(a) Charges for the professional services of the City Engineer and/or any other professional services for non-residential projects shall be the rates set forth in their contracts.
(b) Once approval has been granted by the City Engineer and/or the planning and Zoning Commission for any non-residential project which requires Inspectional services by the City Engineer, the following amounts shall be placed on deposit prior to the issuance of any building permit:
Estimated Total Cost of Construction | Amount of Deposit |
100,000 or less | $2,500.00 |
More than 100,000 to 500,000 | $4,000.00 |
More than 500,000 to 1,000,000 | $5,000.00 |
More than 1,000,000 | $10,000.00 |
(c) If the monies deposited by the applicant, as required in this subsection, are not sufficient to reimburse the City for plan review and/or inspectional services provided by the City Engineer and other professional services provided by the City, then the applicant shall be required to deposit additional monies in units of one thousand dollars $1,000.00) as requested by the Engineering Director or the Finance Director. Plan review and/or inspectional service approval shall not be given until such time as monies sufficient to pay for the chargeable expenses are deposited with the City.
(d) Any sum not charged against the deposit required in this subsection shall be refunded to the applicant or credited against other monies due the City.
(Ord. 2014-69. Passed 7-28-14.)