Section 6.110A.020 Development engineering plan review fees.

6.110A.020 Development engineering plan review fees.

Fees for those final construction plan review activities included in Table 6.110A.020 shall be collected prior to processing the application:

Table 6.110A.020—Development Engineering Plan Review Fees
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Section				Activity		Fee	Issuance Fee
1				Preliminary Engineering Fees
	A			Appeals to Hearing Examiner		414	53
	B			Columbia River Gorge(2)		Hourly rate; initial deposit $200(3)	53
	C			Conditional Use Permit(4)
					Engineering review	1,800	53
	D			Continuance of Hearing—Applicant Initiated for Engineering Issues (in addition to planning fee)		912	n/a
	E			Critical Aquifer Recharge Area Permit (CARA)—Type 1, 2, and 3 Site Plan Review		900	53
	F			Floodplain Inquiry		291	53
	G			Geological Hazard
					Preliminary engineering review	483	53
	H			Home Business—All Major and Minor Types(2)		Hourly rate; initial deposit $200(3)	53
	I			Legal Lot Determination(2)		Hourly rate; initial deposit $200(3)	53
	J			Master Plan
					Engineering review for stand alone master plans	Hourly rate; initial deposit $200(3)	94
					Maximum fee = $10,000	Hourly rate; initial deposit $200(3)	94
	K			Plat Alterations(2)		Hourly rate; initial deposit $200(3)	53
	L			Post Decision Reviews (Type 1, 2, and 3)
		I			Engineering review	1,250	53
		II			Major change to technical design	1/2 regular fee	53
	M			Pre-Application Conference (All Types)
		I			Pre-application conference	1,405	94
		II			Pre-application waiver request	38	n/a
	N			Road Modification—Transportation
		I			Technical road modification	1,200	53
		II			Major road modification	1,559	53
		III			Minor road deviation—Stand alone only(5)	250	53
	O			Short Plat(6)
					Engineering review	2,108	94
	P			Site Plan(6)
		I			Types 1, 2, and 3—Engineering review	2,743	94
		II			Unoccupied commercial and utility structures(7)	601	94
		III			Highway 99 sub-area reviews	Standard preliminary engineering fees plus 25%	n/a
	Q			Site Plan Review—Fast Lane Permitting
					Program for reduced time lines for site plan review	Site plan review fee	n/a
	R			60-Day Review		Standard preliminary and final engineering fees	n/a
	S			Subdivision (all sizes)(6)
					Engineering review	3,757	94
	T			Variance
		I			Stormwater (All variance types)(8)	1,207	53
		II			Administrative land use (All land use types)(9)	575	53
2				Final Engineering Fees
	A			Drainage Project
					Stormwater plan review(10)	828	94
	B			Floodplain Review		1,370	53
	C			Geological Hazard
					Final Engineering Review	710	53
	D			Grading and Drainage—Plan Review
		I			Fee based on earthwork volume and stormwater requirements:
			a		Volume 499 c.y. or less
					Basic grading only	365	94
					Basic grading and stormwater MR No. 1-5	1,193	94
					Basic grading and stormwater MR No. 1-10	3,293	94
			b		Volume 500 to 4,999 c.y.
					Basic grading only	718	94
					Basic grading and stormwater MR No. 1-5	1,546	94
					Basic grading and stormwater MR No. 1-10	3,646	94
			c		Volume 5,000 to 25,000 c.y.
					Basic grading only	1,739	94
					Basic grading and stormwater MR No. 1-5	2,567	94
					Basic grading and stormwater MR No. 1-10	4,667	94
			d		Volume greater than 25,000 c.y.
					Basic grading only	2,000	94
					Basic grading and stormwater MR No. 1-5	2,828	94
					Basic grading and stormwater MR No. 1-10	4,928	94
		II			Fee to extend expired approved grading permit(11)	50% of original fee	94
	E			Post Plan Approval—Plan Revisions
					Change design after construction plans approval	Hourly rate; initial deposit $200(3)	94
	F			Single-Family Residence Stormwater Reviews
		I			Roof and crawlspace drainage review(13)	345	n/a
		II			Stormwater review (MR No. 1-10)	1,150	94
	G			Short Plat
					Engineering Plan Review. Fee based on stormwater requirements:
					Basic engineering review	1,700	94
					Basic review and stormwater MR No. 1-5	2,444	94
					Basic review and stormwater MR No. 1-10	3,800	94
	H			Site Plan
		I			Types 1, 2, and 3—Final Engineering Review. Fee consists of base fee (based on stormwater complexity) plus disturbed area component Maximum fee = $20,000
			a		Base fee (based on stormwater complexity):
					Basic engineering review	1,000	94
					Basic review and stormwater MR No. 1-5	4,200	94
					Basic review and stormwater MR No. 1-10	6,900	94
			b		Plus fee component for square feet of disturbed area(12)	0.025/s.f.	n/a
	I			Subdivision (all sizes)
					Engineering Plan Review. Fee based on stormwater requirements:
					Basic engineering review	2,900	94
					Basic review and stormwater MR No. 1-5	4,845	94
					Basic review and stormwater MR No. 1-10	6,200	94
	J			Additional Final Engineering Plan Reviews—Fee Required for Each Review after Third Submittal		745	94

Notes:

1 Cost Recovery. Applicant is required to pay consultant’s fees to review specialized designs, including but not limited to structural walls and bridges. County will send the consultant’s bill to the applicant; total amount must be paid before the project is approved or finalized.

2 This fee only applies when development engineering review is requested by community development.

3 The hourly rate fee is calculated using a standard annual hourly rate schedule (by job classification) multiplied by actual staff hours spent on the project. The hourly rate includes salary, benefits, and program overhead. County will send a final itemized billing, less any initial deposit, that must be paid before the project is approved or finalized.

4 Fee is in addition to development engineering fees associated with a land division and/or site plan.

5 There is no fee for minor road deviations requested at the same time as a related land use or engineering application. The minor road deviation stand alone fee applies to applications not associated with a land use or engineering permit.

6 For applications with both a development engineering preliminary land division (PLD) and a preliminary site plan (PSR) that are submitted and processed together resulting in one (1) land use decision, the development engineering fee will equal seventy-five percent (75%) of the combined total of the PLD and PSR cases.

7 The unoccupied commercial and utility structures fee category is only for simple reviews. Projects that trigger stormwater minimum requirements (MR) No. 1-5 or No. 1-10 are required to pay the standard site plan review fee.

8 Fee applies for stormwater variances defined in Section 40.386.030(D).

9 Fee applies for land use variances defined in Section 40.550.020, when engineering review is required.

10 This fee category is only for drainage projects (including the excavation or construction of pipes, culverts, channels, embankments or other flow-altering structures in any stream, stormwater facility, or wetland) that have less than fifty (50) c.y. of earthwork. If the earthwork is fifty (50) c.y. or greater, then the grading and drainage plan review fee category is required.

11 Approvals for grading and drainage plan reviews expire in one (1) year. Extensions are allowed if fees paid before the engineering approval expiration date. Requests to extend engineering approvals after the expiration date may be considered; full engineering fees would apply.

12 Disturbed area is defined in Section 40.386.010.

13 Fee category applies to the review of proposed revisions to a previously approved land division that impacts a single-family residence lot drainage.

(Sec. 3 (Exh. A) of Ord. 2001-12-09; amended by Sec. 1(Exh. A) of Ord. 2002-03-12; amended by Sec. 1 (Exh. A) of Ord. 2002-11-07; amended by Sec. 1 (Exh. A) of Ord. 2004-02-09; amended by Sec. 24 of Ord. 2004-06-11; amended by Ord. 2004-12-02; amended by Ord. 2005-12-01; amended by Sec. 2 of Ord. 2006-05-27; amended by Sec. 1 of Ord. 2007-04-17; amended by Sec. 1 of Ord. 2007-11-13; amended by Sec. 1 of Ord. 2008-02-01; amended by Sec. 1 (Exh. A) of Ord. 2009-06-08; amended by Sec. 1 of Ord. 2011-01-20; amended by Sec. 3 (Exh. C) of Ord. 2011-07-03; amended by Sec. 1 (Exh. 4) of Ord. 2012-02-03; amended by Sec. 1 of Ord. 2015-11-24; amended by Sec. 3 of Ord. 2016-09-03)