A. The applicant shall pay a fee to cover the city's costs of reviewing plans, specifications, reports and other materials related to grading approval and performing all engineering services, field investigations, inspections, routine laboratory tests of materials and compaction or other work or services in connection with the issuance of grading approval or to determine or enforce compliance with any requirement or provision set forth in this chapter or in Chapter 13.16.
B. The fee or fees required by subsection A shall be established from time to time by resolution of the city council and shall be paid to the director either before grading approval is issued or before the issuance of a building permit, or both in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the city council. The director may charge additional fees in any case where the city incurs costs that are not covered by the initial fee payment(s).
C. If grading work is done in violation of the grading ordinance or does not comply with the terms and conditions of a grading approval issued for such grading, the violator is required to pay the city for all costs actually incurred by the city to inspect or investigate such violation and to perform inspection and plan checking of work required to correct the violation. (Ord. 2003-058 § 4; prior code § 9.34.1802)