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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1569 - Lathing- Plastering- Drywall Installations • • ORDINANCE NO. 1569 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 15.04.140 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE PERMIT FEES FOR LATHING, PLASTERING AND DRYWALL INSTALLATIONS The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 15.04.140 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "15.04.140 Addition of Section 303(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) to the Building Code. Subsections (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of Section 303 are added to the Building Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 15.04.010, to read: Sec. 303 Fees "(c) Additional Plan- checking Fees. When changes are made to previously submitted plans, an additional plan - checking fee shall be paid to the Building Official based upon the construction valuation of the planned change or redesign. In establishing said fee, no allowance for a decreased valuation shall be permitted due to the replacement, omission, or lessening of any member or portion of the building shown in the original plans. Said fee may be waived when in the opinion of the Building Official the additional fee is not warranted. No additional fees shall be charged for checking corrections required by the Building Official. (d) Other Fees. For any inspection or investigation of any use, occupancy, change in use or occupancy, and building or structure or any other work not otherwise covered herein by any Newport Beach City Ordinance which is requested by any owner, agent, agency or other person -- $20.00. Whenever any work for which a permit is required under the provisions of this Code has been commenced, constructed -1- r�� W 0 • • or completed without the authorization of such permit, a special investigation may be required before a permit will be issued for such work in order to determine whether the work done complied with Code requirements. In addition to the regular permit fees, an investigation fee of $30.00 shall be collected where such investigation is found to be necessary. No permit shall be issued when an investigation fee is due until such fee has been paid. The payment of the investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with the provisions of this Code nor from any penalty prescribed by law. The provisions of this section shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Building Official that such work was urgently required and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of the work. In all such cases a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and any work which has been concealed shall be exposed for inspection if such inspection is necessary. I£ there is an unreasonable delay in obtaining such a permit, an inves- tigation fee as herein provided shall be charged. Reinspection Fee. Five Dollars ($5.00) per inspection may be charged for additional inspections necessary as a result of faulty workmanship or material or for any inspection requested before the work to be inspected has been completed and made ready for inspection. Notice of completion of the work or of correcting faulty workmanship or material shall be given the Building Official and reinspection requested. (e) Permit Fees for Lathing, Plastering and Drywall Installation. The fees to be paid for the issuance of a permit for lathing and plastering, and for drywall installation shall be as follows: Fee $3.00 for the Permit and $ .01 per Square yard -2- ,v A • • (f) Surrender of Permit. If no portion of the work or construction covered by a permit issued by the Building Official under the provisions of this Code has been commenced, the person to whom such permit has been issued may deliver such permit to the Building Official with a request that such permit . be canceled. The Building Official shall thereupon stamp or write on the face of such permit the words 'Canceled at the request of the Permittee'. Thereupon such permit shall be null and void and of no effect. (g) Refunds. In the event that any person shall have obtained a building permit and no portion of the work or construction covered by such permit shall have been commenced and such permit shall have been canceled either as provided for in Subsection (d) of Section 302 or Subsection (f) of this section, the permittee upon presentation to said Building Official of a request therefor, in writing on a special form, shall be entitled to a refund in an amount equal to 80 percent of the permit fee actually paid for such permit. The Building Official shall make no refunds on fees collected amounting to Six Dollars ($6.00) or less. The Building Official shall satisfy himself as to the right of such applicant to such refund and each such refund shall be paid as provided by law for the payment of claims against the City. No portion of the plan - checking fee shall be refunded, unless no checking has been performed on a set of plans, in which case 80 percent of the plan- checking fee shall be refunded." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effective 30 days after the date of its adoption. This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the -3- 10th day of June 1974, and was adopted on the 24th day of Juhe 1974, by the following vote, to wit: • AYES, COUNCILMEN, Mc nisi Thctal, Barrett. Kuehn, Roo=. aEckoff, Ctrrrw NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None 000, ATTEST: Mayor I VRAO AN 0, 1 I eD AS ifrZ OPMNA1 MID CWTIiFiED AS TO i'EMCAWN DATE .JUN 261974 S,CTY CIERt( OFTHE CITY OF PIEW T OVACH • we