The following fees are adopted in connection with the administration and implementation of the technical codes:
A. Whenever a technical code requires payment of a fee prescribed by law in order to obtain a permit or take an action, such fee shall be determined by using the base fee schedule.
B. When submittal documents are required by the technical codes, a fee shall be paid for plan review of the submittal documents as described in title 4, chapter 6 of this code. The plan review fee is separate from, and in addition to, the permit fees charged when a permit is issued.
1. A deposit, as determined by the building official, shall be paid at the time of plan submittal. The amount of the deposit shall be credited against the final calculated plan review fee;
2. If the building code official authorizes deferred submittal items, a review fee shall be paid at the time any deferred item is submitted;
3. When submitted documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, an additional review fee shall be imposed and collected as provided in title 4, chapter 6 of this code;
4. If submitted plans are for a structure that is substantially identical to a structure for which building plans were previously submitted and approved by the city and describe a building that is: a) located on land zoned the same as land on which the building described in the previously approved plan is located; and b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as the building described in the previously approved plans, the plan review fee will be a nominal fee that reasonably reimburses the city for time spent and expenses incurred in verifying that the plans are identical plans, and reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the previously revised and approved building plans.
C. At the discretion of the building official, a person who commences any work on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to an enhanced fee in an amount up to one hundred percent (100%) of the total permit fee that would have been assessed under the base fee schedule for the work which was performed before the required permit was issued.
1. The enhanced fee shall be in addition to any permit fee, plan review fee or other fee required under the technical codes.
2. Payment of the enhanced fee does not exempt a person or project from compliance with all other provisions of the technical codes.
3. Payment of the enhanced fee does not bar application of any other penalties or remedies provided for by the technical codes or by law.
(Ord. 2013-31, 6-18-2013)