Appendix 4507. Basic inspection fee.

The CUPA shall charge and shall be paid an annual basic inspection fee to defray the costs to the County of inspecting unified program facilities on behalf of the CUPA during the year. Such fee is hereby imposed on each unified program facility that is subject to any form of inspection by the CUPA during such year except with respect to any facility that may be exempt in accordance with applicable law and except with respect to a facility that is subject to inspection only with respect to a permit to install, repair or modify an underground tank. The amount of the fee shall be calculated as follows:

Fee = 2.75A

where:

A = the EHS Ill contract hourly rate in effect as of the date the fee is due and payable.

The amount of the fee for a special hazardous waste producer as described in Section 4511(f) of Article 1 of this chapter shall be calculated as follows:

Fee =2.75A/3.

The person or persons who hold the pertinent permit or approval or who are owners or operators of such facility shall be jointly and severally liable to pay such fee. The fee shall be due when unified program facility is billed or request for payment is otherwise made by the CUPA. This basic inspection fee shall be in addition to any other inspection fees provided by law, including such fees provided in Articles 1.1 through 1.5, inclusive, of this chapter and any such fees imposed by participating agencies.

(Am. Ord. 4286—6/17/03; Am. Ord. 4269—6/18/02)