Santa Clara County Municipal Code Part 4 Fees

Every applicant shall, at the time of filing a tentative map, lot line adjustment, reversion to acreage, lot merger, extension of time or certificate of compliance, pay to the County of Santa Clara a fee in an amount established by the Board of Supervisors.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78; Ord. No. NS-1203.42, § 3, 1-8-79; Ord. No. NS-300.791, § 6, 4-22-08)

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-1203.42, § 4, adopted Jan. 8, 1979, specifically amended the Code by repealing § C12-156, which pertained to a public health service fee. Said section had been derived from Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, adopted March 13, 1978.

(a) Every subdivider who is required to file an improvement plan with the County Surveyor shall pay a nonrefundable plan check fee in an amount prescribed by resolution of the Board of Supervisors to the County of Santa Clara prior to submitting the plans to the County Surveyor for review.

(b) In situations where no plan is required (such as a single site with only a driveway connection to an access road or a County road) the minimum inspection fee shall be in an amount prescribed by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.

(c) In situations where a private civil engineer is authorized to perform the inspection work (per this chapter), the fee to be paid to the County Surveyor's office shall be 40 percent of the amount of the plan check and inspection fees.

(d) In the following situations the subdivider may request a partial refund of any inspection fee computed and paid after deducting the costs of soils or materials tests, and of inspection work performed by the County.

(1) The subdivision is abandoned prior to recording the map or reverted to acreage after recording the map.

(2) The subdivision is annexed to a city and the city completes the inspection work.

(3) The subdivider within 30 days after construction acceptance by the County submits certified bids and/or other evidence satisfactory to the County Surveyor that the improvement costs were lower than the estimated costs used in computing the fee.

When the above requirements have been satisfied, the County Surveyor shall compute the amount of the refund and return it to the subdivider or his authorized agent.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78; Ord. No. NS-1203.42, § 5, 1-8-79)

Every person who submits a final map or a parcel map for checking by the County Surveyor shall, prior to submitting said parcel map or final map, pay to the County a nonrefundable fee in an amount prescribed by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. A complete electronic computer printout sheet acceptable to the County Surveyor shall be submitted with the map.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78; Ord. No. NS-1203.42, § 6, 1-8-79)

The fee for filing and indexing maps is prescribed in California Government Code § 27372 and shall be paid by the subdivider.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78)

(a) At the time that the subdivider files a final map or parcel map, or improvement plans with the County Surveyor, the subdivider may request that the County Surveyor estimate the time required to check the map or plans based on the current workload and staffing level. If the subdivider desires faster processing of his or her map or plans, he or she may request that the County Surveyor contract or employ a private entity or persons on a temporary basis to perform the map and plan checking services. However, the County Surveyor need not enter into such a contract or employ such persons if he or she determines either that (1) no such entities or persons are available or qualified to perform such services, or (2) the County Surveyor's office would be able to perform services in a more rapid fashion than would any available and qualified persons or entities. Such entities or persons employed by the County Surveyor may, pursuant to an agreement with the County Surveyor, perform all functions necessary to check final and parcel maps and improvement plans and to comply with other requirements imposed pursuant to this chapter, except those functions reserved by this chapter to the County Surveyor or legislative body.

(b) The subdivider shall pay a special checking fee in an amount necessary to defray costs directly attributable to employing or contracting with entities or persons performing services pursuant to this section. The special checking fee is in addition to the standard map and plan check fees established in this part.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.99, § 1, 12-5-89)

The fee for examination of a record of survey by the County Surveyor shall be a minimum fee of $600.00 plus a rate of $117.00 per hour for all staff time spent examining the record of survey that exceeds the $600.00 minimum fee.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.118, § 1, 5-11-10)