§ 19-43. Fees.

(a)

The board of county commissioners hereby establishes reasonable application and permit fees to be charged by the engineering department for activities permitted hereunder.

(b)

The following fee schedule shall be applied to all construction or installation upon or within the public rights-of-way, except in the following instances:

(1)

Where the construction performed is for the benefit of a governmental or subgovernmental agency and applicable fees are specifically waived on an individual project-by-project basis by the director of engineering;

(2)

Where the permittee is under contract to deliver the constructed project over to a governmental agency upon completion of the project and the director of engineering has waived applicable fees for such project consistent with subsection (b)(1) of this section;

(3)

Where the right-of-way lies within the corporate boundaries of a municipality and the municipality charges a permit fee for inspection of the same construction or installation work; or

(4)

Where work is performed by a public or private utility as outlined in section 19-36.

(c)

The permit fees designated hereinafter shall be payable upon issuance of the construction permit in an amount determined by the engineering director pursuant to the following schedule. In the event a construction permit is denied, only the application fee shall be payable.

(d)

The engineering department shall charge and collect fees for the items at rates listed in the following schedules:

(1)

Application fee. A nonrefundable processing fee of $25.00 shall accompany all county public right-of-way use permit applications. If the permit application is approved, the application fee will be applied to the permit fees as detailed under subsection (d)(2) of this section.

(2)

Permit fees. Fees for construction, under permit issued by the engineering department, in road and street rights-of-way and easements in the unincorporated area of the county and in the rights-of-way, roads and streets located within municipalities that are maintained by the county are established as follows:

a.

For installation or repair of sanitary and storm sewers, waterlines, gas lines, and other underground utilities:

For 100 lineal feet or fewer	$30.00
For each additional 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof	6.25

 

b.

For French drains, consisting of catch basin and seepage trench or slab covered trench:

For the installation consisting of one or two catch basins, and seepage trench or soakage pit of lengths not to exceed 100 lineal feet	$30.00

 

c.

For construction or replacement of sidewalks, curb and gutter:

For 100 lineal feet or fewer	$25.00
For each additional 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof	6.25

 

d.

For construction of driveways:

For driveway width of 24 feet or fewer	$25.00
For commercial driveway width greater than 24 feet but less than 40 feet (each driveway)	Additional 15.00
For commercial driveway width greater than 40 feet (each driveway)	Additional 20.00

 

e.

For construction of street pavements:

1.

One-lane or two-lane pavements (width of pavement zero to 24 feet):

For 100 lineal feet or fewer	$50.00
For each additional 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof	10.00

 

2.

Three or more lanes of pavement (aggregate width greater than 24 feet):

For 100 lineal feet or fewer	$100.00
For each additional 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof	25.00

 

f.

For construction of curb separators:

For 100 lineal feet or fewer	$25.00
For each additional 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof	5.00

 

g.

For installation of permanent-type traffic barricades, guardrails and guide posts:

For each 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof	$12.50

 

h.

For construction of street or driveway culvert crossing of canals and drainage ditches (not controlled by DEP):

For each lineal foot pipe, per foot of pipe diameter or fraction thereof	$1.00

 

i.

A permit fee for a multiple-pipe culvert shall be determined by regarding the aggregate lengths as one continuous pipe.

(3)

Penalty fees.

a.

When work for which a permit is required is commenced prior to obtaining a permit, a penalty fee will be imposed. If the applicant can show that failure to apply for a permit is based on a good-faith belief that the construction is not affecting the county right-of-way, the penalty fee may be waived at the discretion of the engineering director; provided, however, that violators promptly apply for a permit and pay all applicable fees.

b.

The penalty fee shall be $250.00 plus double the original permit fee.

c.

The payment of such penalty fee shall not relieve any person, firm or corporation from fully complying with all of the requirements of all applicable regulations and codes, nor shall it relieve any person, firm or corporation from being subject to any of the penalties therein.

(Code 1979, § 16-27; Ord. No. 19-1983, § 12; Ord. No. 3-1985, § 15; Ord. No. 025-2010, §§ 9—13 ; Ord. No. 017-2015 , § 11)