Columbia Fee ordinance (§ 24-43)

(a) Application fee. An application for a permit hereunder shall be accompanied by an application fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).

(b) Public inconvenience fee. For public street, sidewalk or alley closures exceeding seven (7) calendar days, the following additional fees will be required:

Sidewalk/curb\or alley usage $0.20 per linear foot per day (unless the walkway is covered and remains

open to public use)

Parking lane usage $0.30 per linear foot per day (in addition to lost revenue for daily parking

fee due and owing to the parking utility)

Traffic lane usage $0.35 per linear foot per day per each lane of traffic

An estimate of the public inconvenience fee due shall be paid prior to issuance of the permit and any additional amounts due and owing in excess of the estimate shall be paid before a certificate of occupancy is issued. The applicant shall be entitled to a refund of any excess fees paid if the closure is less than the estimate paid at the time of permit issuance.

Seven (7) day closures for the same, or substantially similar, project area are allowed only once every six

(6) months to prevent multiple week-long closure requests without payment of a public inconvenience fee.

Public utilities and governmental entities are exempt from payment of the public inconvenience fee. Public utilities and governmental entities shall include, but not be limited to: any state or local government, school district, department, agency, special purpose district or other instrumentality of a federal, state or local government, any public utility regulated by the public service commission, or any cable television, broadband or telecommunications company with other authority to occupy and/or install facilities in the public right-of-way. Public infrastructure constructed, relocated or upgraded by a private contractor at the request of or on behalf of a governmental entity shall be exempt from the payment of the public infrastructure fee for any closure solely required for construction activities associated with the construction of such public infrastructure.