§ 10-87. Fees.

The fee amount for encroachment permits, plan checking and inspection fees is set forth in the Butte County Master Fee Schedule.

a.

No encroachment permit shall be issued until the permit fee set forth in the Butte County Master Fee Schedule has been paid.

b.

Public Utility Companies:

1.

In addition to the encroachment permit fee set forth in the Butte County Master Fee Schedule, the permittee may be required to pay the actual County costs of providing inspection for and other work related to tree removal and the placement of underground facilities, including, but not limited to, water lines, sewers, telephone lines, power lines, gas lines, electrical transmission lines, communication lines, pipelines and cables that are placed within the right-of-way limits of the County roads. The cost of inspection and other related work shall be chargeable to the owner of the utility.

2.

When actual costs for inspection and other related work, including County costs to remove wood or other debris remaining after tree removal, are required to be paid, the permittee shall deposit a minimum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) with the Director of Public Works against which the County's actual cost will be charged.

3.

Upon completion of the work, if the County's cost is less than the amount of the deposit, the County shall either refund any amount remaining from the deposit after the County's cost has been deducted or apply the amount remaining to a future permit. If the County's cost exceeds the amount of the deposit, the permittee shall pay an additional amount to fully compensate the County for its cost.

4.

Public Agencies, special districts (as defined by Government Code Section 16271 (d)) providing public utility services, or any person doing business as a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of the State, may upon request and at the discretion of the Director of Public Works be invoiced (billed) for the above referenced fees and charges.

c.

If any portion of an encroachment has been made prior to issuance of a valid encroachment permit, the permit fee shall be two (2) times that established by the Butte County Master Fee Schedule, except as provided in Section 10-91.

d.

No notice of an appeal to the Board of Supervisors pursued under Section 10-94 of this chapter shall be accepted until an appeal fee in the amount set forth in the Butte County Master Fee Schedule has been paid to the Clerk of the Board.

e.

All such fees paid to the Director of Public Works shall be paid into the County Road fund. A receipt shall be given for each fee paid. The receipts shall be made in triplicate upon consecutively press numbered forms supplied by the County Auditor and a copy of each receipt issued or voided shall be delivered to the County Auditor at the time the funds represented thereby are deposited in the County treasury. No alterations or erasures shall be permitted and when an error is made, the receipt shall be voided by printing "void" across its face, and a new receipt issued. The other copies of the receipts shall remain attached to their binding and kept in the County Director of Public Works Department, subject to inspection at any time by the County Auditor.

(Ord. No. 3907, § 1, 3-1-2005; Ord. No. 4048, § 1, 8-14-12)