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(1) The City shall charge, and a permittee shall pay upon issuance of a permit, fees for costs associated with the work performed under the permit as provided in the Consolidated Fee Schedule adopted by the Municipal Council. Permit fees may include costs for reviewing the project and issuing the permit, inspections of the project, deterioration of the public way or diminution of the useful life of the public way, and other costs to the City associated with the work to be done under the permit. All costs shall be assessed in a nondiscriminatory manner.

(2) The City Engineer may waive permit fees or penalties or portion thereof provided for in this Chapter, when the City Engineer determines that such permit fee or penalty:

(a) Pertains to construction or rehabilitation of housing for persons whose income is below the median income level for the City; or

(b) Pertains to an encroachment on the public way involving a beautification project which furthers specific goals and objectives set forth in the City’s strategic plan, master plans, or other official documents, including decorative street lighting, building facade lighting, flower and planter boxes, and landscaping; or

(c) Will be paid by a City department, agency, or affiliated entity.

(3) Additional charges to cover the reasonable cost and expenses of any required engineering review, inspection, and work site restoration associated with each undertaking may be charged by the City to each permittee, in addition to the permit fee.

(4) The fees paid pursuant to this Chapter shall be set aside and dedicated to repaving, rehabilitating and otherwise improving City streets, easements, roads, rights-of-way, and telecommunications facilities, including providing funding to retain or otherwise employ a rights-of-way manager.

(5) The City Engineer shall charge construction permit fees as shown on the Consolidated Fee Schedule adopted by the Municipal Council.

(a) If work is done without a permit, a stop order may be given and a fee will be assessed, which is four (4) times the total permit fee as per the Consolidated Fee Schedule as adopted by the Municipal Council.

(b) A Provo City approved flowable fill shall be required on all streets with trench widths of thirty (30) inches or less.

(Rep&ReEn 1999-34, Rep&ReEn 2000-12, Am 2006-15, Am 2006-50, Am 2014-32)