1. Commencing with an application for a permit for outdoor energy use, a regulatory fee shall be imposed where an applicant elects not to mitigate outdoor energy use on site or where the mitigation is not sufficient per the requirements.

2. The amount of the regulatory fee is established by calculations set forth in Exhibit A, which calculations may be administratively amended based on the annual energy use assumptions by energy use.

3. The regulatory fee bears a reasonable relationship to the direct and indirect costs of implementing the town's comprehensive regulatory program established by this chapter.

4. The fee established by this section is not designed to raise revenues to defray the general expenses of town government, but rather is a charge imposed for the purpose of defraying some of the costs of the particular town services and programs described in this section.

1. To reduce fossil fuel-generated energy consumption by supporting community renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements in the community;

2. To administer the International Energy Conservation Code and International Residential Code provisions in this Code;

3. To educate the development of industry and the public at large of the methods of energy-efficient construction practices and the benefits of energy conservation; and

4. To achieve the goals of the SustainableBreck plan. (Ord. 21, Series 2023)