The issuance of permits and the collection of fees shall be as follows.
(A) Fees shall be assessed for work governed by this code in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the county and through the State Building Code. In addition, a surcharge fee shall be collected on all permits issued for work governed by this code.
(B) An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whenever any work for which a permit is required by this code has been commenced without first obtaining the permit. The payment of the investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this code nor from any penalty prescribed by law.
(C) Fee refunds may be authorized by the Building Official of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected. The Building Official may authorize refunding of not more than 80% of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code. The Building Official shall not authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment. All plan review fees shall be paid by the applicant whether the project is to be completed or not.
(Ord. 52, passed 11-25-03; Am. Res. 93-22, passed 11-15-22)