§ 7-17. Permits and fees.

(a)

The issuance of permits and the collection of fees shall be as authorized in M.S. § 16B.62, subd. 1. The fees to be paid to the city for building permits and inspections shall be as established in chapter 4 of this Code.

(b)

An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whenever any work for which a permit is required by this Code has been commenced without first obtaining said permit. The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee required by this Code. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this Code, nor from any penalty prescribed by law.

(c)

A re-inspection fee may be assessed for each re-inspection when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made. Re-inspection fees may be assessed when the inspection record card is not readily available, approved plans are not readily available, failure to provide access on the date for which inspection is requested, or for deviating from plans requiring the approval of the building official. The fee shall be as established in chapter 4 of this Code.

(d)

Fee refunds may be authorized by the building official of any fee paid hereunder 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 Code. The building official shall not authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.

(Ord. No. 23-B, § 4, 2-23-81; Ord. No. 167, §§ 2, 3, 4-27-92; Ord. No. 317, § 2, 4-23-01; Ord. No. 351, § 2, 11-24-03)