(A) Bills for the fire inspection fees herein established shall be made out by the City Clerk or his or her designee and shall be due and payable on or before the thirtieth day from the day of the bill. If the fee for the fire inspection is not paid within 30 days after the date of any bill rendered therefor, a delayed payment charge in the amount of 10% of the bill rendered shall be imposed and collected. If a bill is not paid by a tenant within 45 days after the date of the bill, then the City Clerk shall bill the land owner directly and he or she shall be responsible for paying said bill including any delayed payment charges within 30 days shall result in a notice of lien on the cost and expense incurred by the city, being recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county. Representatives from the Fire Department are expressly prohibited from collecting any fees. All fees shall be payable at the office of the City Treasurer and shall be collected by the City Treasurer.
(B) If a building encompasses more than one separate business under the same roof, each business shall be billed separately and the city shall conduct the necessary fire inspections for that building. A business with multiple locations shall be billed separately for each location.
(C) A business with one or more auxiliary buildings that serve in a subsidiary capacity to the main facility and are located within close proximity to the principal business building shall be billed one fee for the combined square footage of the buildings inspected at that same general location.
(D) Each time a new business opens in the same location, the building shall be inspected by the city and a new fee shall be due and owing to the city for said inspection.
(E) If the property inspected is tax exempt real estate, no fire inspection fee will be charged.
(F) The city reserves the right to suspend all business in the location of the building, upon due notice to the tenant and/or landowner if inspection fees are not paid within 90 days of said fire inspection.
(1960 Code, § 7-20-3) (Ord. 5386, passed 3-6-1995)