COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEES



NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Skamania County Board of Commissioners that the Skamania County Community Development Department shall charge the following non-refundable fees for applications and requested Planning Division and Environmental Health Division information/documentation:

 

PLANNING DIVISION FEES

APPLICATION OR ACTIVITY

FEE

Administrative Decision Appeal: Non-NSA

(If a settlement is reached prior to appeal hearing notification, then 50% of the fee is refundable)

$1,300.00

After-the-fact Application (applications which are received after a development or land use has occurred)

$500.00 (or 3 times the specific application fee, whichever is greater)

Administrative Decision Re-Review due to applicant’s project changes prior to a decision being issued (each re-review)

½ original application fee

Administrative Review Use

$400.00

Certificate of Exemption Title 17 (includes boundary line adjustments)

$250.00

Clearing and Grading Permit

$300.00 if project does not require any other Planning Division applications. If there is another application then no additional clearing and grading application fee will be charged.

Comprehensive Plan Amendment

$1,850.00

Conditional Use Permit

$900.00

Critical Area Variance (Administrative)

$700.00

Critical Area Variance (Hearing Examiner Public Hearing required)

$950.00

Forest Practice Application (FPA) Moratorium Lift or Wave

$600.00

National Scenic Area Admin. Decision Appeal (if a settlement is reached prior to appeal hearing notification, then 50% of the fee is refundable)

$1,300.00

 

National Scenic Area Land Use Application – Level 1

$900.00

National Scenic Area Land Use Application – Level 2

$1,600.00

National Scenic Area Letter Amendment (each amendment)

$300.00

Petition for Zoning Map Amendment (Rezone)

$1,850.00

Public Hearing Re-Notice due to applicant’s changes to a project (each re-notice)

$300.00

State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Review

$400.00

SEPA Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Review*

$1,000.00 minimum fee with submittal*

Shoreline Conditional Use, Shoreline Variance and/or Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (If any or all applications are submitted, then there is only one fee charged for a shoreline project)

$1,000.00

Short Plat Application (new or amended)

$900.00

Short Plat drawing Re-Review due to applicant’s changes after an administrative decision was issued and prior to recording mylar (each re-review)

 

$450.00

Short Plat drawing or administrative decision re-review w/o project change – used if failure to complete conditions or reports after first re-review (each re-review)

$100.00

Short Plat Vacation Application

$700.00

Site Analysis Level I Permit Clearance (no specific proposed project)

$150.00 minimum application fee for up to four hours of review time. Additional review time after four hours, if needed, will be billed at a rate of $35.00 per hour.

Site Analysis Level II Permit Clearance (specific proposed project)

$350.00 minimum application fee for up to four hours of review time and one site visit (if needed). Additional review time after four hours, if needed, will be billed at a rate of $35.00 per hour.

Subdivision Application (Preliminary Plat Review)

$1,400.00

Subdivision Preliminary Plat Amendment (prior to Final Plat recording)

$700.00

Subdivision Final Plat Review

$700.00

Subdivision drawing or decision re-review w/o project change – used if failure to complete conditions or reports after first re-review (each re-review)

$100.00

Subdivision Amendment or Alteration (after Final Plat recorded)

$1,400.00

Subdivision Vacation Application

$700.00

Temporary Dwelling (joint planning and environmental health application)

$350.00

Variance (Title 21)

$900.00

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION FEES

GENERAL SERVICES
FEE

Administrative EH Decision Appeal

$850.00

LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (short plat or subdivision review includes septic and water)

FEE

Land Division Septic Evaluation (includes soil/site evaluation, existing on-site system review, mylar review, signing mylar) – connected to city water or existing Group A water system – no new water source

$1,650.00 for up to 4 lots, for each additional lot add $150.00

Land Division Water Availability Review (includes new or existing individual well(s), shared well(s), or new or existing Group B Water Systems. This fee is added to septic land division approval fee if the proposed development is not connecting to city water or an existing Group A Water System.

 

 

 

$1,200.00 for one land division application

FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS

TEMPORARY FOOD ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE

FEE

Temporary Food Events of 1-21 Consecutive Days (single site location) Food Permit – permit is only valid for one temporary event

$150.00

Temporary Food Events of 1-21 Consecutive Days (single site location) Food Permit – permit is only valid for one temporary event CONDUCTED BY A VALID SKAMANIA COUNTY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

$75.00

Late Submittal Fee (If application is NOT submitted 14 calendar days prior to the temporary event)

$450.00

FOOD ESTABLISHMENT ANNUAL LICENSE FEE

FEE

Restaurants

See below

Grocery/Convenience Store

See below

Bed & Breakfast, Rustic Cabin Resort, Camping Cabin Facilities, etc. (only one meal provided to overnight guests per day, otherwise must meet Restaurant Food Establishment criteria and pay corresponding fee)

$300.00

Community Kitchen

$300.00

Food Bank

$50.00

Espresso Stand (does not include indoor/outdoor seating. If seating then see restaurant for required annual license fee

$300.00

Summer Camp Kitchens (seasonal and only open to campers)

$300.00

Caterer (not conducted by restaurant)

$400.00

Caterer (conducted off site by established restaurant)

See restaurant fees below

School Cafeteria - (Public & Private) - includes student stores

$350.00

Satellite School Cafeterias (Public & Private)

$300.00

Head Start Facility

$300.00

RESTAURANT ANNUAL LICENSE FEE

FEE

Caterer (conducted off site by established restaurant) add to restaurant annual license fee

$175.00

Restaurants with indoor and/or outdoor seating:

 

Seating (0 to 50)

$350.00

Seating (51 to 100)

$500.00

Seating (101 to 150)

$650.00

Seating (more than 150 seats)

$775.00

GROCERY/CONVENIENCE STORE ANNUAL LICENSE FEE

FEE

BASE ANNUAL LICENSE FEE

$500.00

Add: for In-store MEAT MARKET

$150.00

Add: for In-store BAKERY

$150.00

Add: for In-store DELI

$200.00

EXAMPLE: Total Grocery PERMIT, If Grocery has all three = (Base + Meat + Bakery + Deli) = (500+150+150+200) =$1,000

 

 

ANNUAL ITINERANT – LICENSE AND PLAN REVIEW FEE

FEE

One year – mobile vendors with or without vehicle units, but does not include caterers

$300.00

One year – mobile vendors with or without vehicle units, but does not include caterers, CONDUCTED BY A VALID SKAMANIA COUNTY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

$150.00

FOLLOW-UP INSPECTIONS FOR FOOD

ESTABLISHMENTS

FEE

Mandatory Follow-up Inspection after failed routine inspection (each follow-up inspection)

$150.00

Probation Inspection (Included a total of 4 inspections within 120 days)

$400.00

FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PLAN REVIEW

FEE

Plan Review: new construction

$600.00

Plan Review: new catering service

$300.00

Plan Review: kitchen re-model

$400.00

Change of Ownership: with prior notification

$200.00

Change of Ownership: without prior notification

$400.00

SCHOOLS

FEE

Plan Review for School - New Construction

$900.00

Plan Review for School - Portable

$600.00

Plan Review for School - Remodel (pre-existing building)

$800.00

Safety Inspection for Schools (other than routine food inspections)

$300.00

FOOD WORKER CARD

FEE

New Card

$10.00

Card Replacement

$10.00

ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEMS (OSS)

SITE EVALUATION APPLICATION

FEE

Soil/Site Evaluation

$600.00

Concurrency Review of Designer’s Soil/Site Evaluation

$600.00

Winter Evaluation (weekly site visits for a three month period to determine drainage patterns)

$1,100.00

DESIGN PLAN REVIEW AND PERMIT

FEE

Systems < 1,000 gallons per day (gpd)

$850.00

Systems >= 1,000 gallons per day (gpd) but not exceeding 3,500 gpd

$1,650.00

OSS REPAIR PERMITS

FEE

Systems < 1,000 gallons per day (gpd)

$850.00

Systems >= 1,000 gallons per day (gpd) but not exceeding 3,500 gpd

$1,200.00

EXPANSION / REPLACEMENT PERMITS

FEE

Systems < 1,000 gallons per day (gpd)

$850.00

Systems >= 1,000 gallons per day (gpd) but not exceeding 3,500 gpd

$1,200.00

EXISTING OSS SYSTEM EVALUATION REPORT

FEE

Systems < 1,000 gallons per day (gpd)

$300.00

Systems >= 1,000 gallons per day (gpd) but not exceeding 3,500 gpd

$650.00

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE/TESTING FEE SCHEDULE

FEE

Installer/Pumper/Inspector Annual License Fee

$150.00 each

Installer/Pumper/Inspector Test - (includes self-installer)

$100.00 each

Retest within 60 days

 

 

$75.00

MISCELLANEOUS

FEE

Design (all system types) re-review (after first re-review) if corrections not completed and design cannot be approved as submitted (each re-review)

$100.00

Vault Toilet

$375.00

Septic Tank Abandonment Verification

$375.00

Re-inspection - Red Tag

$250.00 each

Follow-up inspections (not including red tag re-inspections)

$100.00 each

Waiver (required for permit release)

$150.00

Septage/Biosolids Tippage fee per gallon

$0.045

WATER PROGRAMS

INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS (Water Adequacy Verification (WAV) is an evaluation of the adequacy of the proposed drinking water for a home or building on an individual well, approved shared well or existing spring to allow a building permit to be obtained.)

FEE

WAV Application and Review; includes bacteriological, nitrate and arsenic sample collected by staff. Applicant to provide pump test results.

$550.00

WAV Application and Review (self sample) Applicant to collect water samples for testing and to provide pump test results.

$500.00

Follow-up Inspections (individual and shared well systems)

$100.00 each

GROUP B PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS

FEE

Application Plan Review (includes 2-14 connections for Residential, Non-residential and Commercial)

$900.00

Follow Up Inspections (Group B water systems)

$100.00 each

POOL & SPA PERMITS & ANNUAL LICENSES

FEE

Pool/Spa Design Application - Plan Review

$900.00

“Year-Round” Pool or Spa Annual License

$600.00

“Seasonal” Pool or Spa Annual License

$400.00

Each additional Pool or Spa (add to Annual License Fee)

$150.00

Follow-up Inspections (pools and spas)

$100.00 each

WATER SAMPLE TESTING

FEE

Bacteriological (shipping and testing)

$30.00

Nitrate (shipping and testing)

$40.00

Arsenic (shipping and testing)

$40.00

Fecal – Total (shipping and testing)

$60.00

SOLID WASTE PROGRAM

INTERIM SOLID WASTE HANDLING (Includes Drop Box, Source Separation/ Recycling and Composting Facilities)

FEE

Annual License Fee

$750.00

Application Plan Review Fee

$950.00

TRANSFER STATIONS

FEE

Annual License Fee

$1,400.00

Application Plan Review Fee

$1,800.00

*Actual cost will be calculated at the rate of salary and benefits for the employee performing the work, plus all publication costs. The applicant will be sent an itemized bill each month. If a bill is not paid or payment is returned as Non Sufficient Funds (NSF), then all review on the EIS will stop until the valid payment has been received.

 

COPIES OF REQUESTED PLANNING DIVISION AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION INFORMATION

FEE

8 ½ x 11, 8 ½ x 14 or 11 x 17 black & white copies

.15 ea

8 ½ x 11 (copies from colored printer)

$1.00 ea

Oversized copies (larger than 11 x 17) – black & white

$1.00 per foot of length with a minimum of one foot and measured in one foot intervals

Oversized copies (larger than 8 ½ x 11) – color

$2.50 per foot of length with a minimum of one foot and measured in one foot intervals

Copy of recorded meeting - Cassette Tape

$10.00 ea

Copy of recorded meeting – Compact Disc

$5.00 ea

Electronic Documents on Compact Disc

$5.00 ea

Electronic Documents and/or data on DVD

$10.00 ea

Publications:

Clearing and Grading Ordinance (Title 24)

Comprehensive Plan 2007

Comprehensive Plan Carson 1994

Comprehensive Plan Swift 2007

Comprehensive Plan Westend 2007

Critical Areas Ordinance (Title 21A)

Forest Practices Moratorium Ord. (Title 23)

Mobile Home/RV Park Ordinance (Title 18)

National Scenic Area Ordinance (Title 22)

SEPA Ordinance (Title 16)

Shoreline Ordinance (Title 20) and Shoreline

Master Program

Short Plat Ordinance (Title 17 portion)

Subdivision Ordinance (Title 17 portion)

Zoning Ordinance (Title 21)

West End Water Study

Stabler Water Study (with appendices)

Stabler Water Study (without appendices)

Aquatic Vegetation Management Plan

 

$1.00

$7.00

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$7.00

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$5.00

$4.00

$4.00

$15.00

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$8.00

 

$5.00

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$9.00

$55.00

$25.00

$45.00

Shipping & handling charge to mail publications or copies of recorded meetings

 

$5.00