“Fees” of the plumbing code is hereby amended by repealing such section and enacting a new section in lieu thereof as follows:
“1. Permit fees. The fees for each permit shall be as set forth by Resolution of the City Council.
2. Plan review fees. When a plan or other data are required to be submitted, a plan review fee shall be paid. The plan review fees for plumbing work shall be as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. The plan review fees specified in this subsection are separate fees from the permit fees and are in addition to the permit fees.
3. Expiration of plan review. Applications for which no permit is issued within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of application shall expire by limitation and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the Building Official or its authorized representatives. The Building Official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days upon request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. No application shall be extended more than once. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee.
4. Investigation fees; Work without a permit.
a. Investigation. Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this code has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work.
b. Fee. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee that would be required by this code if a permit were to be issued. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this code nor from any penalty prescribed by law.
5. Inspection fees. A fee shall be paid for inspections made outside of normal business hours and for inspections for which no fees are specifically indicated. Inspection fees shall be as set forth by Resolution of the City Council.
6. Fee refunds.
a. The Building Official or its authorized representatives may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.
b. The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than eighty (80) percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.
c. The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than eighty (80) percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan review effort has been expended.
The Building Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of fee payment.”
(Prior Code, § 6-13-45)