CHAPTER 8-02
EXCAVATIONS

SECTIONS:

8-02-001-0001    REGULATIONS ADOPTED:

8-02-001-0002    SCHEDULE OF FEES:

8-02-001-0001 REGULATIONS ADOPTED:

There is hereby adopted by the City for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations to control excavation, grading and earthwork construction, including fills and embankments; to establish the administrative procedure for issuance of permits; and to provide for approval of plans and inspection of grading construction; that certain Chapter 70, of the 1973 Edition of the Uniform Building Code, as modified for Flagstaff conditions, of which not less than three (3) copies have been and are now on file in the office of the City Clerk and the same is hereby adopted and made a part hereof by this reference as fully and as completely as if fully herein set forth, and the provisions of the aforesaid modified Chapter 70 of the 1973 Uniform Building Code shall be controlling in the excavating and grading within the corporate limits of the City. (Ord. 908, 11-27-73)

8-02-001-0002 SCHEDULE OF FEES:

A.    Fees for inspection of the construction of public improvements and for materials testing relating to such construction shall be collected by the City Engineer prior to issuance of a public works permit according to the following schedule:

1.    ROUGH GRADING: Fees as required in Chapter 70 of the Uniform Building Code as adopted by Section 8-2-1 above.

2.    STREET SECTION, including select material, base course, paving, curb and gutter, valley gutter and sidewalk:

1.6% of the engineer’s estimated cost as approved by the City Engineer for security purposes, or 1.6% of the contract cost.

3.    WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE STRUCTURES NOT INCLUDED IN A GRADING PERMIT:

1.2% of the engineer’s estimated cost as approved by the City Engineer for security purposes, or 1.2% of the contract cost.

4.    OTHER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY: To be determined by the City Engineer, but not less than 1% nor more than 2% of the engineer’s estimated cost as approved by the City Engineer for security purposes, or of the contract cost.

5.    MINIMUM PERMIT FEE: Except for rough grading, the minimum fee for any permit shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) unless waived by the City Engineer.

B.    Fees for review of engineering construction plans and design reports shall be collected by the City Engineer prior to their review according to the following schedule:

First and Second submittal for review:

Street $20.00 plus $ .01 per linear foot

Drainage $10.00 plus $.005 per linear foot

Water $10.00 plus $.005 per linear foot

Sewer $10.00 plus $.005 per linear foot

Grading Fees as required in Chapter 70 of the Uniform Building Code as adopted by Section 8-2-1 above.

Each submittal after the second will require an additional payment of an amount equal to one-third (1/3) of the original fee.

The City Clerk is hereby directed to maintain at all times three (3) copies of the aforesaid schedules of fees in said office of the City Clerk. (R889, 3-26-74)