A. Payment Of Fees: No permit or modification or amendment shall be valid until all associated fees have been paid by or on behalf of the applicant to the City.
B. Calculation Of Permit Fees: The City Council may, by resolution, establish separate fees for specific types of permits, such as mechanical, plumbing and electrical permits. To calculate permit fees for work not specifically established by resolution, the City Council shall, by resolution, establish a schedule of permit fees based on the value of the work subject to a permit, not to include the existing value of the real property upon which the work will be performed. Permit fees shall be based on valuation ranges. Additional fees may be established by resolution for such other related matters as permit renewals, modifications and amendments, and submittal document reviews. To assist in establishing permit fees, the City Council may, by resolution, adopt a schedule of valuation data, to include categories based on proposed uses (such as single-family residential, storage and commercial retail) and types of construction defined in the International Building Code (such as IA through VB), with each category corresponding to a specific fee amount.
C. Building Permit Valuations: Valuation data is only intended to assist in calculating permit fees that are not otherwise established for specific types of permits. If a permit fee is not specifically established by resolution, valuation data will be considered in calculating permit fees. Valuation data shall include relevant information contained in any schedule of permit fees adopted by the City Council, as well as overhead and profit, the value of finish work, painting, roofing, electrical work, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire suppression systems and other permanent fixtures and equipment. The valuation used to calculate the permit fee shall not include the existing value of the real property upon which the work will be performed. In the event the valuation shown on the application is lower than the valuation calculated by the building official, the building official shall increase the valuation on the application to reflect the corrected valuation calculated by the building official and promptly notify the applicant of the revised fee.
D. Plan Review Fees: In addition to any other fee required in connection with an application or permit, the City shall charge a plan review fee to compensate the City for resources expended in the review of submittal documents.
Except for projects limited to mechanical, plumbing or electrical work, when submittal documents are required prior to issuance of a permit, a plan review fee, equal to sixty five percent (65%) of the permit fee, shall be paid at the time of filing the submittal documents with the City. The plan review fee includes the initial plan review and one (1) subsequent plan review in the event any corrections to the submittal documents are required. Additional plan review necessitated by further changes, additions or revisions to submittal documents will be charged to the applicant at an hourly rate and subject to any minimum charge established by resolution of the City Council.
E. Fee Refunds: Upon written application filed by the applicant or permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date the fee was paid, the building official may authorize the refunding of any fee imposed by this Code which was erroneously paid to or collected by the City; provided:
1. A permit fee refund shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the fee if no work has been done under the corresponding permit;
2. A plan review fee refund shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the plan review fee if an application is withdrawn or canceled before the City has commenced reviewing the submittal documents; and
3. A plan review fee is non-refundable once the City commences reviewing the submittal documents. (Ord. 820, 7-11-2017)