(A) If a development permit expires, is cancelled, is withdrawn, or is voided and if no construction has taken place on the project and the applicant has not implemented the proposed use, the applicant shall be entitled to a refund of any impact fees paid as set forth below.
(B) Any refund shall be reduced or eliminated to the extent that the impact fees paid have been expended.
(C) A written request for a refund shall be submitted to the Planning Department within 30 calendar days of the expiration or termination of the permit. Failure to timely submit the required application for refund shall constitute a waiver of any right to the refund.
(D) Any refund shall be reduced by an amount necessary to cover the administrative cost to the county for processing the refund. The administrative cost for processing a refund pursuant to this section shall be established in an adopted county fee, or if none, documented by actual accounting of any work performed related to the processing of the refund.
(E) Any refund shall not include any interest accrued.
(F) The Planning Director shall make the findings whether a refund is warranted, and then forward the claim to the auditor's office for processing. Refunds larger than $10,000 shall be brought before the Board of Supervisors for approval.
(G) Impact fees collected by the county on behalf of other agencies or entities are not refundable by the county. An application for refund must be made to those entities directly.
(Ord. 880, § 1)