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Section 106.3.4.2, an additional plan review fee shall be charged at the rate shown <br />in the fee schedule. <br />(d) Expiration of Plan Review: Applications for which no permit is issued within one <br />hundred eighty (180) days following the date of application shall expire by <br />limitation and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be <br />returned to the applicant or destroyed by the Building Official. The Building <br />Official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding <br />one hundred eighty (180) days upon request by the applicant showing that <br />circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from <br />being taken. No application shall be extended more than once. In order to renew <br />action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and <br />pay a new plan review fee. <br />(e) Investigation Fees: Work Without a Permit. <br />(1) Investigation. Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this <br />Code has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special <br />investigation may, in the sole discretion of the Building Official be made <br />before a permit maybe issued for such work. <br />(2) Fee. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected <br />whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation <br />fee shall be equal to the amount of the building permit fee required by this <br />code. The minimum investigation fee shall be the same as the minimum <br />fee set forth by the City Council. The payment of such investigation fee <br />shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of <br />this code or from any penalty prescribed bylaw. <br />(3) Penalty. Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this Article <br />has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, the Building <br />Official may impose a penalty for said action in an amount equal to three <br />(3) times the amount of the building permit fee as set forth in the <br />applicable fee schedule resolution adopted by the City Council. Payment <br />of any penalty imposed shall be a condition precedent to issuance of a <br />building permit. <br />(f) Fee Refunds. <br />(1) The Building Official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid <br />hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected. <br />(2) The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than eighty <br />percent (80%) of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a <br />permit issued in accordance with this Code. <br />3 <br />