Torrance Municipal Code Art. 5 Fees

(Amended by O-3363)

Fees for the issuance of an electrical permit shall be set by resolution of the City Council adopted from time to time.

Any person who shall commence any electrical work for which a permit is required by this Chapter without first having obtained a permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by this Section for such work, provided that this provision shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Chief Electrical Inspector that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of work. In all such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such a permit, a double fee as herein provided shall be charged.

The requirements for fees contained in this Code shall not apply when the collection of such fees is legally prohibited by other laws or ordinances. A fee shall not be required for the issuance of a permit to perform work regulated by this Code in a structure designed and used exclusively as an emergency fallout shelter.

In the event that any person shall have obtained a permit and no portion of the work or construction covered by such permit shall have been commenced or such permit shall have been canceled without any work having been done as provided for in Section 82.3.4. or Section 82.3.5., the permittee, upon presentation to the Chief Electrical Inspector of a request therefor in writing on a special form shall be entitled to a refund in an amount equal to eighty (80) percent of the fee actually paid for such permit. The Chief Electrical Inspector shall satisfy himself to the right of such applicant to such refund, and each such refund shall be paid as provided by law for the payment of claims against the City.