(A) The city shall charge a state-mandated fee for building permits and renewal of such permits which authorized work governed by codes within the purview of the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission (Commission) as follows:
(1) For issuance of permit $5 (or such amount as may be authorized by Commission).
(2) For renewal of permit $5 (or such amount as may be authorized by Commission).
(B) Such fees shall be deposited in an account created by the city's Finance Director for that purpose.
(C) The city shall remit the monies in the account on a monthly basis directly to the State Treasury for deposit in the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Revolving Fund. Along with the deposits required by this division, the city shall also submit a report stating the total amount of funds collected and the total number of fees imposed during the preceding month. The report shall be made on computerized or manual disposition reports as provided by rule of the Commission.
(D) Deposits to the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Revolving Fund shall be due on the twentieth day of each month for the fees collected during the preceding calendar month.
(E) The city shall further levy and collect a fee of $0.50 for every construction permit or renewal permit issued. These monies shall be deposited into an account for the sole use of the city. The city shall state the total amount of funds collected and the total number of fees imposed to the State Treasury in the Report required by division (C) of this section.
(F) The fees levied under this section shall be in addition to all current fees levied by the city for construction permits since all existing fees are inspection and compliance fees to defray the costs of inspections and plan reviews. All existing construction/building permit fees described elsewhere in this code are hereby declared to be inspection and compliance fees regardless of whether they may be called permit fees or inspection fees.
(Ord. 1826, passed 8-4-09; Am. Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19)