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subject to an investigation fee established by the Building and Safety Official that shall be in addition to the required permit fees The payment of the fee for the construction, alteration, removal or demolition for work done in connection to or concurrently with the work authorized by a building permit shall not relieve the applicant or holder of the permit from the payment of other fees that are prescribed by law B. Plan Review Fees. When submittal documents are required by Section 20 04 180, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the submittal documents for plan review 1 The building, energy, access, fire sprinkler, fire alarm, grading, on-site, electrical, mechanical and/or plumbing plan review fee shall be established by resolution 2 The plan review fees specified in this section are separate fees from the permit fees specified in Section 20 04 180 and are in addition to the permit fees 3 When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review or when the project involves deferred submittal items as defined in Section 20 04 190, one or more additional plan review fees shall be charged at the rate established by resolution C. Investigation Fees. Any person who commences any work on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to a special investigation fee established by resolution An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee established by resolution The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt an applicant from compliance with all other provisions of either this code or the technical codes nor from the penalty prescribed by law 20.04.320 Fee Refunds. The Building and Safety Official may authorize refunding of a fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected The Building and Safety Official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code The Building and Safety Official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any examination or inspection time has been expended The Building and Safety Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment 20.04.330 Inspections. Construction or work for which a permit is required shall be subject to inspection by the Building and Safety Official and the construction or work shall remain accessible and exposed for inspection purposes until approved In addition, certain types of construction shall have continuous inspection as specified in Section 20 04 380 Approval as a result of an inspection shall not be construed to be an approval of a violation of the provisions of this code, the technical codes or of other ordinances of the City of Pleasanton Inspections presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of