Sec. 29-8. - Permit fees.

(a)

An application fee shall be paid to the CUPA by each person who submits an application for any permit required by this chapter and for the renewal or amendment of any such permit. An annual fee shall be paid to the CUPA by each person issued a permit pursuant to this chapter during the term of such permit. The Board of Supervisors shall establish the amounts at a level sufficient to pay the necessary and reasonable costs of services incurred in administering this chapter including, but not limited to, permitting and inspection responsibilities. The Board may provide for the waiver of fees when a public agency applies for a permit or for a renewal of a permit to operate.

(b)

The application and annual fee shall include a state surcharge as determined by the legislature to cover the costs of state agencies.

(c)

There shall be added to and collected with any permit fee a penalty equal to ten per cent (10%) of the local fee for all fees that are delinquent for thirty (30) days. For each additional month or fraction thereof in which the delinquency continues, an additional ten per cent (10%) penalty shall be collected. In no event shall the total penalty exceed one hundred per cent (100%) of the permit fee. This penalty may be assessed in addition to any violation reinspection fee.

(d)

No refund or rebate of any permit fee or other fee required by this chapter shall be allowed by reason of the fact that the permit is denied or the permittee discontinues the activity or use of a facility prior to the expiration of the term of that permit or that the permit is suspended or revoked prior to the expiration of the term.

(e)

Any person who shall commence any work for which a permit is required by this chapter without first having obtained a permit, or has failed to apply for an operating permit or failed to register their underground storage tank(s) with the lead agency prior to March 1, 1986, shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee for such work, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to emergency work in accordance with Section 29-11 when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the lead agency that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit before commencement of the work.

(Ord. No. 6050, § I, 11-5-2013)