A. The building official may authorize the refund of plan check and permit fees assessed and levied incident to the filing of an application for or issuance of a permit required by this chapter under the following circumstances:
1. The building official may authorize the refund of all or any part of a plan check or permit fee which was erroneously collected or paid;
2. The building official may authorize the refund of not more than 80% of a plan check fee when an application for a permit for which a plan check fee has been paid is withdrawn or cancelled before the review of any plans and specifications, engineering calculations, diagrams, data, and other information required to be submitted with the application has been completed;
3. The building official may authorize the refund of not more than 80% of a permit fee when no work has been done under the permit for which the fee was paid.
B. The building official shall not authorize the refund of any plan check fee or permit fees assessed and levied incident to the filing of an application for or issuance of a permit required by this chapter unless written application for the refund is filed by the applicant or permit holder not later than 180 days after the date the fee was collected or paid.
(Ord. 1646 §4 (part))