Palmdale Municipal Code Art. II Fees and Deposits – Industrial Waste

The City Council shall establish by resolution the amounts of the fees and charges listed below to reimburse the City for the cost of review and processing industrial waste permits, plan review, inspections and the administration of all permits issued by the City. All fees and charges shall be set based upon the direct and indirect cost of personnel, materials, equipment and outside support services necessary to provide services related to the permitting and servicing of industrial waste disposal permits.

(A) Industrial waste disposal permit application fee.

(B) Change in ownership or operation application fee.

(C) Industrial waste plan review fee.

(D) Plan reinstatement fee.

(E) Annual inspection fee.

(F) Annual industrial waste permit fee.

(G) Annual wastewater sampling and analysis fee.

(H) Fee for each additional wastewater sampling and analysis.

(I) Extraordinary services fee.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

All such fees described in PMC § 13.11.280 are separate and apart from any fee or deposit paid for industrial waste plan review or imposed under provisions of the Palmdale plumbing code. Application fees shall not be refundable even though the application be denied except as provided in PMC § 13.11.330.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

Industries subject to national categorical pretreatment standards (NCPS) and not regulated by a joint permit pursuant to this title 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. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

Plan review and inspection classes shall be established pursuant to Table 13.11.310. The classes for any business, process, industry or connection not listed in Table 13.11.310 shall be determined by the Director using Table 13.11.310 as a guide.

Table 13.11.310

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 1428 § 2, 2012; Ord. 1614 § 4 (Exh. I), 2023)

All annual fees, wastewater sampling and analysis fees and any other fees required by PMC § 13.11.280 shall be due and payable on the billing date as established by the Director. Fees not paid within 30 calendar days from the billing or invoice date shall be considered delinquent. Delinquent fees shall be subject to a late fee established by resolution of the City Council. Permits for which the annual fee is delinquent for 60 days or more are subject to suspension as provided in PMC § 13.11.230.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

Upon cancellation of a permit pursuant to PMC § 13.11.270, and upon written request of the permittee, the Director shall refund a portion of the annual fee as determined from the table below:

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

Beginning on July 1, 2009, and thereafter on each succeeding July 1st, the amount of each fee in this chapter shall be adjusted as follows: calculate the percentage movement between April of the previous year and March of the current year in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all urban consumers in the Los Angeles, Anaheim, Riverside areas, as published by the United States Government Bureau of Labor Statistics, adjust each fee by said percentage amount and round off to the nearest $1.00; provided, however, that no adjustment shall decrease any fee, and no fee shall exceed the reasonable cost of providing the services. When it is determined that the amount reasonably necessary to recover the costs of providing the services is in excess of this adjustment, the Director may present fee proposals to the City Council for approval.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)