(A) Permit fees. Fees for permits shall be based on the total estimated cost of the proposed work, including all subcontracts if any, but in no case shall the total estimated cost be less than the market value of similar completed work in the city as determined by the appropriate inspector or inspectors. Permit fees shall be as established by the Council and filed in the office of the Building Inspector.
(B) Inspection fees. Building permit fees for the construction, alteration, or addition of buildings shall be based upon the total cost of the general construction, alteration, or addition. The term "total cost of construction" shall mean the greater amount of a bona fide bid price, duly authenticated, of the general construction, alteration, or addition or a sum equal to the product of the number of square feet of the general construction, alteration, or addition multiplied by $25. Building permit fees shall be as stated below.
(1) All construction except as referred to in divisions (2), (3), and (4) below.
Total Construction Cost | Fees |
First $10,000.00
| Minimum $10.00
|
$10,001.00 - 200,000.00
| $1.00 per thousand
|
$200,001.00 and above
| $.50 per thousand
|
Maximum permit
| $10,000.00
|
(2) Piers, bulkhead and waterway structures.
(a) Permit fees shall be $1.00 per $1,000.00 of construc-tion, alteration, or additional cost or fraction thereof over $1,000.00 with a minimum fee of $10.00.
(b) No permit fee shall be charged for any construc- tion, alteration, or addition the cost of which is $50.00 or less.
(3) Mechanical permit. In addition to the fees charged above, a fee for heating installation and for air condition installation shall be charged as follows:
Heating $ .80 per square feet of area to be heated
Air Conditioning .50 per square feet of area to be air conditioned (it is estimated the fees will be approximately $2.50 for each $500.00 of installation cost)
Minimum fee 10.00
(4) Mobile homes. A permit fee of $15.00 shall be charged for mobile homes.
(Ord. 83-17, passed 6-20-83; Am. Ord. 21-26, passed 7-12-21; Am. Ord. 21-40, passed 9-7-21)