(a) Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to provide for the payment and recovery of all direct and indirect costs and expenses of the City related to the enforcement and administration of this chapter.
(Ord. 1999-48. Passed 10-12-99.)
(Ord. 1999-48. Passed 10-12-99.)
(b) Use Permit Fee.
(Ord. 2012-56. Passed 6-26-12.)
(2) An applicant whose use permit application has been withdrawn, abandoned or denied shall, within sixty (60) days of its written request for a use permit fee refund, be refunded the balance of its deposit under this section, less:
A. Fifty dollars ($50.00); and
B. All ascertainable costs and expenses incurred by the City in connection with the application.
(c) Other City Costs. All permit holders shall, within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor, reimburse the City for all direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred by the City in connection with the management of the public ways, not otherwise specified in this chapter.
(Ord. 1999-48. Passed 10-12-99.)
(Ord. 1999-48. Passed 10-12-99.)
(d) Construction Permit Fee.
(1) Prior to the issuance of a construction permit, the permit holder shall pay a permit fee established and set forth in Codified Ordinance Chapter 111, Schedule of Fees, Fines and Other Charges.
(2) The City Manager shall appoint a Project Representative to oversee all sites covered by the construction permit during the course of the construction, reconstruction, installation, maintenance, repair or excavation, at a rate established and set forth in Codified Ordinance Chapter 111, Schedule of Fees, Fines and Other Charges, and shall be deposited with the City prior to commencing the construction, reconstruction, installation, maintenance, repair or excavation; provided, however, that in the event the cost of construction oversight exceeds the amount on deposit at any time, the City shall have the right to demand a sum of money to bring the deposit equal to the actual cost of construction oversight within ten (10) days of written notice to the permit holder. Failure to comply with the written demand to bring the construction oversight deposit current shall be cause to stop all work upon the construction, reconstruction, installation, maintenance, repair or excavation until such demand is complied with. The City may require additional construction oversight at its sole discretion.
(Ord. 2012-56. Passed 6-26-12.)
(f) Cable Fees. In lieu of the use permit fee and registration fee, cable television franchisees shall be subject to the franchise fees, payments and costs provided in a cable television franchise as required by Section 913.09.
(g) Regulatory Fees and Compensation Not a Tax. The regulatory fees and costs provided for in this section, and any compensation charged and paid for the public ways provided for in subsection (f) or pursuant to this section, are separate from, and additional to, any and all federal, State, local and City taxes as may be levied, imposed or due from a service provider, its customers or subscribers, or on account of the lease, sale, delivery or transmission of services.
(h) Compensation to the City. The City reserves the right in the future to require reasonable compensation, in addition to recovering the City's cost, from existing and future use permit holders for the use of its public ways by an ordinance of City Council.
(Ord. 1999-48. Passed 10-12-99.)