Building permits requiring engineering review shall not be issued for commercial (including multi-family housing) developments until plans are approved by the City Engineer. At the time of application for permit, the builder shall make a deposit in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(a) The required deposit shall be the City's estimated costs for engineering and inspection time using the rates set forth in subsection (b) below, based on the size of the commercial development, and calculated by the City Engineer as follows:
(1) For developments up to 20,000 square feet (SF) of proposed structure(s), engineering time of twenty (20) hours + two (2) hours for every 1,000 SF, and inspection time of twenty (20) hours + five (5) hours for every 1,000 SF; and
(2) For developments greater than 20,000 square feet (SF) of proposed structure(s), engineering time of sixty (60) hours + one (1) hour per every 1000 SF over 20,000 SF, and inspection time of one hundred twenty (120) hours + one (1) hour per every 1,000 SF over 20,000 SF.
(b) This deposit shall be used for plan review, the establishing of finished ground grades, the inspection of all grades to see if they conform to the approved plans, and if necessary to perform an "as built" survey or to grade the site in accordance with the approved grading plan. Costs shall be calculated on the basis of the actual time expended at the current hourly rates as established by and on file in the Engineering Division.
(c) If the grading account of an individual builder diminishes below fifty percent (50%) of the required deposit, the builder shall be required to deposit additional funds to bring his account up to the required deposit. The City Engineer may issue a stop work order if additional funds are not deposited within seven days of the notice to make such deposit. When a builder has completed all work on a building and final grading has been inspected and approved by the City, the builder shall be refunded whatever the remaining balance may be remaining in his grading account.
(d) If corrective work ordered by the City Engineer is not done within thirty days from the time of the sending of written notice by the City, the City may do the work, and the aforesaid cash deposit shall be applied to the cost of the City doing the aforesaid grading. Any funds which are in excess of the City's cost of grading shall be returned to the individual making the deposit as aforesaid; and further, any deficiency in funds between the deposit and the cost of the City doing the grading shall become a lien upon the lands and shall be certified to the Auditor of the County for entering upon the tax duplicate and collection as other taxes and shall be returned by the Auditor of the County to the City for deposit in the General Fund of the City. (Ord. 2016-39. Passed 5-3-16.)