Lancaster Municipal Code Art. 7 Fees and Deposits

The director shall collect a permit application fee, as set by resolution of the city council, for each application received. Such fee shall be separate and apart from any fee or deposit collected for industrial waste plan review or imposed under provisions of the Plumbing Code, between the applicant and other public agency. Such application fee shall not be refundable even though the application be denied except as provided in Section 13.07.300.

(Ord. No. 910, § 1 (Exh. A), 1-13-09)

The application fee for a permit application by a successor in interest where the director finds that the succeeding operation is essentially the same as the preceding permitted operation in quantity, strength and method of disposal for industrial wastes generated, shall be the amount set forth by resolution of the city council for permit revision.

(Ord. No. 910, § 1 (Exh. A), 1-13-09)

A. The director shall collect a plan review fee, as set forth in a resolution of the city council for each set of plans received for any single site or location. Such plan review fee shall be applied to any submittal required by the director pursuant to this chapter and shall not be refundable even though the submittal be rejected or the project terminated except as provided in Section 13.07.300.

B. The director may impose a reinstatement fee of one-half of the plan review fee if the applicant fails to correct any plans or submittal upon written notice of correction or request for additional information by the director after three attempts have been made to gain such correction.

(Ord. No. 910, § 1 (Exh. A), 1-13-09)

A. For each industrial waste disposal permit issued by the director, an annual inspection fee as determined by resolution of the city council shall be due and payable to the city annually, in advance, on a billing date to be determined by the director.

B. Immediately upon issuance of a new permit, the permittee shall be billed the above inspection fee for the first annual billing period.

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Industries subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards (NCPS) and not regulated by a joint permit pursuant to Section 13.08.720, shall have fee amounts governed by the NCPS facility designations. Where an industry or process falls into more than one fee class category, the higher fee shall prevail unless the director determines a lesser amount is appropriate.

(Ord. No. 910, § 1 (Exh. A), 1-13-09)

The director may charge the discharger a fee established by resolution of the city council for each analysis performed by or on behalf of the director on wastewater samples taken from the discharger.

(Ord. No. 910, § 1 (Exh. A), 1-13-09)

All inspection fees required by Section 13.08.650 of this code, wastewater sampling and analysis fees required by Section 13.08.660 and any applicable miscellaneous fees shall be due and payable on the billing date as established by those sections or by the due date indicated on any invoices issued. Fees not paid within thirty (30) calendar days from the invoice date shall be considered delinquent. Delinquent fees shall be subject to penalty fee as established by city council for each thirty (30)-day period beyond the invoicing date that the fee is due. Permits for which the inspection fee is delinquent for sixty (60) days or more are subject to suspension as provided in Section 13.08.600.

(Ord. No. 910, § 1 (Exh. A), 1-13-09)

Upon cancellation of permit pursuant to Section 13.08.630, and upon written request of the permittee, the director shall refund a portion of the current paid annual inspection fee as determined from the table below:

(Ord. No. 910, § 1 (Exh. A), 1-13-09)