(A) Any person, firm, corporation or other entity who has obtained a building permit and paid the required building permit fees in connection with obtaining said permit under this subchapter may apply for and request a refund of said fees only if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The building permit to which the refund request relates was received by the applicant within the six months immediately preceding the date of application for the refund;
(2) The project or work for which the building permit was issued has not commenced; and
(3) Application for refund is made in writing on forms supplied by the City's Development Administration Department and accompanied by the building permit, as well as the job card, related to the refund being requested;
(4) The person, firm, corporation or other entity applying for the refund is the same person, firm, corporation or other entity, as the case may be, who applied for the building permit for which the refund is being requested; and
(5) The person, firm, corporation or other entity applying for the refund has not been cited for doing any work without a building permit within the city within the past 12 months immediately preceding the date of application for the refund.
(B) Upon receipt of a completed application for a refund of building permit fees, the Director of the Department of Planning and Development Services, or his or her designee, shall review said application and take the necessary steps to ensure that all of the conditions set forth in division (A) herein, have been satisfied with respect to such application.
(C) After making a determination that all of the conditions set forth in division (A) herein have been satisfied as to a particular application, the Director of the Department of Planning and Development Services, or his or her designee, shall approve the applicant’s request for a refund of the building permit fee; provided that the amount of the refund shall be limited to the amount of the building permit fee which was previously paid by the applicant for said building permit, less a refund processing fee established by resolution of the City Commission.
(‘72 Code, § 10.119) (Ord. O-88-81, passed 11-16-88; Am. Ord. O-95-36, passed 7-19-95; Am. Ord. O-2011-15, passed 5-4-11)