Permit fees. All persons, firms, or corporations performing work
under the Municipal Code which requires the issuance of a permit shall
pay a fee for such permit to the Director of Finance to help defray
the cost of general administration/clerical support, document management,
display, storage, updating maps, public noticing, and processing of
permits and variances. The permits for which a fee is required are
the zoning/use/administrative approval permit, conditional use permit,
accessory use/structure permit, occupancy permit, reoccupancy, home
occupation, and temporary permits, permit reapprovals, and rezoning
permits, sign permits, and subdivision, land division, grading, retaining
walls, utilities, and planned unit development review. A fee shall
also be required for a zoning text or map amendment, Comprehensive
Plan amendments, Sewer Service Area boundary amendments, Urban Service
Area boundary amendments, conceptual plan reviews, conservation easements,
right-of-way vacations, architectural reviews, plan of operation amendments,
Board or Commission interpretations, development agreements, zoning
letters, landscaping plan reviews, impact fees for public sites, open
spaces, and trails and a zoning appeal or variance, and public hearings
required for administrative and legislative actions. All fees shall
be established by the Director and from time to time updated as deemed
appropriate. Permit fees do not include and are in addition to permit
fees established by the City Building, Plumbing, and Electric Codes. The Director may waive the permit fees for public agencies,
nonprofit agencies or as deemed appropriate by the Director.