/or other necessary planning <br />professionals); inspections and inspection services necessary to ensure <br />compliance of the Applicant's approved development with the approved <br />Application and construction documentation (but not including building <br />permit inspections performed by the chief building official to ensure <br />compliance of the structures with uniform construction codes where such <br />fees are recovered through another fee payment program); fees and <br />charges billed to the County by other agencies and entities statutorily or <br />legally required to review the Applicant's documentation and development <br />(including state and federal regulatory agencies); County-incurred <br />attorneys fees and charges; specialized consultant fees necessary to <br />insure Application or development conformance with federal, state, or <br />local laws (e.g., water, wetlands, biological, and/or geo-technical <br />consultants); reproduction and photocopying of the Application and other