Permit fees for grading, grubbing, and stockpiling work

(a) Before issuing a grading permit, the director of public works shall collect a permit fee for grading on the same site based on the volume of excavation or fill, whichever is greater, according to the following schedule: Volume of Material Permit Fee 0 — 100 cubic yards $5 101 — 1,000 cubic yards $5 for the first 100 cubic yards plus $2 for each additional 100 cubic yards or fraction thereof. 1,001 — 10,000 cubic yards $25 for the first 1,000 cubic yards plus $2 for each additional 1,000 cubic yards or fraction thereof. 10,001 cubic yards or more $41 for the first 10,000 cubic yards plus $2 per 1,000 cubic yards or fraction thereof. (b) Before issuing a grubbing permit, the director of public works shall collect a permit fee of $5 for grubbing in excess of one acre, plus $2 for each additional five acres or fraction thereof. (c) Before issuing a stockpiling permit the director of public works shall collect a permit fee of $5 for stockpiling in excess of the first five hundred cubic yards plus $2 for each additional one thousand cubic yards or fraction thereof. (d) Where work for which a permit is required by this chapter is started or proceeded prior to obtaining the permit, the fees specified shall be doubled, but the payment of such double fee shall not relieve any person from fully complying with the requirements of this chapter in the execution of the work nor from any other penalties prescribed herein. (e) When grading, grubbing, or stockpiling is performed by or on behalf of the County, State, or Federal government, the director of public works shall waive the collection of any permit fee required in subsections (a), (b), and (c) above. (f) All permit fees shall be deposited in the general fund.