PLANNING DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW FEES
Type of Application/Permit						Fee Schedule
1)  Board of Adjustment
Variance						$500.00
Appeal						$300.00
2)  Special Use Permits
Extraction of Earth Products, Landfill, Cemetery						$6,500.00 plus $25.00/acre
Park/Ride Terminal						$6,500.00 plus $25.00/acre
Radio/TV Transmitting/Receiving Facility						$6,500.00
All Other						$6,500.00 + $25.00/100 sq ft*
3)  Special Use Modifications
Extension or Renewal						$1,000.00
All Other						$6,500.00 + $25.00/100 sq ft*
4)  All Master Land Use Plans						$6,500.00 + $25.00/100 sq ft*
5)  Zoning Map and Text Amendments						$1,000.00 plus $50.00/acre
6)  Subdivisions
Preliminary Plat						$6,500.00 plus $250.00/lot
Minor Subdivision						$800.00 plus $50.00/lot
Final Plat						$500.00 plus $50.00/lot
Re-approval						$750.00
Recombination Plat or Exemption Plat						$200.00
7)  Office-Institutional-4 (OI-4) Development Plan						$5,000.00 plus $100.00/acre
Office-Institutional-4 (OI-4) Site Development Permit						$4,000.00
8)  Historic District Commission (with exception of signs)
Certificates of Appropriateness						$300.00
9)  Community Design Commission
Building Elevations						$300.00
Lighting Plan						$300.00
Alternative Buffer						$300.00
10) Site Plan Review (Council/ Planning Board)						$2,500.00 + $25.00/100 sq ft*
11) Zoning Compliance Permit
Staff Review/ Administrative Approval						$200.00
"Express" Staff Review/ Administrative Approval						$100.00
Home Occupation						$100.00
Final Plans for Zoning Compliance Permit Issuance						1/2 of original approval fee
*Based on square feet of floor area.
Type of Application/Permit						Fee Schedule
12) Sign Plan Review (including Historic District signs)
Individual Sign (single business on one zoning lot)						$150.00
Unified Sign Plan (multiple business on one zoning lot)						$250.00
Individual Sign compliant w/ Approved Unified Sign Plan						$100.00
13) Exceptions to Front Yard Parking Requirements						$100.00
14) Letter Concerning Compliance with Zoning						$50.00
15) Resubmission of Applicant's Request						50% of applicable fees after staff report has been drafted
Notes:  All review fees are doubled if the activity or site change requested has already occurred or been started. Fees are waived for Town of Chapel Hill development applications. Applications from non-profit organizations involving residential development in which documentation is provided that 100% of the dwelling units will be affordable to low-moderate income families (80% of area median income for a family of four), the development application fee shall be waived. The maximum application fee for any Master Plan, Special Use Permit, Zoning Map Amendment, Subdivision, or Zoning Compliance Permit shall be $75,000.00. In the case of a Master Plan and a Special Use Permit submitted concurrently, the application fee shall be waived for the application with the smaller fee.
DOCUMENTS
		Ordinances and Reports				Cost	Postage
		Development Ordinance (Printed)				$30.00	$4.00
		Development Ordinance (CD Rom)				Free	$1.50
		Comprehensive Plan				$20.00	$4.00
		Data Book (Printed)				$10.00	$4.00
		Data Book (CD Rom)				$5.00	$1.50
		Southern Small Area Plan				$5.00	$1.93
		Design Guidelines				$6.50	-
		Entranceway Report				$5.00	$3.00
		Historic District Significance Reports				$2.50	-
		Historic District Guidelines Handbook				$2.50	-
		Historic Sites Survey				$5.00	-
		The Regional Bicycle Plan				$20.00	-
		Pedestrian Plan				$2.00	$1.47
		Downtown Chapel Hill Small Area Plan				$10.00	-
		Maps					Cost
		Chapel Hill Zoning Map (11" x 17", color)					$1.00
		Topographic Sheets (1" = 100')					$5.00
		Orange County Tax Maps (Chapel Hill Area)					$1.60
		Miscellaneous Maps (per linear foot)					$1.00