(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 181,899, Eff. 11/14/11, Oper. 5/12/12.)
(A) Before review and approval of a set of plans and specifications for checking, the applicant shall pay a Best Management Practices plan check fee.
(B) The fee schedule for providing Best Management Practices plan check services for LID Implementation Plan is as follows: (Amended by Ord. No. 183,833, Eff. 10/3/15.)
DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY | FEES |
DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY | FEES |
Development or Redevelopment less than 500 square feet | Exempt |
Residential, Four Units or Less: | |
Development or Redevelopment greater than or equal to 500 square feet | $200 / Project |
Development or Redevelopment of any size that would create 2,500 square feet or more of impervious surface area and is located partly or wholly within an ESA*; Development or Redevelopment of any size that would create 10,000 square feet of impervious surface area and total one acre or more of disturbed area | $700 / Project |
Nonresidential Use or Five or More Units Intended for Residential Use: | |
Redevelopment that results in an alteration of less than 50% of the impervious surfaces of an existing developed Site | $800 / Project |
New Development or where Redevelopment that results in an alteration of at least 50% or more of the impervious surfaces of an existing developed Site | $1,000 / Project |
* Projects located in, adjacent to, or discharging directly to a designated Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA)
(C) Special Projects. Any project may be categorized by the Bureau as a Special Project and billed for the actual cost incurred by the City. (Amended by Ord. No. 188,125, Eff. 4/2/24.)
(D) Off-hour Plan Check Fee. An applicant may apply to have the Bureau of Sanitation provide plan check services at other than normal working hours. If the Bureau approves an expedited application, the applicant must pay to the Bureau, in addition to the fees identified in Subsection B. of this Section, an additional fifty percent of the fees owed.
(E) All entities, including City Departments and other public agencies, are required to pay the fees identified in Subsection B. of this Section.
(F) Deposits to Fund. All monies collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be placed and deposited into the Stormwater Pollution Abatement Fund established by Section 64.51.11 of this Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 188,125, Eff. 4/2/24.)
(G) Applicability. The provisions of this article shall govern an application for a building or grading permit related to a Development or Redevelopment Project after the effective date of this ordinance and as otherwise consistent with this article. The provisions of this article shall also apply to a Development or Redevelopment project for which an application for a building or grading permit has been submitted before the effective date of this ordinance and accepted by the Department of Building and Safety if the associated permit application fees are paid on or after the effective date of this ordinance. An application for a building or grading permit of a Development or Redevelopment Project that has been submitted, accepted by the Department of Building and Safety, and for which the associated permit application fees are paid before the effective date of this ordinance shall be subject instead to the requirements for low impact development and stormwater approval process that existed prior to the effective date of this ordinance. (Added by Ord. No. 188,125, Eff. 4/2/24.)