15.05.060 Building permit fees and valuation.
A. Plan Review Payment. At the time of submitting plans, specifications or other data for plan review, the full amount of the plan review fee shall be collected by the director of community development for each permit application as set forth in the City of Sedona Consolidated Fee Schedule, Valuation/Permit Fee Schedule.
B. Building Valuations. Building construction and unit construction valuations, for the purpose of calculating building permit fees, shall be determined by the director of community development in accordance with the City of Sedona Consolidated Fee Schedule, Valuation and Fee Schedule and/or Unit Construction Valuations, or may be based upon the applicant’s submitted construction valuation if items listed in the City of Sedona Consolidated Fee Schedule are not applicable to the proposed work.
C. Building Permit Fees. Building permit fees based upon construction valuations shall be calculated in accordance with the City of Sedona Consolidated Fee Schedule, Valuation/Permit Fee Schedule. Building permit fees for individual items of construction shall be calculated in accordance with the City of Sedona Consolidated Fee Schedule, Unit Permit Fees, when the fees are not based upon the construction valuation.
D. Plan Review Fees. The plan review fee shall be 65 percent of the building permit fee stipulated in this section when the building permit fee is based upon the construction valuation. The plan review fee is a separate fee from the building permit fees specified in this section and is in addition to the building permit fees. Where plans are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, an additional plan review fee shall be charged at the rate specified in this section.
E. Fee Refunds.
1. The building official may authorize the refunding of any fee collected pursuant to this section that was erroneously paid or collected.
2. The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the building permit fee paid when no work has been done under the permit issued in accordance with this code; not more than 70 percent of the building permit fee after foundation construction has commenced; and not more than 50 percent of the building permit fee after framing or above-grade wall construction has commenced. No building permit fee shall be refunded after the framing or above-grade wall construction has been inspected and approved.
3. The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee when a permit application for which a plan review fee was paid is canceled or withdrawn before any plan review is commenced; no plan review fee shall be refunded after an initial plan review has been completed or the permit application has been approved for issuance. [Code 2006 § 7-1-6. Ord. 98-05, 3-24-1998; Ord. 2007-04, 4-24-2007; Ord. 2009-05, 5-12-2009; Ord. 2009-06, 5-12-2009; Ord. 2019-05 § 1, 9-24-2019; Res. 2019-18 Exh. A, 9-24-2019].