Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 11.82 Fees and Deposits

The Director shall collect an operating permit application fee, as set forth in Section 11.82.040, for each new application for a unified program facility permit listing one or more underground storage tanks. At the time of a new operating permit application submittal, the Director shall collect, in addition to the operating permit application fee, an annual permit maintenance fee in accordance with Section 11.82.012, pro-rated as set forth below for the remainder of the annual permit

Upon payment, no operating permit application fee or permit maintenance fee shall be refunded even though the application is denied or the permit is issued for a term of less than one (1) year or the permittee discontinues the activity or use of a facility prior to the expiration of the term, or otherwise.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 1, 2015; Ord. 2001-0034 § 1, 2001; Ord. 97-0016 § 57, 1997; Ord. 91-0072 § 1, 1991; Ord. 86-0078 § 4, 1986; Ord. 83-0208 § 1 (part), 1983; Ord. 83-0206U § 1 (part), 1983.)

The CUPA shall collect an annual permit maintenance fee, as set forth in Section 11.82.040, for each facility listed on the unified program facility permit as a part of the unified program single fee system. The annual permit maintenance fee shall be payable annually, thirty (30) days prior to the yearly anniversary date of the operating permit or on a date established by the CUPA. Such fee shall include a state-imposed service charge, payable to the CUPA, as required by Division 20, Chapter 6.11, of the California Health and Safety Code, section 25404.5(b). Applicants for new unified program facility permits shall pay a prorated annual permit maintenance fee for the remainder of the current annual permit period as set forth in Section 11.82.010. If a permittee with an existing unified program facility permit listing one (1) or more underground storage tanks applies for an addendum to add additional underground storage tank(s), such permittee shall pay the prorated amount of any additional maintenance fee applicable to such additional underground storage tank(s). Upon payment, no annual

maintenance fee shall be refunded unless the request for refund is made prior to commencement of the annual period for which the fee is paid. No prorated annual maintenance fee submitted as part of an application for a new unified program facility permit or addendum shall be refunded.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 2, 2015; Ord. 2001-0034 § 2, 2001; Ord. 97-0016 § 58, 1997; Ord. 91-0072 § 2, 1991.)

The Director shall collect an operating permit transfer fee, as set forth in Section 11.82.040, upon submittal of each application to transfer an operating permit. No portion of the operating permit transfer fee shall be refunded if the Director has commenced any portion of the review of the transfer application.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 3, 2015; Ord. 97-0016 § 59, 1997; Ord. 91-0072 § 3, 1991.)

If the Director determines that a significant violation exists for any underground storage tank, and affixes a Red Tag to such underground storage tank, he or she shall collect from the permittee a permit noncompliance fee as set forth in Section 11.82.040. The permit noncompliance fee is separate from, and in addition to, any civil or criminal fines or penalties that may also be imposed for a violation.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 4, 2015.)

A.

The Director shall collect a new construction plan clearance fee as set forth in Section 11.82.040 for each application for an operating permit or addendum requiring new construction plan clearance. Such fee shall be applied to: submittals for new construction where no underground storage tank previously existed, submittals for replacement of existing underground storage tanks with new underground storage tanks, and other submittals requiring review of engineered plans for construction permits.

B.

No portion of the new construction plan clearance fee shall be refundable if the Director has commenced any portion of the review of the plan. The Director may further impose a reinstatement fee equal to one-half (1/2) of the new construction plan clearance fee if the applicant fails to comply with all conditions and limitations made a part of plan approval by the Director or if the applicant has not commenced work within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of issuance of plan approval. If construction work has not commenced within three hundred sixty (360) days from the date of plan approval issuance, such plan approval shall be null and void and the applicant shall reapply for a new construction plan clearance and pay all required fees.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 5, 2015; Ord. 97-0016 § 60, 1997; Ord. 91-0072 § 4, 1991; Ord. 86-0078 § 5, 1986; Ord. 84-0046 § 7, 1984.)

If a person submits an application requiring new construction plan clearance that is returned by the Director twice with a notice of correction, then the second time that the applicant resubmits the application, the applicant will be charged a resubmittal of plan clearance fee as set forth in Section 11.82.040. If the applicant fails to respond to a notice of correction for more than one hundred eighty (180) days, the application will be deemed canceled and the applicant will be required to submit a new application.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 6, 2015.)

A.

The Director shall collect a fee as set forth in Section 11.82.040 for each application for closure, pursuant to Section 11.80.070. Such fee shall provide for the initial review of closure activities that may include: issuance of a closure authorization, inspections, review of preliminary closure reports as may be required by the closure authorization, and issuance of closure certification where no unauthorized release of hazardous substances has occurred requiring further cleanup of said contaminates at this site as provided by Chapter 11.76 of this division.

B.

No portion of the closure fee shall be refundable if the Director has commenced any portion of the review of the closure proposal. The Director may further impose a reinstatement fee equal to one-half (1/2) of the closure fee if the applicant fails to notify the Director to allow inspections as may be required by the closure authorization or has not commenced work on such a closure within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of issuance of a closure authorization. If work on closure has not commenced within three hundred sixty (360) days from the date of issuance of a closure authorization, the closure authorization shall be null and void and the applicant shall reapply for a closure authorization and pay all required fees.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 7, 2015; Ord. 97-0016 § 61, 1997; Ord. 91-0072 § 5, 1991; Ord. 86-0078 § 6, 1986.)

The Director shall collect a fee as set forth in Section 11.82.040 for the reinspection of any facility.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 8, 2015.)

The Director shall collect a fee as set forth in Section 11.82.040 for any permit addendum required pursuant to Section 11.80.010 with the exception of an addendum required because of the closure of a facility that is subject to a closure fee pursuant to Section 11.82.020. No portion of the permit addendum fee shall be refundable if the Director has commenced any portion of the review of the permit addendum application.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 9, 2015; Ord. 97-0016 § 62, 1997; Ord. 91-0072 § 6, 1991; Ord. 86-0078 § 7, 1986.)

Annual permit maintenance fees required by Section 11.82.012 of this code shall be due and payable on the billing date established by the CUPA. Fees not paid within thirty (30) calendar days from the billing date shall be considered delinquent. Delinquent fees shall be subject to a late payment penalty set forth in Section 12.50.060. Permits for which the annual permit maintenance fee is delinquent for ninety (90) days or more are subject to suspension as provided in Sections 11.84.010 and 11.84.030 and a lien against the permittee in accordance with Section 12.50.065.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 10, 2015; Ord. 98-0049 § 1, 1998; Ord. 97-0016 § 63, 1997; Ord. 86-0078 § 8, 1986; Ord. 83-0208 § 1 (part), 1983; Ord. 83-0206U § 1 (part), 1983.)

Fees for services provided by the Director under this division are established as follows:

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 12, 2015; Ord. 2001-0034 § 3, 2001; Ord. 97-0016 § 65, 1997; Ord. 91-0072 § 8, 1991.)

* Editor's note: Starting July 1, 2025, fee amounts in this section marked with an asterisk (*) will be adjusted by the Department of Public Works based on increases in the Consumer Price Index in accordance with Section 11.82.045.

With the exception of fee amounts that are specifically adjusted pursuant to the fee schedule set forth in Section 11.82.040 (i.e., those fee amounts not marked with an asterisk (*)), beginning on July 1, 2016, and thereafter on each succeeding July 1, the amount of each fee in this division will be adjusted by the percentage movement between January of the previous year and January of the current year in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all urban consumers in the Los Angeles, Riverside- Orange County, California areas, as published by the United States Government Bureau of Labor Statistics, and rounded up to the nearest one dollar ($1), except that no adjustment shall increase any fee by more than two percent (2%) in any year as a result of an increase in the CPI. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such adjustment shall decrease any fee, except that no fee shall exceed the reasonable cost of providing the services for which the fee is collected.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 13, 2015; Ord. 97-0016 § 66, 1997; Ord. 91-0072 § 9, 1991.)

All fees required by this chapter shall be separate and in addition to any fee collected or imposed under provisions of the County Code, federal or state law, or by reason of any license, agreement or contract between the permittee and any other public agency.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 14, 2015; Ord. 91-0072 § 10, 1991.)

Should an owner or operator of a facility dispute the amount or applicability of any fee charged under this division, such owner or operator may contest the fee in accordance with Section 12.50.140.

(Ord. 2015-0014 § 15, 2015.)