A. The schedule of fees and costs shall be those established and adopted by the Board of Supervisors from time to time by resolution or ordinance. Before a permit is issued, the applicant shall deposit with the Sierra County Planning and Building Department cash or a check, in a sufficient sum to cover the fee for issuance of the permit, charges for review of plans, specifications and reports, other engineering services, field investigations, necessary inspections or other work and routine laboratory tests of materials and compaction, and other consulting services as deemed necessary by the Planning Department and consistent with the latest fee structure for Planning and Building Department services adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

B. No fee shall be required of public agencies.

C. Public utilities may, at the option of the Planning Department, make payment for the charges in subsection (A) of this section as billed instead of by advance deposit as required in subsection (A) of this section.

D. If grading work is done in violation of this chapter or such work is not done in accordance with an approved permit, a fee covering the Planning Department’s investigation of any violation and inspection and plan checking of work required to correct such violation may be charged to the violator to cover all actual costs, as provided in SCC 12.08.690, and in addition to any penalty fees authorized by SCC 12.04.500 or other county ordinance.