(a) The Director shall authorize the refunding of any Department of Environmental Health and Quality fee which was erroneously paid or collected when no fee was due.
(b) The Director shall authorize the refunding of any fee paid for which no service costs have been incurred. Permit application processing and any inspection or enforcement activity directed at a business is a service cost.
(c) An applicant is owed a refund, credit, fee waiver, or other relief for any fees or deposits paid when the applicant can demonstrate that:
(1) The permit issued or approval granted was rescinded due to staff error; or,
(2) The incorrect project fees were assessed due to staff error; or,
(3) An additional County permit or approval is required for the project due to staff oversight; and,
(4) No misinformation was supplied nor information withheld by the applicant which resulted in the permit rescission or initial oversight.
(d) The Director may authorize the refunding of a portion of a fee paid which is in excess of service costs incurred. Refund processing is a service cost which will be deducted from any refund request being made.
(e) Every applicant for an environmental health fee refund shall file with the Department of Environmental Health and Quality a written application with the information prescribed by said Department.
(f) The decision of the Director to grant or deny a refund is final and cannot be appealed.
(Added by Ord. No. 6778 (N.S.), effective 6-7-84; amended by Ord. No. 7428 (N.S.), effective 2-4-88; amended by Ord. No. 8477 (N.S.), adopted 11-8-94, operative 1-1-95; amended by Ord. No. 9882 (N.S.), effective 10-19-07; amended by Ord. No. 10238 (N.S.), effective 1-4-13; amended by Ord. No. 10412 (N.S.), effective 2-26-16; amended by Ord. No. 10606 (N.S.), effective 7-1-19; amended by Ord. No. 10709 (N.S.), effective 1-15-21; amended by Ord. No. 10733 (N.S.), effective 7-1-21)