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<section heading="Sec. 8-28 Certificate of Use and Occupancy - Regulations">
  <regulation heading="COMCOR 08.28.01 Schedule of Fees Related to Use and Occupancy Certificates">
    <subsection heading="8.28.01.01 Use and Occupancy Certificate Fees">
      <paragraph indent="2">Use and Occupancy Certificate fees must be paid at time of application.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">1.   The fee for use and occupancy certificates for all buildings or portions of buildings, or uses is $75 plus $0.003 per square foot of area exceeding 5000 square feet.  Maximum fee is $750.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">2.   The use and occupancy certificate fee for lots or parcels without buildings/structures on them is $75.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">3.   The fee for a temporary use and occupancy certificate is $75.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="8.28.01.02 Information Request Fees">
      <paragraph indent="2">1.   Applications for public information will be charged a fee based on the cost of duplication and the labor cost of locating duplications and assembling the requested material.  Each application for public information must be accompanied by a minimum handling fee of $3.00 plus the cost of duplication as identified below.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">Labor costs will be assessed when more than 15 minutes of staff time is spent locating, duplicating, and assembling the requested material.  The staff time will be charged at $0.25 per minute ($15/hour).</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">2.   The fees must be paid before the material is released.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">3.   Cost of duplications:</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">a.   photocopy of file materials of letter and legal size documents - $0.10 per page.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">b.   photocopy of site plans/house location/wall checks - $1.00 per page.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">c.   microfiche/microfilm documents - $1.00 per frame.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">d.   computer file copies, related to Use and Occupancy - $5.00 per page.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="8.28.01.03 Effective Date">
      <paragraph indent="2">This Executive Regulation becomes effective 30 calendar days after the County Council’s approval or 90 calendar days after Council receipt of the Regulation if Council takes no action within 60 days of receipt.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
  </regulation>
</section>