All permits and inspection fees shall be collected in full in advance before the issuance or renewal of the corresponding permit. Such fees are hereby established in accordance with section 54985 of the Government Code of the State of California, as follows:
(a)
Fees for a permit to operate employee housing shall be determined as follows:
(1)
Issuance fee of $100.
(2)
Permit to operate fee of $12.00 for each employee the operator intends to house where such housing is supplied by the operator, and $12.00 for each lot or site provided for parking of mobilehomes or recreational vehicles by employees.
(3)
Amended permit fee of $20.00 for any transfer of ownership or possession.
(4)
Amended permit fee of $20.00 and fees specified in this section for any increase in the number of employees to be housed and additional lots or sites provided for parking of mobilehomes or recreational vehicles by employees.
(b)
Fees for an exemption shall be determined as follows:
(1)
Issuance fee of $35.00.
(2)
An exemption fee of $20.00 for any transfer of ownership or possession.
(3)
Amended exemption fee of $20.00 for any transfer of ownership or possession.
(4)
Amended permit fee of $20.00 and fees specified in this section for any increase in the number of permanent housing units.
(c)
An application for a multi-year permit to operate shall be accompanied by the same fees as established for a permit to operate in subsection (a) of this section.
(d)
The fees for a permit to operate or an exemption shall be considered as inspection fees for the initial inspection of employee housing. When a reinspection is required, pursuant to section 642 of the Regulations, the operator shall pay a reinspection fee for each such reinspection as follows:
(e)
Requests for technical service as provided in section 645 of the Regulations shall be submitted to the department in writing and accompanied by the technical service fee. The fees shall be determined as follows:
(f)
Certificates of Non-Operation filed pursuant to section 17037.5 of the Health and Safety Code shall be accompanied by a $100.00 filing fee.
(g)
Any person operating or maintaining employee housing without first having obtained a permit to operate shall pay double the fees described for the permit to operate the employee housing.
(h)
Any person found for a second or subsequent time within five year period to be operating or maintaining employee housing without first having obtained a permit to operate shall pay 10 times the fees prescribed for the permit to operate the employee housing set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The two or more violations referenced in this paragraph may be with regard either to the same enforcement agency or to two or more different enforcement agencies.
(Amended by Ord. No. 3184, effective 6-7-97)