SECTION:

314.01: Purpose and Findings
314.02: Other Fee References
314.03: Authority
314.04: Penalty
314.05: Fee Schedule
314.051: General Business Licenses and Fees
314.052: Administrative Fines
314.053: Building Permit & Plan Review Fees
314.054: Electrical Permits 

View the Fee Schedule as a pdf
 

314.01: PURPOSE AND FINDINGS

The City of Roseville annually adopts a Fee Schedule which establishes the fees and charges for service for the City’s regulatory functions. The presence of a fee schedule allows regulatory-type fees to be easily identified in one document, as opposed to being scattered throughout City Code. In addition, a fee schedule adopted on an annual basis provides the City Council the opportunity to review fees for services in a comprehensive manner.

314.02: OTHER FEE REFERENCES

By enacting this ordinance, all fee amounts previously established and contained herein are hereby amended as submitted.

314.03: AUTHORITY

The authority to enact the fees identified herein is established by City Code.

314.04: PENALTY

Failure to pay the fees identified herein is subject to penalties and interest as established by City Code.

314.05: FEE SCHEDULE

The 2011 Fee Schedule is as shown in 314.051 – 314.054

314.051: GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSES AND FEES

(b) In addition to the $525 base fee, a charge of 4% (increased from 3%) of the total improvement cost is also assessed.
(c) Calculation is made on 5% of the estimated fair market value of unimproved land, as determined by the Ramsey County Assessor’s office on the date of approval of the plat or subdivision.
(d) Street patching fee is $600 without a curb, and $1,200 with a curb. 

(Ord. 1421, 11-28-2011)

314.052:  Administrative Fines

(a) Beginning with the 4th call, the cost is $250 plus the costs related to the call up to $2,000.
(Ord. 1421, 11-28-2011)

314.053:  Building Permit & Plan Review Fees

City Code Sections; 307, 801, 802, 901, 1014

Building Permit Fee – Zoning and Inspections:

Permit fee to be based on job cost valuation.  The determination of value or valuation shall be made by the building official.  The value to be used in computing the building permit and building plan review fees shall be the total of all construction work for which the permit is issued, as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire-extinguishing systems and any other permanent equipment. 

Building Permit Fee – Engineering:

Demolition Permit Fee:

Electrical Permit Fee:

Set through yearly contract with Contract Electrical Inspector.

Fire Safety Inspection Fee:

An amount equal to eight percent (8%) of the amount determined by the Building Permit Fee (except for single-family dwellings) to be charged and used to defray the cost of fire safety inspections (Ord. 1237, 3-13-2000, eff. 5-1-2000)

Grading Plan Review Fee – Planning & Zoning:

Grading Plan Review Fee – Engineering:

Grading Permit Fee – Planning & Zoning:

Grading Permit Fee – Engineering:

Investigation Fee: Work without a Permit

Whenever any work for which a permit is required from the city has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work.  An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued.  The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee required by this code.  The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this code nor from any penalty prescribed by law. 

Manufactured Home Permit Fee:

Mechanical Permit Fee - Residential:

Mechanical Permit Fee - Commercial:

Moving Permit Fee:

Plumbing Permit Fee:

Plan Review Fee:

When a building permit is required and a plan is required to be submitted, a plan checking fee shall be paid.  Plan checking fees for all buildings, except for construction costs in R-1 and R-2 zones which do not involve new single family structures and are of less than seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00), shall be sixty five percent (65%) of the building permit fee as set forth in Section 901.06 of this chapter, except as modified in M.S.B.C. Section 1300. (Ord. 1110, 4-13-1992)

The plan review fees specified are separate fees from the permit fees and are in addition to the permit fees. 

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review or when the project involves deferred submittal items an additional plan review fee shall be charged. 

Expiration of plan review.  Applications for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of application shall expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the building official.  The building official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding 180 days on request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken.  No application shall be extended more than once.  In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee.

Refund Fee:

The building official may authorize refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.

The building official may authorize a refunding of permit fees paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code. 

The building official may authorize a refunding of plan review fees paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done.

The building official shall not authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment. 

Sewer Connection Permit Fee – Planning & Zoning:

Sewer Connection Permit Fee – Engineering:

Sign Permit Fee:

Utilize building permit fee schedule.  No plan review fee

Swimming Pool Permit Fee – Planning & Zoning:

Swimming Pool Permit Fee – Engineering:

Water Connection Permit Fee – Planning & Zoning:

Water Connection Permit Fee – Engineering:

Residential Land Use Permit Fee (Fences, Walls, Sheds, Driveways, Draintile System) – Planning & Zoning:

Miscellaneous Fees:

Community Development Department Permit and Miscellaneous Fees

*       Free/no charge on internet city home page and available for review at library and city hall

**     If multiple requests (such as a subdivision, a variance, and a conditional use permit) are part of one application, City charges only for most expensive permit application

***   Maps/data that are to be created as custom requests are to be charged at a time and materials rate. (GIS Coordinator hourly rate times 1.9 multiplier)

**** The amount listed under the PUD, CU, and Subdivision Escrow is the minimum amount required for the application.  A higher amount, as determined by the City, may be required for projects that will take a significant amount of time.

(Ord. 1387, 11-16-2009)

314.054:  Electrical Permits

Electrical Permit Fees

A.    Minimum fee for each separate inspection of an installation, replacement, alteration or repair is limited to one inspection only:                          

B.         Services, changes of service, temporary services, additions, alterations or repairs on either primary or secondary services shall be computed separately:

C.        Circuits, installation of additions, alterations, or repairs of each circuit or sub-feeder shall be computed separately, including circuits fed from sub-feeders and including the equipment served, except as provided for in (D) through (K):

D.        Maximum fee for single-family dwelling shall not exceed $150.00 if not over 200-ampere capacity. This includes service, feeders, circuits, fixtures and equipment. The maximum fee provides for not more than two rough-in inspections and the final inspection per dwelling.  Additional inspections are at the re-inspection rate.

E.         Maximum fee on an apartment building shall not exceed $70.00 per dwelling unit.  A two-unit dwelling (duplex) maximum fee per unit as per single-family dwelling.

F.       The fee for remote control/signal circuits is $0.75 per device.

G.       In addition to the above fees:

1)                A charge of $4.00 will be made for each street lighting standard.

2)                A charge of $7.00 will be made for each traffic signal standard. Circuits originating within the standard will not be used when computing fees.

H.        In addition to the above fees, all transformers and generators for light, heat and power shall be computed separately at $8.00 plus $.40 per KVA up to and including 100 KVA. 101 KVA and over at $.30 per KVA.  The maximum fee for any transformer or generator in this category is $80.00.

I.         In addition to the above fees, all transformers for signs and outline lighting shall be computed at $8.00.                                                   

J.       The fee for retro fit lighting is $0.65 per light fixture.

K.       In addition to the above fees, the inspection fee for each separate inspection of a swimming pool shall be computed at $35.00.  Reinforcing steel for swimming pools requires a rough-in inspection.

L.       For the review of plans and specifications of proposed installations, there shall be a minimum fee of $150.00 up to and including $30,000 of electrical estimate, plus 1/10 of 1% on any amount in excess of $30,000 to be paid by permit applicant.

M.      When re-inspection is necessary to determine whether unsafe conditions have been corrected and such conditions are not subject to an appeal pending before any Court, a re-inspection fee of $35.00 may be assessed in writing by the Inspector.

N.       For inspections not covered herein, or for requested special inspections or services, the fee shall be established separately.

O.      For inspection of transient projects, including but not limited to, carnivals and circuses, the inspection fees shall be computed as follows:

         Power supply units according to Item “B” of fee schedule. A like fee will be required on power supply units at each engagement during the season, except that a fee of $35.00 per hour will be charged for additional time spent by the Inspector if the power supply is not ready for inspections as required by law.

         Rides, Devises or Concessions: Shall be inspected at their first appearance of the season and the inspection fee shall be $35.00 per unit.

P.         The fee is doubled if the work starts before the permit is issued.

(Ord.1431, 11-19-2012)