2.70.110 Fees—Production in installments.

(1)    Inspection. No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records. No fee shall be charged for locating public documents and making them available for copying.

(2)    Fees for Copying. A reasonable charge may be imposed for providing copies of public records and for the use by any person of available county equipment to copy public records, which charges shall not exceed the amount necessary to reimburse the county for its actual costs directly incident to such copying.

(a)    Charges for photocopies shall be imposed in accordance with the actual per-page cost or other costs established and published by county departments, offices, agencies, boards, bureaus, divisions or commissions. Except as expressly authorized by statute, in no event may a county agency charge a per-page cost greater than the actual per-page cost as established and published by the various county entities.

(b)    Requests of a significant nature and magnitude may be copied by a commercial vendor and will be subject to a deposit, based on the estimated cost, before copying.

(c)    To the extent the individual county agency has not established the actual per-page cost for photocopies of its public records, it may not charge in excess of fifteen cents ($0.15) per page, or as otherwise provided by state law.

(3)    The actual cost of postage, delivery charges, containers or envelopes used to mail the records to the requestor may be charged.

(4)    Any county agency may require a deposit in an amount not to exceed ten (10) percent of the estimated cost of providing copies for a request. If an agency makes a request available on a partial or installment basis, the agency may charge for each part of the request as it is provided. If an installment of a records request is not claimed or reviewed, the agency is not obligated to fulfill the balance of the request. (Sec. 11 of Ord. 2007-07-09)