(A) An amount, established by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of this county, shall be charged for each conditional use permit application. The fee shall be based on a time/materials basis as may be established from time to time by the Board of Supervisors. Such fees shall cover all actual costs of any outside consultants hired to assist county with project-related activities.
(B) Mitigation monitoring fees. The county may charge reasonable fees to recover the cost of the program. Such fees shall be imposed to recover the costs of implementation and enforcement of mitigation measures that require field inspection, continuous or long-term monitoring, or the preparation and/or review of reports by county staff and/or outside consultants retained by the county. Any such fees shall be approved by the Board of Supervisors before being imposed.
(C) Inspection fees. The county recognizes that the DOGGR performs inspections of each lease, well and facility and well and operations specific inspections for well drilling, re-working, and plugging activities. In the event that DOGGR fails to make the required inspections, or at the discretion of the Petroleum Administrator, each lease site, each tank site, producing well site, idle well site and lease tank site (including headers and associated pipelines), may be inspected for the purpose of ascertaining conformity with the minimum standards as set forth in this chapter and for compliance with all terms and conditions of the approved conditional use permit. To meet the expense of such inspection, the operator shall pay to the Department of Planning and Building Inspection Services an inspection fee to be established by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of this county. Unless a different schedule is established by the Board of Supervisors in the future, it is the goal of the county that all active or producing wells should be inspected at least on an annual basis to ensure compliance with this chapter and all conditions of approval.
(D) Enforcement fee. Any person or entity, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, who acts or fails to act in violation of any provision of this chapter, Chapter 21.01 (Building Regulations), or Chapter 19.17 (Grading, Drainage, and Erosion Control), or any other provision of the San Benito County Code, any of the adopted Uniform Codes, or state or federal regulation and statutory law shall be liable for and obligated to pay to the county all reasonable costs incurred by the county in obtaining abatement or compliance which is attributable to or associated with the enforcement or abatement action, whether such action is administrative, injunctive, or legal, and for all damages suffered by the county, its agents, officers, and employees as a result of such violation or efforts to abate the violation.
(Ord. 918, § 1(part), 2013)