Chapter 15.25
FEES AND COST RECOVERY
Sections:
15.25.010 Fees – General.
A. Fees charged under this title shall be as adopted by resolution.
B. Permit and plan review fees shall be as adopted, except as otherwise limited by statute. On buildings, structures and mechanical systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as established under authority of ORS 455.020 and 455.210.
C. As applicable, the fee schedule shall comply with OAR 918-050-0100, Statewide Fee Methodologies for Residential and Commercial Permits.
D. The building official shall make the determination of value or valuation under any provisions of this title. The value to be used in computing the building permit and plan review fees shall be the total value of all construction work and may include all finish work, parking lots, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire-extinguishing systems, and any other permanent equipment. Plan review and inspection fees shall be based on valuation, but the minimum fee shall be no less than the actual costs plus overhead of the plan review and the actual costs plus overhead of the inspections.
E. Each activity, enforcement action, or program shall be provided with its own funding source and one program shall not support another, as required by ORS 455.770 and 455.210(3)(c). [Ord. 23-424-O § 1 (Exh. A)].
15.25.020 Fee refunds.
A. The building official may authorize the refunding of any fee, or a portion of a fee, paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.
B. The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this title.
C. The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan review effort has been expended.
D. The building official may not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment, unless written application is otherwise waived by the building official. [Ord. 23-424-O § 1 (Exh. A)].