Getting a refund for a permit fee

(a) The director of finance is authorized to grant the refund of permit fees according to and in compliance with the following provisions in any case not covered specifically by any other law or ordinance: (1)Any person who has paid a fee established by the County for the issuance of any permit shall be entitled to a refund of that fee, provided that the person first submits a written request to the head of the issuing department or agency identifying the issue date, amount, and nature of the permit and the request is received by the head of the issuing department or agency within ninety days from the issue date of the permit. (2) The issuing department or agency shall record the date of receipt thereupon, and shall confirm or deny the information contained in the request pertaining to the issue date, amount and type of permit. If the applicant is entitled to a refund after the verification of the information contained in the request, and the request was received within ninety days from the issue date of the permit, the issuing department or agency shall prepare a request for payment and forward it to the director of finance for processing. (3) If the director of finance is satisfied that the request was received within the ninety day time limit specified in subsection (a)(1), the director of finance shall refund to the applicant the applicant’s permit fee less the greater of the amount of ten percent of the fee or $50. (b) No refund shall be granted for any fee of $50 or less. (c) Notwithstanding the ninety day time limitation for requests and the amount of refund, the director of finance may refund the full amount of a permit that was inadvertently issued in duplicate. (d) The director of finance may refund the full amount of any monies paid as security deposits, bid bonds and performance bonds after all stipulations of a contract have been completed.