Escondido Municipal Code § 6-16 Fees

Fees shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions of this section or shall be as set forth in the fee schedule adopted by this jurisdiction.

shall be made by the building official. The value to be used in computing the building permit and building plan review fees shall be the total value of all construction work for which the permit is issued as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, elevators, fire-extinguishing systems and other permanent equipment.

paid at the time of submitting the submittal documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be 65% of the building permit fee or as set forth in the fee schedule adopted by this jurisdiction.

fees specified in Section 6-16.2 and are in addition to the permit fees.

review or when the project involves deferred submittal items as defined in Section 6-14.5, an additional plan review fee shall be charged.

Applications for which no permit is issued within 360 days following the date of application shall expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the building official. The building official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding 180 days on written request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. An application may be extended more than once. An application shall not be extended if this code or any other pertinent laws or ordinances have been amended subsequent to the date of application. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee.

Whenever work for which a permit is required by this code has been commenced without first obtaining a permit, a special investigation may be made before a permit may be issued for such work.

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 the amount of the permit fee required by this code. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt an applicant from compliance with all other provisions of either this code or the technical codes nor from the penalty prescribed by law.

paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.

review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any examination time has been expended.

written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.

(Ord. No. 2022-21, § 7, 12-7-22; Ord. No. 2003-03, § 1, 2-12-03)