Shasta County Municipal Code Art. II Permits and Procedures

A. No person shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, install, improve or convert a structure or mobile home, or any portion thereof, or install, alter, repair, replace or remodel any building service equipment regulated by this code or any code adopted by reference in this chapter, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining a valid permit for such work when a pennit is required by this chapter or by any code adopted by reference in this chapter, except as set forth in Section 16.04.020.

B. Applications for permits shall be made to and permits shall be issued or reissued by the building department, department of public health or fire department, as designated by this chapter. No application shall be deemed complete and no permit shall be issued or reissued unless any required fee, as set by resolution of the board of supervisors, has first been paid in full. The building official, health officer, director of community development and fire warden shall, to the extent administratively feasible, standardize procedures for the issuance of permits required by this chapter and may consolidate some or all of the application and pennit forms and required inspections into the fewest number necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.

C. No permit or waiver for an onsite wastewater treatment system construction or operating pennit, and no pennit for a building, structure, mobile home utilities or mobile home installation shall be approved and issued unless the application has first been reviewed and determined in writing by the resource management department to be in compliance with all applicable provisions of Chapter 8.41 (Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, Septage Pumpers, and Septage Disposal Facilities), Chapter 8.56 (Water Wells), Chapter 12.12 (Grading, Excavating and Filling), Title 15 (Subdivisions), Title 16 (Buildings and Construction), and Title 17 (Zoning) of the Shasta County Code, and with all land use entitlements previously approved on the parcel on which the proposed building or installation site is located, and conditions imposed pursuant thereto.

D. No permit for a building, structure, mobile home utilities or mobile home installation shall be issued for any structure or mobile home unless the application has first been reviewed and cleared in writing by the fire department for compliance with the applicable provisions of the Uniform Fire Code and county development standards adopted in this code.

(Ord. 2007-2 §§ 5, 6, 2007; Ord. 97-5 § 4, 1997: prior code § 3700)

(Ord. No. 2022-05, § I, 7-26-2022)

A. No person shall construct, reconstruct, alter, modify or operate a sewage disposal system or related drainage piping, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining a valid sewage disposal permit from the health officer and complying with all conditions of the permit.

B. A sewage disposal permit for connection to an offsite public or private sewage disposal system shall incorporate by reference the requirements of the operator of the system and the building official may require written approval of the connection from the operator as a condition precedent to issuing the permit.

C. No permittee shall cause or permit any other person to do work authorized by a sewage disposal permit issued to him unless that person is a licensed contractor or the permittee's employee.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of this section, no sewage disposal permit is required for routine maintenance of a septic tank provided such work does not alter the original capacity or manner of operation of the sewage disposal system.

E. No permit shall be issued for a subsurface sewage disposal system to serve a structure, mobile home or other facility or use requiring such a system unless the permit:

1. Is issued concurrently with a building or mobile home installation permit or,

2. Is issued for repair or replacement of a malfunctioning sewage disposal system, or

3. Includes on its face or by attachment the following printed restriction:

Construction, installation or operation of the sewage disposal system authorized by this permit does not authorize the use or activity for which the disposal system is required. The issuance of this permit is not a representation that any other permit for residential or other use at the same location or on the same parcel will be issued in the future by the county. By accepting this permit the applicant acknowledges that other permits may be required for the use or activity to be served by the disposal system and that each permit will be subject to the zoning, building and related ordinances and development standards in effect at the time the permit is issued or reissued, or proposed to be issued or reissued.

(Prior code § 3707)

A. The board of supervisors may by ordinance or resolution establish schedules of fees to be paid to the county prior to the processing of any application for any permit or reissuance of any permit required by this chapter, or the performance of any test, inspection or plan review required by this chapter.

B. No required fee may be refunded or waived in whole or in part unless the refund or waiver is authorized by the board of supervisors by ordinance or resolution. The board may delegate the authority to waive or refund fees to an appropriate person or body.

(Prior code § 3714)

The board of supervisors may by resolution establish its policy governing the determination of value for the purpose of establishing the fees to be paid pursuant to the valuation fee schedule contained in this chapter and code adopted by this chapter. Such policy shall be based upon building valuation data published periodically by the International Code Council. In the absence of a policy resolution of the board of supervisors, the building official may use more recent valuation data so published.

(Ord. 2007-2 § 7, 2007: prior code § 3715)

A. Every permit issued under provisions of this chapter, except a sewage disposal permit, expires by limitation and becomes null and void if the building or work authorized by the permit is not commenced within six months of the date of the permit. Every sewage disposal permit issued under provisions of this chapter expires by limitation and becomes null and void if the work authorized by the permit is not commenced within one year of the date of the permit. Every permit issued pursuant to this chapter may be declared null and void by the building official if the building or work authorized by such permit, if commenced, is suspended or abandoned for six consecutive months. Every permit issued pursuant to this chapter expires by limitation and becomes null and void if the work for which the permit was issued is not completed within two years of the date of the permit.

B. A permit may be reissued for good cause for as many times as deemed necessary by the building official provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work and provided further that the period during which work was suspended or abandoned does not exceed one year. The term of each reissuance is one year. The provisions of this chapter in effect when a permit is reissued apply to all work done after the date of reissuance. For the purpose of this subsection, "good cause" means events or circumstances beyond the control of the permittee which prevented completion of the work.

C. Any permit may be revoked or suspended whenever the permit is issued or reissued in error or on the basis of incorrect information supplied or when the construction or work is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or other applicable laws.

D. Every permit issued or reissued without compliance with the provisions of this chapter, or in violation of any provision of this code or in violation of any regulatory order of any state or county official or agency is null and void for all purposes at the moment it is issued or reissued.

(Ord. 494-346 § 8, 1990; prior code § 3716)