§ 12.08.080. Fees.

(a)

Before a permit is issued as set forth in this article, the director of public works/city engineer shall collect from the applicant an excavation permit fee to pay for the cost of inspection and permanent patching in accordance with a set list of fees approved by the city council and kept on file in the office of the director of public works/city engineer.

(b)

The excavation permit fee shall be increased whenever an excavation is to be made in a street or alley on which the permanent surfacing is less than five years old. The amount of the increase shall be 300 percent of the fee during the first year form the date of the street paving was accepted by the city and the amount of the increase shall thereafter be reduced by 60 percentage points on each annual anniversary of the date of acceptance.

(c)

The excavation permit fee is not intended to cover or pay for any costs required for the repair or replacement of any improvement other than the surface of the street or alley affected by the excavation. It is the responsibility of the permittee to repair or replace any such removed, damaged or disturbed existing improvement.

(d)

For the purpose of computing the amount of the fee, the director of public works/city engineer shall rely upon information listed in the excavation permit application to determine the size of area to be excavated. The area shall be computed from the linear measurement of the length and the width of the opening as shown in the application with each such measurements increased a minimum of one and one-half feet. Provided, however, if excessive cave-in occurs, field measurements shall be utilized to determine the size of the area excavated.

(e)

If a work of excavation begins prior to obtaining a permit, the excavation permit fee shall be triple the amount that would otherwise be due. If a subsequent offense occurs within a five-year period from the first offices, the permit fee shall be quadruple the amount that would otherwise be due if no such offense has occurred.

(f)

An additional separate sewer lateral connection inspection fee shall be charged for each new or replaced sewer lateral. The fee will be charged in accordance with a set list of fees approved by the city council and kept on file in the office of the director of public works/city engineer.

(g)

The director of public works/city engineer may, for good cause, modify the provisions of this section.

(Code 1966, § 7.08.020; Ord. No. 4849, § 1, 2-24-98; Ord. No. 6198, § 1, 8-24-11)