§ 17.48.040. Building permit fees.


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  • A.

    The buildng permit fee shall be as shown in Table 3-A on page 16 of the Uniform Building Code, 1985 Edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California 90601, subject to the following modifications:

    1.

    That the first one hundred thousand dollars of value of any new construction project will be exempt from consideration;

    2.

    That the first fifty thousand dollars of value of any renovation, remodel, repair or restoration will be exempt from consideration; and

    3.

    That any project for which the full value is exempt under subsection A(1) or (2) of this section shall be subject only to a ten dollar application fee.

    B.

    At the time of application there shall accompany the application payment of sixty-five percent of the total building permit fee and this payment shall be known as the "plan review fee."

    C.

    At the time of actual issuance of the building permit, payment shall be made of the remaining thirty-five percent of the building permit fee in addition to any required payments for utility charges or deposits.

    D.

    Any applicant who desires to withdraw his application while it is in the plan review process may do so upon notification of the administrative official. Any refund of the plan review fee will be made by the administrative official based upon his determination of the percentage of the work completed of the plan review. The administrative official's decision shall be final.

    E.

    Following issuance of a building permit, any applicant who decides to abandon the work for which the permit was intended prior to the start of work, may apply to the administrative official for refund of the thirty-five percent of the building permit fee, less a twenty-five dollar administrative charge.

(Ord. 85-11, 1986).