Section 108 of the IEBC is amended as follows:

108.1 Payment of fees. A permit shall not be valid until the fees prescribed by law have been paid. Nor shall an amendment to a permit be released until the additional fee, if any, has been paid.

108.2 Schedule of permit fees. On buildings, structures, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required in accordance with the schedule established in the City permit fee resolution.

108.3 Building permit valuations. The applicant for a permit shall provide an estimated permit value at the time of application. Permit valuations shall include the total value of work, including materials, labor, normal site preparation, architectural and design fees, overhead and profit, for which the permit is being issued, such as gas, mechanical, plumbing equipment and permanent systems.

If in the opinion of the director, the valuation is underestimated on the application, the valuation shall be based on the valuation as determined using the most current Table 1-2, Square Foot Construction Costs contained in the City’s fee resolution unless the applicant can show detailed estimates to meet the approval of the building official. Final building permit valuation shall be set by the building official.

108.4 Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commences work on a building, structure, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to a fee established in the City’s permit fee resolution that shall be in addition to the required permit fees.

108.5 Related fees. The payment of a fee for the construction, alteration, removal, or demolition of work done in connection to or concurrently with the work authorized by a building permit shall not relieve the applicant or holder of the permit from the payment of other fees that are prescribed by law.

108.6 Refunds. The building official may authorize refunding 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 may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or cancelled before any plan reviewing is done.

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.