§ 13.34. Permit fees.

(a) A fee shall be paid to the local agency by each person who submits an application for a permit to operate an underground storage tank or to renew, transfer or amend a permit. The city council of the City of Vernon shall establish the amount of the fees by resolution, at a level sufficient to pay the necessary and reasonable costs incurred in administering this article, including, but not limited to, permitting and inspection responsibilities. The city council may provide for the waiver of fees when a public agency makes an application for a permit to operate or an application to renew a permit.

(b) The initial permit may be renewed annually for a period not to exceed five years, upon payment of the renewal fee. A new application shall be submitted for each succeeding five year period.

(c) A temporary permit may be issued by the local agency to an applicant whose hazardous material storage facility does not conform to the requirements of this article on the effective date. The temporary permit shall allow up to one year for the applicant to comply with the requirements of this article. A temporary permit shall not be issued to a facility where unsafe storage of hazardous substances exists as determined by the local agency.

(d) There shall be added to and collected with the permit or other fee a penalty equal to ten percent of the fee for all fees that are delinquent for thirty days. For each additional month or fraction thereof in which the delinquency continues an additional ten percent penalty shall be collected. In no event shall the total penalty exceed sixty percent of the permit fee.

(e) No refund or rebate of a permit fee shall be allowed by reason of the fact that the permit is denied or the permittee discontinues the activity or use of a tank or facility prior to the expiration of the term or that the permit is suspended or revoked prior to the expiration of the term. (Ord. No. 944, § 3.)