HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2763 ORDINANCE NO. 2763
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY ADDING SUBSECTION ( i ) TO SECTION 17.02.050
RELATING TO FEES FOR BUILDING SERVICES
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1 . The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding subsection ( i ) to section 17.02.050 to read
as follows:
17.02.050 Fees . Section 304 of the Uniform Administrative
Code is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 304 (a) PERMIT FEES. The fee for each permit shall
be as established by resolution of the city council.
"The determination of value or valuation under any of the
provisions of these codes shall be made by the building offi-
cial . The value to be used in computing the 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 .
" (b) PLAN REVIEW FEES. When a plan or other data is re-
quired to be submitted by subsection (b) of section 302, a plan
review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting plans and
specifications for review. Said plan review fee for buildings
or structures and for grading shall be as established by reso-
lution of the city council.
" (c) EXPIRATION OF PLAN REVIEW. Applications for which no
permit is issued within 180 days following the date of applica-
tion shall expire automatically, and plans and other data sub-
mitted 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 in increments
of 180 days subject to the following conditions:
1 .
" (1) The applicant shall submit a written request
every 180 days stating the reason for such extension, accom-
panied by a
plan check extension fee, established by resolution of the city
council .
" (2 ) Any plans that remain in plan check over 360
days shall be revised to meet all requirements in existence at
the time the permit is issued.
" (3 ) Any alterations to the plan shall be reviewed by
plan check personnel on an hourly fee as established by resolu-
tion of the city council .
" (4 ) Under no conditions may a plan remain in plan
check over 720 days .
" (d) INVESTIGATION FEES. Where work for which a permit is
required by this code is started or proceeded with prior to
obtaining said permit, the total permit fee shall be the stan-
dard permit fee as required in subsection (a) hereof plus an
investigation fee established by resolution of the city
council . The payment of the investigation fee shall not exempt
any person from compliance with the provisions of this code or
from any other penalty prescribed by law.
" (e) SPECIAL SERVICE FEES. At the request of an appli-
cant, the building official may authorize the performance of
special services not otherwise required by this code or in-
cluded in the schedule of fees as specified in this section.
The fee for any such special service shall be set by resolution
of the city council .
" (f ) CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FEE. Whenever an applica-
tion is made for a certificate of occupancy, a processing fee
for the certificate of occupancy in an amount established by
resolution of the city council shall be paid to the city. This
fee shall be in addition to all other required fees . If subse-
quent review of the application shows that the certificate of
occupancy cannot be issued, the fee shall be retained by the
city as a processing fee.
" (g) CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY INSPECTION FEE. Whenever it is
necessary to inspect a building or premises in order to deter-
mine if a change may be made in the character of occupancy or
use of the building or premises which would place the building
in a different division of the same group of occupancy or in a
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different group of occupancy, a change of occupancy inspection
fee, established by resolution of the city council, shall be
paid to the city.
" (h) FEE REFUNDS. 1 . The building official may authorize
the refund of any fee paid hereunder which was collected erro-
neously.
"2 . Except for a processing fee, the building offi-
cial shall authorize the refund of a plan check fee when an
application for a permit for which a plan check fee was paid is
withdrawn or cancelled before any plan check is done.
"3. When no work has commenced under a permit issued
in accordance with this code and such permit is less than 180
days old, the building official shall authorize the refund of
all fees except processing, plan check and conservation fees.
"The building official shall not authorize the refund of
any fee paid except upon written request of the original appli-
cant or permittee. "
" ( i) ACCEPTANCE OF EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS. The building
official may accept evidence of indebtedness from the city' s
redevelopment agency for payment of fees, payable
hereunder, in a form approved by the city attorney. "
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall cause same to be published within
fifteen days after adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th
day of May , 1985.
ATTEST:
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Mayor
City Clerk
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Ord. No. 2763
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 22nd day of April
19 85 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 6th day of May , 1985 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Kelly, MacAllister, Bailey, Finley, Green
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Mandic
NOT VOTING: Thomas
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
I, Alicia M, Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntington Beach and ex•ofrwAo Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that a synopsis of this
ordinance has been published in the Huntington
Seach independent on
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In accnr 'a;= r v,th the City Charter of sa:d CAA.
AUMA M. WENTWORT"
City Cierlc
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City Clerk