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ECDC 19.70.015.pdfEdmonds Community Development Code Chapter 19.70 FEES Sections: 19.70.000 Scope. 19.70.005 Payment of fees. 19.70.010 Schedule of permit fees. 19.70.015 Establishing building construction valuation. 19.70.020 Work commencing before permit issuance. 19.70.025 Refunds. 19.70.000 Scope. Fees associated with ECDC Title 19 includ- ing plan review, permit, inspection and related development or mitigation fees are established by this chapter and as set forth in ECDC 15.00.020. Fees may be altered pursuant to city Resolution 997. [Ord. 3502 § 2, 2004]. 19.70.005 Payment of fees. A permit shall not be considered valid until the fees prescribed by law have been paid, nor shall an amendment to a permit be released 19.70.015 mit fee as calculated pursuant to ECDC 19.70.015. B. Permit Fee. Before issuing a building permit and releasing approved plans, the build- ing official shall collect the full building per- mit fees including supplemental required permit fees, inspection fees and any additional pian review fee or violation compliance fee, development fee or mitigation fee outstanding at the time of permit issuance. Building con- struction valuation shall be determined by ECDC 19.70.015. C. Inspection Fee_ Inspection and reinspec- tion fees shall be paid prior to any inspection by city staff. Inspection fees are established and set forth in this chapter. D. Related Development or Mitigation Fees. The payment of the fee for construction, alteration, removal or demolition done in con- nection, or concurrently with, the work autho- rized by a building permit shall not relieve the applicant or holder of the permit from the pay- ment of other fees that are prescribed by law. Fees for other permits or related development fees shall be as set forth in ECDC 15.00.020. until the additional fee, A any, has been paid. [Ord. 3502 § 2, 20041. Before issuance of any permit authorized by this code, the building official shall collect all applicable permit fees. Separate permits and fees shall apply as indicated elsewhere in this code and shall be collected prior to permit issu- ance. [Ord. 3502 § 2, 20041, 19.70.010 Schedule of permit fees. For buildings, structures, grading, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems or alter- ations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with this chapter and ECDC 15.00.020. Fee sched- ules are on file in the city clerk's office. A. Plan Review Fee. Before accepting a set of plans and specifications for plan review, the building official shall collect the full plan review fee. Plan review fees shall be in addi- tion to, and a percentage of, the required per - 19.70.015 Establishing building construction valuation. The applicant for a permit shall provide an estimated building construction valuation at time of application. Building construction val- uation for the purpose of calculating permit fees shall include total value of work including fair -market labor and materials with equip- ment needed to complete the work, including but not limited to all construction work for which the permit is issued, as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire extin- guishing systems and any other permanent equipment. If, in the opinion of the building official, the building construction valuation is underestimated on the application, the build- ing official shall assign a building construction valuation. Permit valuation for new construc- tion shall be based on square footage building 19-43 (Revised 8/04) ]9.70.020 construction valuation as established by the building official. {Ord. 3502 § 2, 2004]. 19.70.020 Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commences any work reg- ulated by this title including work on a build- ing, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to a violation compliance fee established by the building official pursuant to the city's fee schedule adopted by resolution that shall be in addition to the required permit fees. The violation compliance fee shall be col- lected whether or not a permit is then or subse- quently issued. The payment of such violation compliance fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this code nor from any penalty prescribed by law. Violation compliance fees are set forth in this chapter. [Ord. 3502 § 2, 20041. 19.70.025 Refunds. The building official may authorize refund- ing of any fee paid hereunder which was erro- neously 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 accor- dance with this code. The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 per- cent of the plan review fee paid when an appli- cation for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done. The building offi- cial shall not authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written application filed by the original permittee no later than 180 days after the date of fee payment. [Ord. 3502 § 2, 2004]_ (Revised 8/04) 19-44 Chapter 19.75 STREET NAMES AND ADDRESS NUMBERING Sections: 19.75.000 Adoption of street name map and criteria. 19.75.005 Adoption of property and building numbering system and criteria. 19.75.010 Other street names and premises numbers prohibited. 19.75.000 Adoption of street name map and criteria. A. There is hereby established a uniform system of designating street names/numbers in the city of Edmonds. The street names/num- bers are those depicted on that map entitled, "official street map," a copy of which has been authenticated by the mayor of the city and the attestation of the city clerk_ The map and all explanatory matter on the map is re -adapted and affirmed and by this reference is incorpo- rated herein as if set forth in full. Official street name/number designations are the responsibil- ity of the city engineer. B. Pursuant to ECDC 18.50.030, any change to the name or number of any street on the official street map shall be by action of the city council approving an ordinance changing the official street map. C. The city engineer shall maintain and update the official street map and shall desig- nate/approve public and private street names/numbers in accordance with this chap- ter. All approved street names/numbers shall be forwarded to the United States Postal Ser- vice (USPS), public and private utilities, law enforcement agencies, emergency services providers, and other persons of new or cor- rected street names/numbers. The city engi- neer shall develop policies and guidelines for street names and numbers in accordance with the following guidelines: