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renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee. 304.A.5 Investigation Fees: Work without a Permit. 304A.5.1 Investigation. Whenever work for which a permit is required by this code has been commenced without first obtaining a permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work. 304A.5.2 Fee. 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 required by the Fees and Charges Table of the Pleasanton Municipal Code. 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. 304.A.6 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80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any examination or inspection time has been expended.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. SECTION 305A -INSPECTIONS 305A.1 General. 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 by the Building and Safety Official. In addition, certain types of construction shall have continuous inspection as specified in Section 306A. 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 this code, the technical codes or of other ordinances of the City of Pleasanton shall not be valid. It shall be the duty of the permit applicant to cause the work to remain accessible and exposed for inspection purposes. Neither the Building and Safety Official nor the City of Pleasanton shall be liable for expense entailed in the removal or replacement of any material required to allow inspection. 28