§ 8-20. Fees.

(a)

General provisions.

(1)

Fees as set forth in this section shall be paid to the city treasurer upon receipt of notice from the director.

(2)

Failure to pay such fee upon notice by the director that such fee is due shall be a violation of this chapter.

(3)

The director shall notify each operator of the amount due for any fee imposed under this chapter.

(4)

Upon receipt of notice that fees are due, the owner or the operator shall have 45 days to pay such fee to the city treasurer.

(5)

No fees shall be refunded for any reason.

(b)

Calculation.

(1)

Construction permits.

a.

The fee due shall be calculated by multiplying the amount of technical review hours necessary to review the permit application by an hourly rate of $50.00, but in no case shall exceed $10,000.00 for any one permit application.

b.

The director shall notify the applicant within 30 days from receipt of a complete permit application of the maximum amount of technical review hours that will be necessary to review such application and the maximum amount of such fee.

(2)

Operating permits.

a.

The fee shall be computed by the director using the fee schedule contained in subsection (c) of this section and the information contained in the emission inventory for the most recent complete reporting period. The fee shall be that reflected in the fee schedule for each air contaminant.

b.

Operating permits for temporary sources listed in the fee schedule: The fee due shall be the fee listed in the schedule for each location where the source or activity occurs.

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(c)

Fee schedules.

(1)

Annual operating permit schedule.

Pollutant	Inventoried Annual Emissions	Fee
CO, No x , SO 2 , VOC	Greater than or equal to 5 but less than 40 tons per year	$175.00 per year per installation
CO, No x , SO 2 , VOC	Greater than or equal to 40 tons per year	$2,000.00 per year per installation
PM10	Greater than or equal to 5 but less than 15 tons per year	$175.00 per year per installation
PM10	Greater than or equal to 15 tons per year	$2,000.00 per year per installation
Pb	Greater than or equal to 0.6 but less than 10 tons per year	$1,500.00 per year per installation
Pb	Greater than or equal to 10 tons per year	$2,000.00 per year per installation

 

(2)

Operating permit schedule by source category.

Open burning	$250.00 each application
Asbestos demolition or renovation	$175.00 each application
Incinerators rated greater than 500 lbs./hr.	$156.25 per year
Incinerators rated less than or equal to 500 lbs./hr.	$75.00 per year
Smoke school training	Not more than $150.00 per attendee per presentation

 

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 18.102; Ord. No. 56726, 8-2-84; Ord. No. 941434, § D, 11-10-94; Ord. No. 960782, § A, 8-8-96; Ord. No. 000656, § 3, 5-25-00)