A. Issuance Fee:
1. All persons, except as otherwise specified in this chapter, shall pay an issuance fee and all other costs and charges as established for the work covered in this chapter.
2. The issuance fee shall be established by resolution of the board of directors. The fee shall be sufficient to defray the cost of handling by the district.
B. Exemptions:
1. The following shall be exempt from paying the issuance fee: the United States, this state, all departments of this county, any municipal corporation, any school district, and any special district organized under state law.
2. The general manager may grant a permit without issuance fee if he finds that the work to be done has been requested by the board of directors of the district in connection with proposed public works.
C. Waiver Of Fees: If the general manager determines that the waiver of any part of the fees is necessary to promote the safety and public welfare, he may, in specific instances, waive all fees and deposits.
D. Establishment Of Unit Fees: By order, the board of directors of the district may establish unit fees for inspection, transportation, tests, or any other costs incurred by the general manager due to the permittee's activity.
E. Liability Of Permittee: The permittee is liable for and shall pay for all the district's costs related to the permit, including, but not restricted to, the following:
1. The permit issuance fee, if that has not otherwise been paid;
2. Engineering, which includes design, inspection, survey, and tests;
3. The cost of inspection, transportation, or test made;
4. The cost of repairing or restoring the roadways and all appurtenant facilities to the same or equal condition that they were in before being cut or damaged as a result of the permittee's activities;
5. The cost of furnishing and/or maintaining any lights, barricades or warning devices;
6. The cost of alteration, removal, replacement, and/or repair to traffic signals and devices, the removal of temporary and/or permanent traffic stripes and any other expense for traffic control;
7. The cost of removing or remedying any hazardous condition;
8. The cost of tree trimming;
9. Any other cost to the district caused by the permittee's activity.
F. Actual Costs: Whenever in the provisions of this chapter, any costs are to be charged to any permittee and no other method for the calculation of such costs is specified, such costs are the actual costs including overhead and depreciation in accordance with current practice in charging for work performed for the public. (Ord. 09-230, 1-8-2009)