Sections 304 and 305(g) of the Uniform Building Code, are hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 304. FEES. | |
(a) | General. Fees shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions of this section. |
(b) | Permit Fees. A fee for each building permit, in the amount set forth in the applicable fee schedule resolution adopted by the City Council, shall be paid to the City. The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions of this Code and the applicable fee schedule resolution shall be made by the City Manager. The value to be used in computing the 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 other permanent equipment. |
(c) | Plan Review Fees. When a plan or other data is required to be submitted by Subsection (b) of § 302, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting plans and specifications for review. Said plan review fee shall be as set forth in the applicable fee schedule resolution adopted by the City Council. |
The plan review fees specified in this subjection are separate fees from the permit fees specified in § 304(a) and are in addition to the permit fees. Where plans are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, an additional plan review fee shall be charged at the rate shown in the applicable fee schedule resolution adopted by the City Council. | |
(d) | Expiration of Plan Review. Applications for which no permit is issued within one hundred eighty (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 City Manager may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days upon request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. No application shall be extended more than once. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee. |
(e) | Investigation Fees. Work Without a Permit. |
(1) | INVESTIGATION. Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this Code has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work. |
(2) | FEE. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be equal to two (2) times the amount of the building permit fee as set forth in the applicable fee schedule resolution adopted by the City Council. The minimum investigation fee shall be equal to three (3) times the amount of the minimum building permit fee as set forth in the applicable fee schedule resolution adopted by the City Council. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this Code or from any penalty prescribed by law. |
(f) | Fee Refunds. |
(1) | The City Manager may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected. |
(2) | The City Manager may authorize the refunding or not more than eighty percent (80%) of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code. |
(3) | The City Manager may authorize the refunding of not more than eighty percent (80%) of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or cancelled before any plan reviewing is done. |
The City Manager shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of fee payment. | |
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Section 305(g). Reinspection. | |
A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made. | |
This subsection is not to be interpreted as requiring reinspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this Code, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is ready for such inspection or reinspection. | |
Reinspection fees may be assessed when the permit card is not properly posted on the work site, the approved plans are not readily available to the inspector, for failure to provide access on the date for which inspection is requested, or for deviating from plans requiring the approval of the Building Official. | |
To obtain a reinspection, the applicant shall pay the reinspection fee in the amount set forth in the applicable fee schedule resolution adopted by the City Council. | |
In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid. | |