(Amended by Ord. No. 180,868, Eff. 10/22/09.)
(a) Before formally accepting a set of plans and specifications for checking, the Department shall collect a plan check fee.
(c) A fee of $13.00 per thousand square feet, or major fraction thereof, of the floor, illuminated building façade, and display surface areas which is required to comply with the rules and regulations adopted by the California Energy Commission shall be charged for plan checking for conformity to such rules and regulations. The minimum fee shall not be less than $69.00. The fee required here shall be in addition to those fees required by Subsection (b), above. This fee shall not be subject to the percentage set forth in Subsection (b), above.
(d) A complete schedule of the fees due shall be included with each set of plans submitted to the Department.
(e) The plan check fees required by the provisions of this section are in addition to the permit fees required elsewhere in this Code. The total plan check fees shall be paid regardless of whether or not the plans are approved or the proposed wiring as indicated on the plans is abandoned. The plans shall not be approved until the total plan check fees are paid.
(f) Electrical installations for which plan checking fees are not specified in the fee schedules, or which receive more than three sets of plan corrections, shall be checked and a fee shall be paid as specified in LAMC Section 98.0415(e). (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)
(g) In addition to the fees charged under LAMC Sections 93.0217(a) and 93.0233(b), when replacing, installing or relocating each fire alarm and signaling system, communication, control or signal system equipment, or portion thereof, the Department may collect a plan check fee as specified in LAMC Section 98.0415(e). (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)
(h) Off-hour Plan Check. Upon request by an applicant and accepted by the Department, an off-hour plan check fee per Section 98.0422 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code may be collected.