San Ramon Municipal Code Ch. III Fees and Surety Requirements

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Before accepting a grading permit application and plans and specifications for checking, the director shall collect a plan checking fee as approved by resolution of the city council and as provided in this division. (Ord. No. 409, § 2, 12-9-2008)

A. A fee for each grading permit shall be paid to the director prior to issuance of a grading permit as approved by resolution of the city council or as provided in this division. B. Failure to pay fees and obtain a permit before commencing work shall be deemed a violation of this division, except when it can be proven to the satisfaction of the director that an emergency existed which made it impractical to first obtain the permit. A violation shall result in an assessment of double permit fees for work done prior to permit issuance. Payment of a double fee shall not relieve any person for complying with the requirements of this division nor from any other penalties prescribed in this division. C. Additional fees approved by resolution of the city council or contained in this division shall be paid as required to the director. (Ord. No. 409, § 2, 12-9-2008)

Upon director performing emergency work on private property, the director shall charge the property owner all direct and indirect costs which are necessary to complete the work to the director's satisfaction. In addition, the director may charge a mobilization cost equal to ten percent of the cost for performing the work. Fees required for special purposes, i.e., cleanup, dust control, etc., collected but not expended for the purpose for which they are collected, will be refunded. (Ord. No. 409, § 2, 12-9-2008)

A. Surety Required. A grading permit shall not be issued unless the permittee shall first post with the director a bond executed by the owner and a corporate surety authorized to do business in the State of California as a surety in an amount specified in this article. Surety is required to assure that the work, if not completed by the permittee or the permittee's successors in interest, in accordance with approved plans and specifications, will be corrected to eliminate hazardous conditions. The surety can be in the form of a cash deposit or other form allowed under Section C5-168 of the San Ramon Subdivision Ordinance. This requirement may be waived at the discretion of the director. B. On developments where progressive individual grading projects or several concurrent projects are being constructed by one owner, a continuing (blanket) bond which will cover all such projects may be accepted and the amount determined by the director. C. Failure to Complete Work. In the event of failure to comply with all of the conditions and terms of the permit, the director may order the work authorized by the permit to be completed or put in a safe condition to his or her satisfaction. The surety executing such bond or deposit shall continue to be firmly bound under a continuing obligation for the payment of all necessary costs City of San Ramon, CA | Municipal Code 565

and expenses that may be incurred or expended in causing any and all such work to be done. In the case of a cash deposit, said deposit or any unused portion thereof, shall be refunded to the permittee. D. Default in Performance of Conditions. Whenever the director finds or determines that a default has occurred in the performance of any requirement of a condition of a permit, written notice thereof shall be given to the principal and when applicable, to the surety on the bond. Such notice shall specify the work to be done, the estimated cost thereof and the period of time deemed by the director to be reasonably necessary for the completion. After receipt of such notice, the surety shall, within the time specified, cause or require the work to be performed, or failing therein, shall pay over to the director the estimated cost of doing the work as set forth in the notice. Upon receipt of such monies the director may cause the required work to be performed and completed. The surety shall pay the director actual costs in excess of the estimate amount plus a mobilization charge specified in Section C7-54. (Ord. No. 409, § 2, 12-9-2008)

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