17.176.070 Fees.

The application shall be accompanied by a fee payable to Pueblo County in cash or certified funds in an amount to be certified to the applicant by Pueblo County at or near the time that the application is submitted.  In no event shall the required fee exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).  Such fee shall be based upon the reasonable anticipated costs that may be incurred by Pueblo County in the application review and approval process.  Once such reasonable anticipated costs have been determined by Pueblo County, it shall certify the same to the applicant and, thereafter, the applicant shall pay said amount in order to receive further consideration of its application.  Pueblo County shall provide an accounting of the actual costs incurred in its review of the application and in the hearing process and shall refund any payment in excess of said actual costs within ninety (90) days after completion of the certification process.  An application fee shall accompany each separate application for a Certificate of Designation.  A phased project may be subject to only one application fee if it is determined by the County that the phases are simply parts or elements of a single project.