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Home My WebLink About86-052LAR:3d(27) 6/17/86 RESOLUTION NO. 86-52 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 83-91 AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 85-76 TO ESTABLISH A NEW SCHEDULE OF SURCHARGES ON NON-OWNER OCCUPIED DWELLINGS AND OWNER-OCCUPIED DWELLINGS FOR PERMITS ISSUED FOR CORRECTION OF MAJOR CODE VIOLATIONS AND PERMITS ISSUED FOR WORK THAT HAS BEEN COMMENCED WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF A REQUIRED PERMIT WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana estab- lished and regulated fees and charges for the administration and enforcement of Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code for the Resolution 83-91 as amended by Resolution 85-76; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City o~ Santa Ana finds and determines that the schedule of surcharges hereinafter set forth are costs of administration and enforcement of the pro- visions of Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Coae, and are reasonable and fairly allocated on the basis of burdens imposed and benefits received by the persons required to pay such fees and charges; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana that the schedule of surcharges and fees on permits for correction of major code violations commenced without authorization of a required permit pursuant to Chapter 8, "Buildings and Structures" of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are hereby established and regulated as follows: That Section 1 and Subsections (a) through (k) of Section 1 of Resolution No. 83-91 is amended to read as follows: 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (a) Unless otherwise provided, payment of fees and charges as established herein shall be made to the Director of Planning and Development Services (hereinafter "Director") or his author- ized representative at the time of initial application or request for he permit or service for which a ~ee or charpe is imposed. No permit shall be issued to any person, firm, or corporation unless all fees therefor have been paid in full. Exception: Waiver of Fee No permit or plancheck fees required by this resolution will be charged for projects performed under contract with the City of Santa Ana nor for any work performed by employees of the City of Sant Ana on City owned properties. However, this ~ee waiver does not exempt any party from obtaining a permit for such work nor exempt such party from conforming to the procedures es- tablished by the City nor from compliance with all applicable City and State ordinances regulating such work. RESOLUTION NO. Page two (b) REFUNDS. Upon written request from the permittee, refunds of permit fees may be made to the permittee in an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of the permit fee in excess of twenty dollars ($20.00) paid; except that no permit fees shall be refunded under any of the following circumstances: (1) After 180 days has elapsed from the date of the issuance of the permit. (2) If any inspections have been per- formed by the Department of Planning and Development Services. If a permit has been issued for a project located in an area Outside of thejurisdiction of the City, one hundred percent (100%) of the permit and plancheck fee may be refunded. If a duplicate permit has been erroneously issued, one hundred percent (100%) of the duplicated permit and planchecking fee may be refunded. If a plancheck fee has been paid and the plan is with- drawn by the applicant prior to the plancheck, refunds of plan- check fees may be made to the permittee in an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of the plancheck fee in excess of twenty dollars ($20.00) paid. In no other case may any plancheck fees be refunded. (c) SPECIAL INVESTIGATION FEE. A special investigation fee shall be charged by the Director for any investigation of a building, structure work, reports, certification, or any other related work requested by an owner or his authorized agent. Said fee shall be assessed in an amount sufficient to reimburse the City for the costs actually incurred by the City but in no case shall be less than thirty-five dollars ($35,00). (d) VIOLATION INSPECTION FEE. When any work for which a permit is required has been commenced without the authorization of such permit, an investi- gation may be required before a permit will be issued for such work. A violation inspection fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) shall be collected. (e) BUILDING RECORDS REPORT. Whenever a request for documentation by a written report or for information necessitating a search of documents, records, or plans, a fee shall be assessed in an amount suffi- cient to reimburse the City for actual costs incurred by the RESOLUTION NO. Page three City, but in no case shall be less than twenty-five ($25.0O). dollars (f DEPARTMENTAL APPROVAL FOR BUSINESS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. Whenever a Business License Tax application requires processing by the department for approval of a business Certifi- cate of Occupancy, a ~ee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Finance Director when the application is filed and depos- ited by him into Revenue Fund 11-417. (g) DEMOLITION PERMIT. The fee for a permit to demolish a building or struc- ture shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (Note: A demolition permit fee is separate from and additional to the fee for any other permit which may be required by code provisions other than those specifically regulating demolition.) (h) FLOODPLAIN CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS VARIANCES. The fee for an application for a variance from the floodplain construction standards of the City shall be seventy- five dollars ($75.00). (i) APPEALS. A non-refundable fee ~or an appeal to the Uniform Code Appeals Board shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) payable at the time of filing the appeal. (j) RELOCATION INSPECTIONS The fee for an inspection of a building or structure, as required for its proposed relocation, shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each main building or structure and twenty- five dollars ($25.00) for each accessory building or structure, plus, if the buildings or structures to be inspected are outside the City, reimbursement for mileage travelled at the rate of $0.25 per mile. (k) APPLICATION PROCESSING AND PLANCHECKING FEES. An application processing fee and planchecking fee shall be paid to the Director at the time o~ submitting plans for checking. Such fee shall be equal to sixty-~ive prcent (65%) of the building permit fee as set forth in this resolution. In addition, for R occupancy buildings, such fee shall also in- clude a surcharge for state-mandated energy enforcement equal to $22.00 for each 1,000 square feet of building area, or fraction thereof, up to 4,000 square feet, and $11.00 for each additional 1,000 square feet or fraction thereof. RESOLUTION NO. Page four (1) SURCHARGE FOR PERMITS ISSUED FOR CORRECTION OF MAJOR CODE VIOLATIONS OF NON-OWNER OCCUPIED DWELLINGS. For any non-owner Occupied dwellings as to which a Notice and Order has been issued pursuant to Section 402 o~ the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings as adopted and amended by Section 8-1900 of the Santa Ana Munici- pal Code or Section 1101 of the Uniform Housing Code as adopted and amended by ~ 8-1156 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, there shall be a surcharge in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300.00) on the permit required to comply with such Notice and Order; there shall be a thirty five dollar ($35.00) violation inspection fee pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 1 and i~ work has commenced without first obtaining permits all appli- cable permit fees shall be tripled. This schedule shall apply for all non-owner occupied dwellings except in those severe instances which require inspection by a Community Preservation Task Force consisting of Community Preservation Inspectors and members of the fire and police department. In such instances, there will be a thirty five dollar ($35.00) violation inspection fee. All permit fees shall be tripled and a surcharge of five hundred dollars ($500.00) on the permit required to comply with such Notice and Order shall be charged. (m) SURCHARGE FOR PERMITS FOR CORRECTION OF MAJOR CODE VIOLATIONS OF OWNER-OCCUPIED DWELLINGS For any owner-occupied dwelling as to which a Notice and Order has been issued pursuant to Section 401 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings as~adopted and amended by Section 8-1900 of the Santa Aha Municipal Code or Section 1101 of the the Uniform Housing Code as adopted and amended by Section 8-1156 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, there shall be a surcharge in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) on the permit required to comply with such Notice and Order. There shall be a thirty five dollar ($35.00) inspection fee pursuant to subsection (d) of section 1 and no additional fees for work commenced without permits except for the surcharge mentioned herein. RESOLUTION NO. Page five 2. That Resolution No. is hereby repealed. ADOPTED this 17thday of ATTEST: Clerk of the Counci~l~ COUNCILMEMBERS: Griset .Aye Johnson Aye Hart Absent Johnson Aye Luxembourger Aye McGuigan Aye Young Aye 85-76 amending Resolution 83-91 Ju~ , 1986. DANIEL E. GRISET Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: