§ 18-92. Administrative fees.

Any person seeking to excavate dirt, mud, clay, sand, soil, or gravel in this parish shall pay the administrative fees, as set by the council for:

(a)

Annual borrow pit permit fee—(includes costs of processing, monitoring, annual inspection of material excavated, compliance reporting, inspecting tax sales receipts and enforcement): Five cents ($.05) per yard, as reflected in the applied for, and permitted, size of the borrow pit, with a maximum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00)/annum.

(b)

Sand pit permit fee, and renewal application: Four thousand dollars $4,000.00.

(c)

Engineer's Estimate of Backfilling cost: Two thousand dollars $2,000.00.

(d)

Engineer's report and certification of application: Three thousand dollars $3,000.00.

These fees must be paid at the time of filing the application for the borrow pit permit, and with regards to item (a), annually thereafter, before the anniversary of the permit issuance. One-half (½) of the initial item (a) or (b) fee shall be reimbursed to the applicant in the event that a permit is not issued to the applicant.

(Ord. No. 12-238, § 7, 12-13-12)