This memo is intended to clarify the City of Redmond Building Department Refund Policy.
The Building Official may authorize the refunding of fees paid hereunder, which was erroneously paid or collected. The Building Official may authorize refunding of not more than 80% of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued by the City of Redmond Building Department. The Building Official may authorize retention of 100% of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled after the plan review has commenced. The Building 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 application or permit issuance.
All refund requests must be submitted on a division approved form with the required information provided by the requestor. Request forms with missing or incomplete information will not be processed and shall be returned to the requestor. All refund requests shall demonstrate that the fees were paid and collected erroneously. Refund requests for duplicate permits purchased by the contractor or property owner will not be approved. Requests for refunds due to contractors not being awarded the work, property owners or contractors deciding not to perform the work, or similar reasons will not be approved. Refunds may only be issued to the party who paid the fees, according to the payer information on record. Refunds shall not be credited to any other permit or permittee.
Refund approvals shall not exceed 80% of the fees paid. All refund requests will be subject to 20% of the fees paid.