A. 
In addition to the application-related requirements of this code, no application for any of the items described in Section 3.60.020(A) of this chapter shall be deemed complete until the applicant has submitted to the planning department the applicable fee described in that section.
B. 
No person shall receive, or be entitled to receive, in connection with any application filed with the planning department, any of the environmental review-related services, procedures, or products described in Section 3.60.020(B) of this chapter until that person has submitted to the planning department the applicable fee described in that section.
C. 
No person shall be entitled to a pre-application meeting with county staff, or to an appeal of a planning department or planning commission decision, or to the convening of a special meeting of the planning commission, unless the person has submitted to the planning department, or to the clerk of the board of supervisors, as the case may be, the applicable fee described in Section 3.60.020(C) of this chapter.
D. 
The planning department, in consultation with the county auditor and county treasurer, shall establish and observe written procedures for the calculation, receipt, deposit, and accounting of all fees required to be paid under this chapter.
(Ord. 1083 § 5, 2004)
A. 
In order for an application for one of the following items to be deemed complete, or for a person to receive a service described below, the applicant shall, in addition to meeting all other relevant requirements of this code, pay to the planning department an amount equal to the county's cost of processing the application:
1. 
Conditional use permit;
2. 
Variance;
3. 
Zone reclassification;
4. 
General plan amendment;
5. 
Road abandonment;
6. 
Certificate of compliance;
7. 
Lot line adjustment;
8. 
Parcel merger;
9. 
Time extension;
10. 
Mobilehome waiver;
11. 
Map filed under the Subdivision Map Act;
12. 
Specific plan;
13. 
Wireless communications plan;
14. 
Amendment of wireless communications plan;
15. 
Reclamation plan;
16. 
Amendment of reclamation plan;
17. 
Interim management plan for idle mine;
18. 
Annual mine inspection;
19. 
Building permit plan check;
20. 
Hosted short-term rental;
21. 
Non-hosted short-term rental;
22. 
Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance prescriptive compliance;
23. 
Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance performance compliance.
B. 
In order for an application for one of the items listed in subsection A of this section to be reviewed by the county as lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) through one of the documents described below, the applicant shall pay to the planning department an amount equal to the county's cost of reviewing the application under CEQA and preparing the relevant document:
1. 
Initial study;
2. 
Categorical or statutory exemption;
3. 
Negative declaration;
4. 
Mitigated negative declaration;
5. 
Environmental impact report;
6. 
Mitigation monitoring and reporting program;
7. 
Supplemental or subsequent environmental impact report or addendum to an environmental impact report.
C. 
The fees set forth below shall be paid by any person wishing to conduct a preapplication meeting with county staff or to have county staff conduct a pre-application document review, to pursue an appeal of decision of the planning department or the planning commission, or to arrange a special meeting of the planning commission. Fees shall be paid to the planning department, except for those in connection with an appeal of a planning commission decision, which shall be paid to the clerk of the board of supervisors.
1.
Preapplication meeting and document review
no charge for first meeting; county's costs for subsequent meetings and review of documents
2.
Appeal of decision of planning department
$300.00
3.
Appeal of decision of planning commission
$300.00
4.
Special planning commission meeting
$750.00
D. 
The fees set forth above in subsection A of this section shall be doubled with respect to any application filed in order to bring an existing illegal use or activity into conformance with this code. All fees described in this section are nonrefundable.
(Ord. 1083 § 5, 2004; Ord. 1227 § 1, 2018; Ord. 1299 § 1, 2023)
Applicants for any of the items listed in Section 3.60.020(A) of this chapter shall, in addition to paying the fees described in that section, reimburse the planning department for all "hard cost expenses" actually incurred by the department in processing the application; such costs include, without limitation, those for materials, copying costs, telephone (including facsimile) charges, and travel expenses.
(Ord. 1083 § 5, 2004)
For purposes of Section 3.60.020, the county's cost of processing an application shall be determined by multiplying the hourly rate of pay and fringe benefits of each county staff person who works on the application times the total number of hours spent by the staff member on the application, adding to that amount a twenty percent overhead factor determined by reference to the A-87 countywide cost plan as approved by the State Controller's Office, and summing the resulting amounts.
(Ord. 1083 § 5, 2004)