§ 18.02.106.11. Submission, plan review and additional review fees.

Each application for master or separate subcontractor permit shall be subject to a permit fee. The total permit fee includes fees for plan review and required inspections and may also include an established fee for plan submission. All fees shall be collected at the time of permit issuance.

The established plan submission fee shall only be assessed if the plans for a particular project require more than three reviews. Any assessed plan submission fee shall be collected at the time of permit issuance.

Plans that amend or revise the following, subsequent to the issuance of a permit, shall require an additional plan review and the applicant shall be assessed the established fee for the additional plan review. The established fee shall be equal to the sum of the plan submission fees for each of the disciplines that require additional review:

a.

Modifications to the electrical, plumbing or mechanical systems which require revised drawings or calculations;

b.

Modifications to the fire, smoke, carbon monoxide alarms or suppression systems which require revised drawings or calculations;

c.

Modifications to the fire separations, accessibility requirements or ingress/egress which require revised drawings or calculations;

d.

Modification to the structural systems which require revised drawings or calculations; or

e.

Modifications which expand the occupancy or type of use for the structure which require revised drawings or calculations.

If no permit under the plan is secured within one hundred eighty days after the date of permit application, then the application shall be considered expired and a plan review fee in the amount of thirty percent of the established permit fee and any applicable submission fee is due and payable. The submission fee and plan review fee is nonrefundable and may not be applied to any future building permits.

If plans are approved and a permit is secured within one hundred eighty days after the date of permit application, the permit fee and any applicable plan submission fee are due and payable at the time of permit issuance.

If at any time subsequent to permit issuance, there is no activity in excess of one hundred eighty days, such application shall be declared expired. Written notice shall be sent to the applicant stating that the application for permit has been declared expired. If the applicant does not respond within thirty days of the written notice, the option for permit extension shall expire, and any plans, and all other documents associated with the application for permit shall be destroyed.

The building official shall collect any outstanding fees on the subject property prior to the issuance of any permits.

(Ord. No. 17749, § A, 3-6-2012, eff. 5-1-2012; Ord. No. 18225, § 1, 8-19-2014)