(a) The Council may set, by resolution adopted after a public hearing, fees that the Director must charge to administer this Chapter.
(b) Except as provided in Section 53-206, the Council must not set fees that in the aggregate exceed the cost of administering this Chapter.
(c) A Council resolution adopted under this section takes effect if the Executive:
(1) approves the resolution;
(2) disapproves the resolution within 10 days after it is adopted and the Council readopts it by a vote of six Councilmembers; or
(2) does not act within 10 days after the Council adopts the resolution. (2004 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 2005 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 1.)
Editor’s note—2005 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 2, states: Transition. The fees authorized by Section 53-107 and Section 53-206 before being amended by Section 1 of this Act, and in effect before this Act takes effect, must remain in effect until a Council resolution takes effect as provided under Section 53-107, as amended by Section 1 of this Act.