Chapter 15.02
PERMITS AND FEES
Sections:
Article I. Generally
Article II. Department of Building Permit Fee Table
Article III. Plan Review Fees
15.02.040 Additional plan review.
15.02.050 Expiration of plan review applications and building permits.
Article IV. Permit Fees
Article V. Miscellaneous Fees
15.02.100 Investigation fees—Work without a permit.
15.02.110 Exception for emergency work.
Article I. Generally
15.02.010 Applicability.
A. Any person desiring to perform work regulated by currently adopted editions of the California Building Standards Code, and/or any amendments, ordinances or other regulations administered by the building department, or that may be adopted and administered in the future, shall secure permits and pay fees as set forth in this chapter.
B. The determination of valuation under any of the provisions of this code shall be made by the building official. The valuation to be used in computing the permit and plan review fees shall be the total value of all construction work, which includes both labor and materials, for which the permit is issued as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire extinguishing systems, paving, profit and overhead, and any other permanent work or permanent equipment. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
Article II. Department of Building Permit Fee Table
15.02.020 Single forms.
The building department shall issue permits heretofore required, including but not limited to grading permits, building permits, plumbing permits, mechanical permits and electrical permits on a single form, which designates these permits. The permit fee shall be based on the cumulative value of all the work for which a permit is sought.
A. Fees for the issuance of such permits shall be payable in the amounts fixed by resolution of the city council, based on the valuation listed therein. The fees shall be charged and collected at the time of issuance of the permit.
B. A permit is required for any change in the character or use of any building which would place the building in a different division of the same group of occupancy or in a different group of occupancies. The building official shall determine the minimum permit fee for such change, unless otherwise provided by the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
Article III. Plan Review Fees
15.02.030 Fees.
A plan review fee shall be paid to the building department at the time of submitting plans and specifications for review. Such plan review fee shall be payable in the amount fixed by the fee schedule adopted by the city council by resolution. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
15.02.040 Additional plan review.
Where additional plan review is required due to changed plans and/or incomplete plans, an additional plan review fee shall be charged at a rate established by the building official. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
15.02.050 Expiration of plan review applications and building permits.
A. Plan review applications shall expire if no permit has been issued within one hundred eighty days following the date the application is filed with the city. Upon request by the applicant, the building official may extend the plan review application one time for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days.
B. Every permit issued by the building official shall expire if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within one hundred eighty days from the date of issuance, or if work is suspended or abandoned for a period of one hundred eighty days after work is commenced. Upon written request, the building official may extend the permit one time for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days. If, after such expiration, the original plans are resubmitted within one hundred eighty days following such expiration, the plan review fee shall be twenty-five percent of that otherwise required. No application shall be renewed in this fashion more than once. In order to further renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee. The chief building official may extend this time period when such extension is warranted, including but not limited to (1) to correct an error by the department, (2) when a legal action prevents the project from being completed within the allowed time frame, or (3) in the interest of public health and safety. The chief building official’s decision regarding the limitation period shall be final. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
Article IV. Permit Fees
15.02.060 Fees.
All permit fees shall be fixed by the fee schedule adopted by the city council by resolution. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
Article V. Miscellaneous Fees
15.02.080 Reinspection fee.
A reinspection fee as fixed by the fee schedule adopted by the city council by resolution shall be charged and collected for each extra inspection made necessary, as follows:
A. Work not ready at the time requested for inspections; and/or
B. Work required to be corrected on previous inspection not ready and/or correction not made at the time requested for inspection. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
15.02.100 Investigation fees—Work without a permit.
A. 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.
B. 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 twice the amount of the permit fee required by this code. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this code nor from any penalty prescribed by law. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
15.02.110 Exception for emergency work.
Section 15.02.100 shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the building official that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of work. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)