The Director is authorized to charge the following fees to defray the costs of document processing and review, consultation with Applicants, and administration of this Article: for Fiscal Year 2010-2011, the fees are as follows: Application Fee = $592 for up to three hours of document review/consultation and $197 for each additional hour, including site visits. No later than April 15 of each year, the Controller shall adjust the allowable fees to reflect changes in the relevant Consumer Price Index, without further action by the Board of Supervisors. In adjusting the fees, the Controller may round these fees up or down to the nearest dollar, half-dollar or quarter-dollar. The Director shall perform an annual review of the fees scheduled to be assessed for the following fiscal year and shall file a report with the Controller no later than May 1st of each year, proposing, if necessary, an adjustment to the fees to ensure that costs are fully recovered and that fees do not produce significantly more revenue than required to cover the costs of operating the program. The Controller shall adjust fees when necessary in either case.
(Added by Ord. 6-05, File No. 041664, App. 1/8/2005; Ord. 204-10, File No. 100575, App. 8/3/2010)