Sec. 7-19. - Fees and refunds.

Section 107 of Title 26 of the Los Angeles County Code shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

107.1 Building permit fees. A fee for each building permit shall be paid to the building official as set forth in resolution of the city council. Determination of value under any of the provisions of this Code shall be made by the building official. The valuation to be used in computing the permit and plan review fees shall be the total value of all construction work for which permit is issued, as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire-extinguishing systems and any other permanent work for permanent equipment.

Where work for which permit is required by this Code is started or proceeded with prior to obtaining said permit, the fees specified in this section shall be doubled, but the payment of such double fee shall not relieve any persons from fully complying with the requirements of this Code in execution of the work nor from any other penalties prescribed herein.

107.2 Plan review fees. When an application fora building permit is submitted for review, a plan review fee shall be paid to the building official. Said fee shall be equal to 85 percent of the building permit fee as set forth in resolution of the city council.

In addition to the aforementioned fees, the Building Official may require additional charges for review required by changes, additions or revisions of approved plans or reports, and for services beyond the first and second check due to changes, omissions or errors on the part of the applicant. The payment of said fees shall not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code.

The fees specified in this section are separate fees from the permit fees specified in Section 107.1.

107.3 Work without permit; investigation fee. Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this chapter has been commenced without first obtaining a permit, a special investigation shall be made before

a permit may be issued for such work. A special investigation fee shall be collected prior to the issuance of a permit. The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee that would be required by this chapter if a permit were to be issued and shall be in addition to the permit fee if a permit is required. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this chapter nor from any penalty prescribed by law.

107.4 Permit refunds. 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, and such permit shall have been cancelled, the permittee may submit a written request to the building official requesting a refund of permit fees, provided the request has been submitted within one year from the date of cancellation or expiration of the permit. The building official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid.

h permit shall have been commenced, and such permit shall have been cancelled, the permittee may submit a written request to the building official requesting a refund of permit fees, provided the request has been submitted within one year from the date of cancellation or expiration of the permit. The building official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid.

107.5 Plan check refunds. No portion of the plan checking fee shall be refunded, unless no review has been performed, in which case 80 percent of the plan checking fee may be refunded upon the request of applicant to withdraw or cancel the application.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 3, 12-6-22)