Section 4. Application for Permits and Requests for Determination 15-4
Section 4. Application for Permits and Requests for Determination 15-4 Written applications shall be filed with the Commission to perform activities regulated by this by-law affecting the resource areas protected by this bylaw. The application shall include such information and plans as are deemed necessary by the Commission to describe proposed activities and their effects on the environment. No activities shall commence without receiving and complying with a permit issued pursuant to this by-law. The Commission in an appropriate case may accept as the application and plans under this by-law the Notice of Intent and plans filed under the Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, or as it may be amended from time to time. Any person desiring to know whether or not a proposed activity or an area is subject to this by-law may in writing request a determination from the Commission. Such a request for determination shall contain data and plans specified by the regulations of the Commission. In the absence of regulations, the same notice, plans and specifications required to be filed by an applicant under M.G.L., Chapter 131, Section 40, or as it may be amended from time to time, will be accepted as fulfilling the filing requirements of this by-law. 15-4 As amended under article 38, ATM May 19, 1997. 81 At the time of an application or request the applicant shall pay a filing fee specified in regulations of the Commission. This fee is in addition to that required by the Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L., Chapter 131, Section 40. In addition, the Commission is authorized to require the applicant to pay the costs and expenses of any expert consultant deemed necessary by the Commission to review the application or request up to a maximum of $5,000.00. The Commission may waive the filing fee and costs and expenses for an application or request filed by a government agency and shall waive them for a request for determination filed by a person having no financial connection with the property which is the subject of the request.