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ZONING PERMIT ESCROW AGREEMENT Permit#2012-00205 AGREEMENT made this��day of .��d n��il , 20�;by and between the CITY OF ORONO, a Minnesota rnunicipa!corporation("City")and Terry Blount{"Owners"). Recitals 1. A zoning permit application has been filed for a property located at 1380 Cherry Place the ("Subject Property"}, legaliy described on attached Exhibit A. 2. Owner requests the City to review this application. 3. The City will commence its review of the application and incur costs associated with said revisw only if the Owner establishes an escrow to ensure reimbursement to the City of its costs. NOW THEREFORE,THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. DEPOSIT OF ESCROW FUNDS. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Escrow Agreement, the Owners shall deposit$2,500 with the City. Ail accrued interest, if any, shall be paid to the City to reimburse the City for its cost in administering the escrow account. 2. PURPOSE OF ESCROW. The purpose of the escrow is to guarantee reimbursement to the City for all out-of-pocket costs the City has incurred (including planning, engineering or legal consuitant review) or will incur in reviewing the plan. Eligibfe expenses shall be consistent with expenses the Owners would be responsible for under a zoning permit application. The escrow will also guarantee reimbursement to the City for all out-of- pocket costs the City has incurred to assure that the work is completed in accordance with the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and the provisions of Orono City Code Chapter 79. The financial security rnay also be used by the City to eliminate any hazardous conditions associated with the work and to repair any damage to public property or infrastructure that is caused by the work (including planning, engineering, or legal consuftant review) associated with permlt#2012-00205 if compliance with the approved zoning permit is not accomplished. 3. MONTHLY BILLING. Rs the City receives consultant bills for incurred costs, the City wilf in turn send a bill to the Owners. Owners shall be responsible for payment to the City within 30 days of the Owners' receipt of bill. 4. DISBURSEMENT FROM ESCROW ACCOUNT. In the event that the Owners do not make payment to the City within the timeframe outlineri in#3 above, shail issue a Stop Work Order until the Owners pay all expenses invoiced pursuant to #3. The City may draw from the escrow account without further approval of the Owners to reimburse the City for eligible expenses the Ciry has incurred. 5. CLOSING ESCROW. The Balance on deposit in the escrow, if any, shaEl be returned to the Owners when the review has been completed and written notificatian is received from the Owners requesting the funds. 6. CERTIFY UNPAID CHARGES. If the project is abandoned by Owners, or if the eligible expenses incurred by the City exceed the amount in escrow, the City shall have the right to certify the unpaid balance to the subject property pursuan#to Minn. Stat. §§415.01 and 366.012. CITY: C1Tl OF ORONO OWNER: , B : -�i��"!✓(� �C',.—��c�� Y Its: -t;.,.,.a.,�_�:r-�.-c..�.�� r ^