(A) The subdivider shall pay a fee as established by the City Council resolution for checking the improvement plans and inspecting all proposed improvements controlled by the city prior to the submission of the final map to the City Council.
(B) The fees established by this section shall be based on reasonable improvement cost estimates made by the Planning Director in concert with the City Engineer. No adjustment in or refund of such fees shall be made once the fees have been paid; except when a final map is withdrawn, or a reversion to acreage map is recorded, the unexpended portion of the required fee may be refunded upon written request made by the subdivider to the City Council.
(C) The City Council may retain qualified consulting engineers for the performance of any part of the inspection services.
(D) In the event the City Council permits the required improvements to be financed by a proceedings under an appropriate special assessment act as provided for in Subdivision Map Act, Cal. Gov’t Code § 66462(a)(2), the fees required by this section may be included as an incidental expense of such proceedings. The subdivider shall be refunded the amount of fees required by this section to the extent that monies for the inspection of improvement construction are available in the monies provided by the special assessment act proceedings.
(Ord. 295, passed 2-4-1986)