A. The fees required to be paid by the proponent of a proposal for actions by the city in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the filing of an environmental checklist or environmental assessment and the processing of an environmental impact statement shall be established by resolution of the city council. The time periods provided by this chapter for making a threshold determination shall not begin to run until payment of the fee has been made.

B. Environmental Impact Statement. The city shall require the applicant to post a cash deposit for the amount of the estimated total cost of the review prior to initiation of review; however, this is not necessary until after the scoping process is completed. If a proposal is modified so that an EIS is no longer required, the responsible official shall refund any fees collected for review of the EIS which remain after incurred costs are paid.

C. No fee shall be collected by the city for performing its duties as a consulted agency.

D. The SEPA public information center of the city is authorized to charge periodic fees for the service of mailing registers and register updates. Such fees shall be reasonably related to the costs of reproduction and mailing of registers and updates.

E. The city may charge any person for copies of any documents prepared pursuant to the requirements of this chapter and for mailing thereof, in a manner provided by Chapter 42.17 RCW.

F. The city may collect a reasonable fee from an applicant to cover the cost of meeting the public notice requirements of this chapter relating to the applicant’s proposal. (Ord. 701 §2 (part), 1984).