§ 26-19-7. Plumbing Permit Fee Schedule.

(a)

A plumbing permit shall not be issued pursuant to Section 26-19-6 until the fees listed in Schedule I of Chapter 1 have been paid. Nor shall an amendment to the permit be approved until the additional fee, if any, required by this Article have been paid. The fees for permits shall be payable at the Code Administration office at the time of application.

(b)

Reserved.

(c)

In case of abandonment or discontinuance, the cost of work performed under a permit may be estimated, an adjustment of the fee made and the portion of the fee for uncompleted work returned to the permit holder, provided that no refund of the prescribed application fee listed in Section 26-19-7(b) shall be made. If such discontinuance is due to revocation of the permit, a similar adjustment and return may be made, provided that no refund shall be made until all penalties and legal fees incurred or imposed by due authority have been collected.

(d)

Any request for a refund shall be made in writing. In no case shall a refund be made for a request submitted later than one year after the date of issuance of the permit, nor shall the amount exceed eighty (80) percent of the original fee paid as calculated on the unit prices in Section 26-19-7(b). After such a refund has been paid, no work shall be resumed until a new application has been made and a new permit has been issued.

(e)

If work requiring a plumbing permit under this Section is undertaken prior to the issuance of a permit, the fee shall be increased by twenty-five (25) percent for a company's or individual's first such occurrence, by fifty (50) percent for a second occurrence, and by one hundred (100) percent for any subsequent occurrence.

(Ord. No. 2058, § 1, 7-12-93; Ord. No. 2091, § 1, 1-10-94; Ord. No. 2152, §§ 1, 2, 1-9-95; Ord. No. 2459, §§ 1—III, 2-10-03; Ord. No. 2482, § III, 7-14-03; Ord. No. 2497, § I, 8-11-03; Ord. No. 2517, § I, 11-11-03; Ord. No. 2546, § I, 3-8-04; Ord. No. 2602, § IV, 4-11-05)