Skip to content

Chapter 11.04 — CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE

Section 109.1 Fees.

Santee Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Santee

Section 109.2 General. Fees shall be assessed as set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council.

Section 109.3 Permit Fees. The fee for each permit shall be as set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council.

The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions of these codes shall be made by the Building Official. The value to be used in computing building permit and building plan review fees shall be the total value of all construction work for which the permit is issued as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire-extinguishing systems and any other permanent equipment. The permit fees for those projects subject to State Energy Code compliance and/or State disabled access regulation compliance shall be as set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council.

Section 109.4 Plan Review Fees. When submittal documents are required by Section 107, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the submittal documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council. The plan review fee for electrical, mechanical, and plumbing work shall be set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council. The plan review fees for State Energy Code compliance and/or State disabled access regulation compliance shall be as set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council. The plan review fees specified in this section are separate fees from the permit fees specified in Section 109.3 and are in addition to the permit fees.

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review or when the project involves deferred submittal items as defined in Section 107.3.4.1, an additional plan review fee shall be charged at the rate set forth in a resolution duly adopted by the City Council.

Section 109.5 Expiration of Plan Review. An application for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of application shall expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the Building Official. The Building Official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not to exceed 180 days on written request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. An application shall not be extended more than once. An application shall not be extended if this code or any other pertinent laws or ordinances have been amended subsequent to the date of application. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan check fee.

Get a plain-English answer with a citation back to this text.

Ask AI about this code
▸Contents — Santee Municipal Code

GoCodebook provides public access, search, citation, multilingual explanation, and practical interpretation of legally adopted building regulations. It is not a substitute for the official ICC or California code publications.