Listing of Non-Inflationary Changes and Fee Schedule Refinements
Fees Page
BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATION REVIEW AND INSPECTION FEES 1 BUILDING AND SAFETY FEES 2
CODE COMPLIANCE FEES (GARAGE SALE PERMIT, STREET VENDOR PERMIT, ETC.) 7 ENGINEERING AND ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FEES 8
FIRE PREVENTION FEES 8
PLANNING FEES 9
POLICE FEES 10
SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMIT FEES 11
City of Cathedral City
Master Schedule of User and Regulatory Fees
Table of Contents
City of Cathedral City
Fee Charge Basis Note CPI
8 Code Inspection for Business License, if Required $101 each Y Fee Description
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATION REVIEW
AND INSPECTION FEES
1 City of Cathedral City
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - BUILDING FEES Fee Charge Basis Note CPI
3 Residential Solar Photovoltaic System - Solar Permit
a) Residential Solar Photovoltaic System - Solar Permit - all inclusive up to 15kW - per kW
$450 per permit [a] N
7 EV Charger - Residential $147 per permit Y
8 EV Charger - Commercial See Table B. Permit Valuation Table
per permit Y
22 Block/Masonry Wall
a) 0 - 100 ft $336 Y
b) Each Add'l 25 ft $16 Y
23 Trash Enclosure $421 each Y
A. Fees for Commonly Requested Building Permit Types. Fees shown in this section (Section A.) include all applicable inspection, and plan review fees. Additional permit processing fees apply. Additional fees may apply for services provided by other City Departments (e.g. Planning Review), Technology Enhancement Fees, and Fees Collected on Behalf of Other Agencies (e.g. State of California).
Fee Description
[a] California Government Code Section 66015(a)(1), establishes maximum fees for residential solar energy systems. For photovoltaic systems, fees shall not exceed $450 plus $15 per kW for each kilowatt above 15kW. For thermal systems, fees shall not exceed $450, plus $15 per kWth for each kilowatt thermal above 10kWth. Fees in excess of these amounts require written findings and resolution or ordinance.
[b] California Government Code Section 66015(b)(1), establishes maximum fees for commercial solar energy systems. Fees shall not exceed $1,000 for systems up to 50kW plus $7 per kilowatt for each kilowatt between 51kW and 250kW, plus $5 for each kilowatt above 250kW. For thermal systems, fees shall not exceed $1,000 up to the 30kWth, plus $7 per kWth for each kWth between the 30th and 260th kWth, plus $5 for each kWth above 260kWth. Fees in excess of these amounts require written findings and resolution or ordinance. 2 City of Cathedral City
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - BUILDING FEES Fee Charge Basis Note CPI
1 Plan Check Fees
h) Standalone Plan Check $84 per half hour Y
G. Building Plan Review Fees
Activity Description
When applicable, plan check fees shall be paid at the time of application for a building permit.
The plan checking fee is in addition to the building permit fee [a] Includes up to three plan checks. The City will bill hourly for additional plan review required. [b] For identical buildings built by the same builder on the same lot or in the same tract and for which building permits are issued at the same time.
3 City of Cathedral City
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - BUILDING FEES Proposed Fee Note CPI
18 Compliance Inspection Fee $168 Y
19 Special / Other Inspection Fee $168 Y
20 Mobile Home Permit Fees See Title 25 of the Housing & Community Development
N
21 Permit Renewal Fee within 1 year of Issuance 50% of original fee N 22 Permit Renewal Fee over 1 year since Issuance 100% of original fee N 23 Refunds
a) Fees Erroneously Paid or Collected by the City 100% refund [c] N b) Fees Prior to Work Being Commenced up to 80% refund [d] N c) 180 Days After Payment of Fees no refund [e] N
[a] Fee only applies to permits for new construction and additions. [b] Reinspection fee applies after the first re-inspection. [c] The Building Official may authorize refunding of any fee paid, or portion thereof, which was erroneously paid or collected by the city. [d] No fees are refundable once the work covered by them is commenced. [e] Whether work has commenced or not, no fees are refundable more than 180 days after their payment.
H. Other Fees
Activity Description
4 City of Cathedral City
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - CODE COMPLIANCE FEES Fee Charge Basis Note CPI
3 Release of Notice of Pendency Fee
b) Each Additional Notice After the Initial Notice $150 per additional recorded document
Y
Fee Description
5 City of Cathedral City
Fee Charge Basis Note CPI
Grading / Project Improvements
7 Plan Review (First 3 Reviews):
o) Traffic Studies and Reports
i) Traffic Studies Scoping Agreement $474 per agreement Y q) Water Quality Mgmt. Plan (WQMP)
iii) WQMP Plan (per sheet) $189 per sheet Y
iv) WQMP Plan Revisions (per sheet) $95 per sheet Y
v) WQMP Covenant $568 per covenant Y
11 Encroachment Permits
l) Cut/Pot Hole $95 Y - See note
12 Research/Administrative
g) Misc Covenant Review & Approval $568 per agreement Y - See note h) Erosion Control Plan (per sheet) $189 per sheet Y - See note i) Geotechnical/Soils Reports $474 per report Y - See note k) Streetlight Application
i) SCE Streetlight Application Review $284 per application Y - See note ii) Streetlight Covenant $568 per agreement Y - See note 16 Pool Drain Permit $38 each Y
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - LAND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING AND
ENCROACHMENT FEES
3) For subsequent years, fee adjustments shall follow City's standard CPI adjustment.
Activity Description
Notes regarding annual fee adjustments:
1) For Fiscal Year 2023/24 fees shall be adjusted to recover 92.5% of cost of service. 2) For Fiscal Year 2024/25 fees shall be adjusted to recover 100% of cost of service. 6 City of Cathedral City
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - FIRE PREVENTION FEES Proposed Fee Charge Basis Note CPI
1 Water Based Fire Protection Systems (1)
b) Fire Sprinkler Commercial/Multi Family/Other - New System or Alteration
i) Plan Review (up to 50 heads) $339 per
review/correction
Y
ii) Inspection (up to 50 heads) $424 per installation Y c) Fire Sprinkler Commercial/Multi Family/Other - New System or Alteration
i) Plan Review (each additional 25 heads, or fraction thereof) $42 per review/correction
Y
ii) Inspection (each additional 25 heads, or fraction thereof) $170 per installation Y f) Standpipe
i) Plan Review $509 per system Y
ii) Inspection (per vertical standpipe) $339 per system Y 3 Alternative Automatic Extinguishing Systems (Dry, Wet, CO2, Halon, UL 300, Clean Agent, Spray Booth, Other) (2):
b) Inspection $170 per system Y
4 Other Fire Construction Reviews and Inspections (2):
a) LPG, Cryogenics, Compressed Gas, Medical Gas, Battery Storage Systems, Industrial Oven, & other Fire Construction Permit ii) Inspection
a) Battery Storage System $339 per system Y
b) Other Systems $170 per system Y
5 Hazardous Activities Installation/Removal Permits Above Ground - Hazardous Materials Tank and/or Pipe Installation or Removal (1 tank, Includes Class I to Class II and sudden asphyxiants)(4):
a) Plan Review $254 per system Y
b) Inspection $170 per system Y
6 Technical Report, Alternate Means & Methods
i) Plan Review $254 per submittal Y
ii) Inspection $170 per hour Y
7 Architectural - New Construction or Tenant Improvement Plan Check:
i) Plan Review $254 per project Y
ii) Inspection $170 per project Y
Permits to Operate (Type of Permit Activity)
8 Candles and Open Flames $170 Y
11 Dry Cleaning Plant $170 Y
14 Hazardous Materials Storage:
a) S1 occupancy, up to maximum quantities as permitted for S1 per code $339 Y b) F or H occupancy, up to maximum quantities as permitted per occupancy type per code
$339 Y
c) B or M occupancy, up to maximum quantities as permitted per occupancy type per code
$85 Y
Activity Description
7 City of Cathedral City
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - FIRE PREVENTION FEES Proposed Fee Charge Basis Note CPIActivity Description
d) Miscellaneous moderate risk storage not specified herein. $170 per hour Y 32 Fireworks Permit (Safe and Sane)
a) Fireworks Program Permit $2,749 per permit, fee set
by Ord. No. 723
N
b) Fireworks Safety Permit $342 set by Ord. No. 723 N
33 Christmas Tree Lot $170 Y
34 Pyrotechnics Display $395 Y
Other Miscellaneous Fees
37 Renewal of Expired Construction Permit $170 Y
(1) Fee includes up to two plan checks or three inspections. Additional costs to be recovered at staff hourly rate. (2) Fee includes up to two plan checks or two inspections. Additional costs to be recovered at staff hourly rate. (3) Actual costs - may also be charged by actual costs using the fully burdened hourly rates plus any outside consultant costs if applicable.
Review time exceeding initial hours assumed for establishing deposit is billed at hourly rate. (4) Fee includes plan check and up to two inspections. Additional costs to be recovered at staff hourly rate. (5) Each fee listed in this schedule is based on the estimated number of hours required to perform a standard service request.
The standard number of hours estimated can be calculated by dividing the fee amount by $170, the Division's fully-burdened hourly rate.
For example, a fee amount of $339 assumes roughly 2.00 hours will be required to perform a standard request for the fee related service.
Review and inspection efforts that exceed the standard number of hours used to calculate the fee by more than one hour will be billed hourly for any time spent in excess of the standard hours built into the fee. (6) Planning submittals for fire review and related correspondence, meetings, etc. may be charged for at hourly rate during the construction plan review. (7) Inspection outside normal work hours will require hourly fees in addition to other required fees.
Note: Items in red font are existing fees that were inadvertently excluded from prior fee schedule. 8 City of Cathedral City
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - PLANNING FEES Fixed Fee
Minimum Fee /
Initial Deposit Charge Basis Note CPI
- CHRISTMAS TREE LOT PERMIT:
5 Christmas Tree Lot Permit $348 flat fee Y
6 Christmas Tree Lot Deposit (Refundable) $109 flat fee Y DESIGN REVIEWS:
17 Design Review - Revision $4,520 minimum fee / initial deposit Y HISTORICAL PRESERVATION APPLICATION PERMIT:
22 Application to Obtain Historic Designation $100 flat fee N 23 Certification of Appropriateness $1,692 flat fee Y
24 Application to Remove or Downgrade Designation $2,619 flat fee Y PEDDLER PERMIT:
25 Peddler permit $308 flat fee Y
PLANS:
31 Zone Ordinance Amendment $9,245 minimum fee / initial deposit Y Activity Description
9 City of Cathedral City
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - POLICE FEES
Fee Charge Basis Note CPI
6 Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Verification (No Charge for Cathedral City Residents)
$15 per request Y
12 Carry Concealed Weapon License
a) Initial Application (Plus applicable DOJ fees) $200 per application N b) Renewal (Plus applicable DOJ fees) $25 per application [b] N c) Duplicate / Amended License (Plus applicable DOJ fees) $10 per request [b] N d) Psychological Testing, if Required (Plus applicable DOJ fees) $150 each [b] N 13 Loud Party Response / Noise Disturbance (Second and Each Add'l Response)
$143 per response Y
[b] Maximum fee allowed per California Penal Code Section 26190.
Fee Description
10 City of Cathedral City
NON-INFLATIONARY CHANGES AND REFINEMENTS - SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMIT FEES Fee Charge Basis Note CPI
2 Inspections
a) STVR - Health and Safety Inspection $85 each Y
b) STVR - Health and Safety Reinspection $85 each Y
Fee Description
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