1. No permit as required by the Building Code shall be issued until the prescribed in this Section shall have been paid. Nor shall an amendment to a permit be approved until the additional fee, if any, due to an increase the estimated cost of the building or structure shall have been paid. [Ord. 345]
2. For the permit for the construction or alteration of a building the fee shall be based upon the estimated cost and shall be in an amount as established from time to time by resolution of Borough Council. [A.O.]
3. In case of abandonment or discontinuance, the cost of work per formed under a permit may be estimated, an adjustment of the fee made and the portion of the fee for uncompleted work returned to the permit holder, provided that no refund of a prescribed minimum fee shall be made. If such discontinuance is due to revocation of permit, a similar adjustment and return may be made; provided that no refund shall be made until all penalties incurred or imposed by due authority have been collected. After such a refund has been made no work shall be resumed until a new application has been made and a new permit has been issued.
4. The term “estimated cost,” as used in this Section, means the reasonable value of all services, labor, materials, and use of scaffolding and other appliances or devices entering into and necessary to the prosecution and completion of the work ready for occupancy. Provided, that the cost of excavation or grading, and of painting, decorating or other work that is merely for embellishment or lack necessary for the safe and lawful use of the building or structure, is not deemed a part of such estimated cost.
(Ord. 182, 4/1/1968, §10; as amended by Ord. 345, 12/17/1990 §10; and by A.O.)