A. Fees required by this chapter shall be collected by the City Engineer and deposited with the Director of Finance. Such fees shall be as presently designated, or as may in the future be amended, in the master fee schedule.

B. No permit shall be issued, and no land development work shall be permitted until the City Engineer has received the fees applicable under this chapter.

C. The state or any of its political subdivisions or any governmental agency shall file applications for permits and shall be issued permits as required by this chapter. No fees shall be required when the work is done by persons working directly for the state or agency.

D. The City Manager, or his designee, may authorize, without advance appropriation, the refund of fees required by this chapter to be collected, or such portion of the fees deemed appropriate for refund by the City Manager (net of costs incurred by the City in processing the permit application or unless the City has used the fees to construct facilities for a development for which the fees were paid), if the City Manager finds that the permit for which they were collected has been revoked, surrendered or terminated without use by the permittee and the refund is less than $100,000. All other refunds shall be authorized by the City Council. (Ord. 3005 § 1, 2005; Ord. 2594 § 1, 1994; Ord. 2011 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1797 § 1, 1978).