15.42.080 Administration.
A. Director. The public works director or a designee shall administer this chapter and shall be referred to as the director. The director shall have the authority to develop and implement administrative procedures to administer and enforce this chapter.
B. Review and Approval. The director may approve, conditionally approve or deny an application for activities regulated by this chapter.
C. Permit Fees. A permit fee is charged for each site based on the following scale:
1. Level One Permit. Containing more than 300 square feet and less than or equal to 1,000 square feet of new or replaced impervious surface or containing more than 500 square feet and less than or equal to 5,000 square feet or clearing or grading. The level one permit fee is $102.00 per site.
2. Level Two Permit. Containing more than 1,000 square feet and less than or equal to 5,000 square feet of new or replaced impervious surface or containing more than 5,000 square feet and less than or equal to 30,000 square feet or clearing or grading. The level two permit fee is $225.00 per site.
3. Level Three Permit. Containing more than 5,000 square feet and less than or equal to one acre of new or replaced impervious surface or containing more than 30,000 square feet of clearing or grading. The level three permit is $1,335 per site.
4. Level Four Permit. Containing more than one acre of impervious surface. The level four permit is $2,341 per acre of impervious surface or portion thereof.
Unless otherwise abrogated by the city council, beginning January 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, the surface and storm water permit fees shall continue with an annual adjustment January 1st each year by an inflationary factor tied to the June to June All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton index. The inflationary factor shall be calculated, and charges shall be adjusted by the finance director in September of each year.
The permit fee shall not be less than $102.00 for any single phase of a project. Multiple permits required for phased projects shall consider the thresholds for each individual phase. Moneys received for this fee shall be deposited into the surface and storm water utility fund. [Ord. 2020-11-031 § 2; Ord. 2005-06-050; Ord. 10633, 1995].