(a) Fees. Reasonable fees shall be required to pay for, but not exceed, the costs of implementing this chapter and Chapter 12A. Such fees shall be established by the Board of Supervisors upon recommendation of the Director of the Department of Building Inspection and shall include:
(1) The cost of inspections performed by the Department of Building Inspection;
(2) The cost of the appeal and request for exemption process;
(3) The cost of filing and processing documents at the Department of Building Inspection;
(4) The cost of printing forms and informational brochures by the Department of Building Inspection;
(5) Other expenses incurred by the City and County of San Francisco in implementing this ordinance.
(b) Fee Schedule. See Building Code Section 110A, Table 1A-N, for the applicable fees.
(c) Fee Review. The Director of the Department of Building Inspection shall cause an annual report of fees to be made and filed with the Controller as set forth in Section 3.17-2 of the San Francisco Administrative Code. The Controller shall review the report and file it with the Board of Supervisors along with proposed ordinance readjusting the fee rates as necessary.
(Added by Ord. 399-89, App. 11/6/89; amended by Ord. 161-92, App. 6/4/92; Ord. 350-95, App. 11/3/95; Ord. 256-07, App. 11/6/2007; Ord. 76-09, App. 5/14/2009, Eff. 7/1/2009)