Cold Spring board backs simplifying escrow for board public-hearing applications
Summary
Trustees tentatively agreed to simplify application escrow requirements across review boards (proposal: a single $1,000 escrow for public-hearing applications, returned if unused) and to raise the HDRB application fee from $30 to $40; staff will formalize changes for the fee schedule.
The board discussed a proposal from the HDRB to replace a public-hearing fee with an escrow model and to raise HDRB application fees from $30 to $40. HDRB and counsel recommended escrows that better reflect attorney and advertising costs; trustees debated tiered escrows (e.g., $500 residential, $750 commercial) versus a single uniform escrow amount for simplicity.
Several trustees favored a uniform $1,000 escrow to align the HDRB with planning and zoning practice and to ensure funds are available for legal review when needed, with any unused escrow returned to applicants. Trustees asked staff to prepare a reformatted, clearer fee schedule and to return with a formal fee-schedule amendment for adoption at a later meeting.
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