Section R108.1 Fees.
Section R108.2 General. Fees shall be assessed
as set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council.
Section R108.3 Permit Fees. The fee for each permit
shall be as set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council.
The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions
of these codes shall be made by the Building Official. The value to
be used in computing building permit and building plan review fees
shall be the total value of all construction work for which the permit
is issued as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical,
plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire-extinguishing
systems and any other permanent equipment. The permit fees for those
projects subject to State energy code compliance and /or State disabled
access regulation compliance shall be as set forth in a resolution
duly adopted by the city council.
Section R108.4 Plan Review Fees. When submittal
documents are required by section R106, a plan review fee shall be
paid at the time of submitting the submittal documents for plan review.
Said plan review fee shall be set forth in a resolution duly adopted
by the City Council. The plan review fee for electrical, mechanical,
and plumbing work shall be set forth in a resolution duly adopted
by the City Council. The plan review fees for State energy code compliance
and /or State disabled access regulation compliance shall be as set
forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council. The plan review
fees specified in this section are separate fees from the permit fees
specified in Section R108.3 and are in addition to the permit fees.
When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to
require additional plan review or when the project involves deferred
submittal items as defined in
California Building Code Section 107.3.4.1,
an additional plan review fee shall be charged at the rate set forth
in a resolution duly adopted by City Council.
Section R108.5 Expiration Of Plan Review. An application
for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of
application shall expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted
for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed
by the Building Official. The Building Official may extend the time
for action by the applicant for a period not to exceed 180 days on
written request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond
the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken.
An application shall not be extended more than once. An application
shall not be extended if this code or any other pertinent laws or
ordinances have been amended subsequent to the date of application.
In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant
shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan check fee.
Section R108.6 Investigation Fees: Work Without A Permit.
Section R108.6.1 Investigation. Whenever any work
for which a permit is required by this code has been commenced without
first obtaining a permit, a special investigation shall be made before
a permit may be issued for such work.
Section R108.6.2 Fee. An investigation fee, in
addition to the permit fee, shall be equal to the amount of the permit
fee required by this code. The minimum fee shall be the same as the
minimum permit fee set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City
Council. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt an
applicant from compliance with all other provisions of either this
code or the technical codes not from any penalty prescribed by law.
Section R108.7 Fee Refunds. The Building Official
may authorize refunding of a fee paid hereunder which was erroneously
paid or collected.
The Building Official may authorize refunding of not more that
80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under
a permit issued in accordance with this code.
The Building Official may authorize refunding of not more than
80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit
for which a plan review fee has been paid has been withdrawn or cancelled
before any examination has been expended.
The Building Official shall not authorize the refunding of any
fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee
not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.
Section R108.8 Permit History Survey Fee. The fee
for conducting a permit history survey for an existing structure or
facility shall be as set forth in a resolution duly adopted by City
Council.
Section R108.9 Demolition Permit Fee. The fee for
a permit to demolish a building shall be as set forth in a resolution
duly adopted by the City Council.
Section R108.10 Fee Exceptions: the government
of the United States of America, the State of California, local school
districts proposing work exempt from building permits, the County
of San Diego, and the City shall not be required to pay for filing
an application for a building permit pursuant to this code unless
city plan review and inspection services are requested. If so requested,
the fee schedules adopted in a resolution by City Council shall apply.