File #: 15-0889    Version: 1 Name: Amendment to the Cook County Building Code Ordinance regarding fee collection
Type: Ordinance Amendment Status: Approved
File created: 12/23/2014 In control: Zoning and Building Committee
On agenda: 3/11/2015 Final action: 4/1/2015
Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT COOK COUNTY BUILDING CODE AMENDMENTS-ADOPTING ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that SECTION 102-105.6, CHAPTER 32, sec 32-1 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: 102-105.6 FEES a. Fees required for permits, certificates, and inspections of buildings and structures shall be as set forth in Chapter 32, sec. 32-1, or as established by separate resolution ordinance of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. All fees shall be collected by the Building Commissioner for deposit with the County Treasurer. Fees established by the Cook County Board of Commissioners for permits, certificates, and inspections shall constitute a debt to Cook County upon issuance of an invoice, and such debt shall be collectible as provided by law, unless, within 30 days of such an invoice, the applicant shall inform the Building Commissioner in writing that he or she does not intend to go forward with the project fo...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), PETER N. SILVESTRI, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
 
COOK COUNTY BUILDING CODE AMENDMENTS-ADOPTING ORDINANCE
 
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that SECTION 102-105.6, CHAPTER 32, sec 32-1 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
 
102-105.6 FEES
 
a. Fees required for permits, certificates, and inspections of buildings and structures shall be as set forth in Chapter 32, sec. 32-1, or as established by separate resolution ordinance of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. All fees shall be collected by the Building Commissioner for deposit with the County Treasurer.  Fees established by the Cook County Board of Commissioners for permits, certificates, and inspections shall constitute a debt to Cook County upon issuance of an invoice, and such debt shall be collectible as provided by law, unless, within 30 days of such an invoice, the applicant shall inform the Building Commissioner in writing that he or she does not intend to go forward with the project for which the permit, certificate, or inspection fees were incurred.  Further, no application fee for a permit, certificate, or inspection shall be refunded under any circumstances.
 
b. The Cook County Building and Zoning Commissioner be, and is hereby authorized, empowered and directed upon request to collect a fee of an amount per page for each copy the Department's Building and Zoning records, such fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 32, sec. 32-1, or as established by ordinance of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
 
 
      
Effective date:  This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption
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