A. A New Section 9-10. “Permits Required” is added to read:

“It shall be unlawful for any installation, alteration, repair replacement or remodel of any electrical system or parts thereof regulated by this code except as permitted in Section 909-2(b) or to cause the same to be done without first obtaining a separate electrical permit for each separate building or structure.”

B. A New Section 90-11. “Fees” is added to read:

(a) Permit Fees. The fee for each permit shall be based on the fee schedule adopted by the City of Monte Sereno City Council.

(b) Plan Review Fees. When a plan or other data is required to be submitted for plan review a fee shall be paid to the City. The plan review fees specified in this subsection are separate fees from the permit fees. The plan review fees shall be based on the fee schedule adopted by the City of Monte Sereno City Council.

(c) Plan Review. Applications for which no permit is issued within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of application or after one hundred eighty (180) days of permit issuance shall expire by limitation and the plans and other data may be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the City of Monte Sereno. The City of Monte Sereno may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days upon the request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. No application shall be extended more than once. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit new plans and pay a new plan review fee or if a permit has been issued they shall submit a new permit application and pay new permit fees. The fees shall be one half of the original permit fees provided no changes have been made or will be made to the original plans and specifications for such work, and provided further that such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year.

(d) Investigation Fees: Work Without a Permit.

(1) Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this Code has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work.

(2) 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 that would be required. 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 New Section 90-12. “Expiration” is added to read:

(a) “Expiration.” Every permit issued shall become invalid unless the work on the site authorized by such permit is commenced within 180 days after its issuance, or if the work authorized on the site by such permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of 180 days after the time the work is commenced, or if the owner or his/her agent fails to request an inspection within 180 days from the previous inspection or permit issuance date and fails to demonstrate to the building official significant progress toward completion of the project.
(Ord. 156 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. 136 § 1 (part), 2002)