A. Required: The city shall charge and the permittee shall pay upon issuance of the permit, fees for costs associated with the work performed under the permit. Such costs could include costs for reviewing the project and issuing the permit, inspections of the project, deterioration of existing public improvements or diminution of the useful life of existing public improvements, and other costs to the city associated with the work to be done under the permit. All costs shall be assessed in a nondiscriminatory manner.
B. Reduction Or Waiver: The city engineer may reduce or waive permit fees or penalties, or portion thereof, provided for in this chapter when he/she determines that such permit fee or penalty:
1. Pertains to construction or rehabilitation of housing for persons whose income is below the median income level for the city; or
2. Pertains to work by a contractor on city owned systems at the request of the city.
C. Additional Charges: Additional charges to cover the reasonable cost and expenses of any required engineering review, inspection and work site restoration associated with each undertaking may be charged by the city to each permittee, in addition to the permit fee.
D. Structure Established: The fee structure for review of any stormwater discharge permit application shall be established by the city engineer. All of the monetary contributions shall be credited to a local budgetary category to support local plan review, inspection and program administration, and shall be made prior to the issuance of any permit for the development. (Ord. 2016-12, 8-16-2016)