A. General. Fees shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions of this section or as set forth in the fee schedule adopted by the City.

B. Permit Fees. The fee for each permit shall be as specified in the Master Fee Schedule of the City of Chula Vista.

The determination of value or valuation shall be made by the Building Official and shall be based on 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 other permanent equipment.

C. Plan Review Fees. When submittal documents are required by CVMC 15.06.085(B), the applicant shall pay a plan review fee at the time of submitting the submittal documents for plan review. The plan review fee shall be as specified in the Master Fee Schedule of the City of Chula Vista. The plan review fees are separate fees from the permit fees and are in addition to the permit fees. When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review or when the project involves deferred submittals as defined in CVMC 15.06.085(B)(3), an additional plan review fee shall be charged. This additional plan review fee shall be as specified in the Master Fee Schedule of the City of Chula Vista.

D. Investigation Fees – Work Without a Permit. Investigation. Whenever work for which a permit is required by this chapter or the technical codes has been commenced without first obtaining a permit, the Building Official may make a special investigation before a permit may be issued for such work.

An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee pursuant to this section. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt an applicant from compliance with all other provisions of this chapter, the technical codes, or from the penalty prescribed by law.

However, the Building Official may waive the investigation fee if the Building Official finds that such work was urgently necessary and it was not practical to obtain a permit before commencement of the work. In all such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so. If there is an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, the investigation fee shall be charged.

E. Fee Refunds. The Building Official may authorize refunding of a fee paid pursuant to this section which was erroneously paid or collected. The Building Official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this chapter and the technical codes. The Building Official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any examination time has been expended. The Building Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee or applicant not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment. (Ord. 3087 § 1, 2007).