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Project to install attached, detached, illuminated, and non-illuminated signs.
Fees and taxes required for sign permits
This fee must be paid as part of the sign permit process outlined in Chapter 15.148. The fee is discussed in 15.148.080, Fees.
Fees and taxes due in some circumstances on sign permits, including requirement details
Only charged if a California licensed contractor is the permit holder.
This fee is exclusively calculated and assessed by the Fire Department and varies based on the number of hours expended in Fire Plan Review. Plan review would only be necessary if it was known at submission that the proposed sign would interfere with an existing fire suppression system.
This fee is exclusively calculated and assessed by the Fire Department. Necessary only if the previous fee and circumstances apply.
Charged if the submitted plans include landscape sheets.
Hourly based on the number of hours spent reviewing the deferred plan set.
This fee is only charged when the scope of the Sign Permit application requires Development Engineering review and approval. Usually this would be due to the proposed sign location. If a sign will encroach into the public way Development Engineering should review the application. This fee is calculated by Public Works Staff in the Development Engineering section. The fee is a function of the number of plan review hours expended reviewing the project.
Charged anytime a permit for an electrical sign is requested. These funds recover electrical plan review costs.
Charged on an hourly bases for structural plan review (anchorage and footings) performed as part of a sign permit review.
Utilities approval is rarely necessary for sign permit applications, one potential situation which could require it would be encroachment into a utilities easement. This fee is only charged when the scope of the sign permit requires Utilities review. This fee is calculated by Utilities Development Services section Staff. The fee is a function of the number of plan review hours expended reviewing the project.
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