5-12-5: IFC AMENDMENT, ADD SECTION 104.2.1, FIRE DEPARTMENT PLAN REVIEW:

   104.2.1 Fire Department Plan Review. It is the intent of Council by passage of this section to adopt minimum standards of life and property safety by requiring that all commercial building plans be submitted to the Fire Department for review for compliance with the International Fire Code as adopted and amended. It is further the intent of the Council that to avoid confusion, any amendments, waivers, variances, or approved equivalents to sections of the International Building Code, or any other adopted code in the city, which are duplicated in the International Fire Code do not automatically constitute amendment, waiver, variance, or approved equivalent of the affected section of the Fire Code, unless the fire code official has specifically approved an amendment, waiver, variance, or an equivalent of the affected section of the Fire Code. In addition to those items specified elsewhere in this code, the Fire Department shall review and approve plans for the following before a building permit is issued:

      1.   All new commercial buildings;

      2.   All remodels in commercial buildings requiring modification to fire sprinklers or fire alarms;

      3.   Any change of occupancy classification of a building or any part thereof;

      4.   New residential, or additions to existing residential occupancies that add fire area, and/or solar installations are to be reviewed for fire flow, fire hydrant distance, fire access, and hose reach only;

      5.   Commercial parking lots;

      6.   Commercial grading or drainage.

(Ord. 48-20, 12-8-2020, eff. 1-1-2021; amd. Ord. 7-25, 2-25-2025)

5-12-6: IFC AMENDMENT, SECTION 105.2.3, TIME LIMITATION OF APPLICATION:

   105.2.3 Time Limitation of Application. An application for a permit for any proposed work or operation shall be deemed to have been abandoned 180 days after the date of filing, unless such application has been diligently prosecuted or a permit shall have been issued; except that the fire code official is authorized to grant up to 3 extensions of time for additional periods not exceeding 180 days each. The extension shall be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated.

(Ord. 7-25, 2-25-2025)

5-12-7: IFC AMENDMENT, SECTION 105.3.2, EXTENSIONS:

   105.3.2 Extensions. A permittee holding an unexpired permit shall have the right to apply for an extension of the time within which the permittee will commence work under that permit where work is unable to be commenced within the time required by this section for good and satisfactory reasons. The fire code official is authorized to grant, in writing, up to 3 extensions of the time period of a permit for periods of not more than 180 days each. Such extensions shall be requested by the permit holder in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated.

(Ord. 7-25, 2-25-2025)

5-12-8: IFC AMENDMENT, SECTION 105.3.3, OCCUPANCY PROHIBITED BEFORE APPROVAL:

105.3.3 Occupancy Prohibited Before Approval. Add a paragraph to the end of 105.3.3 to read as follows:

   Temporary structures, and temporary uses in structures, shall not be occupied without the approval of the fire code official. All buildings, new and existing, within the City of Boise shall have a valid Certificate of Occupancy or equivalent issued by the Building Department.

(Ord. 48-20, 12-8-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)

5-12-9: IFC AMENDMENT, ADD SECTION 106.6, RE- REVIEW FEE:

   106.6 Rereview Fee. The fire code official is authorized to assess a fee for rereviewing plans. The re-review fee may apply to each resubmittal starting after the third review. The re-review fee shall be in accordance with the conditions, amounts, and limitations listed in the adopted and amended edition of the Building Code.

(Ord. 48-20, 12-8-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)

5-12-10: IFC AMENDMENT, ADD SECTION 106.7, FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM PLAN MODIFICATION FEE:

   106.7 Fire Protection System Plan Modification Fee. Plan revisions submitted for approval after a permit and approved plans have been issued, shall be charged the normal permit fee based on the number of heads/initiating devices affected (hydraulically or electrically) by the modification.

(Ord. 48-20, 12-8-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)

5-12-11: IFC AMENDMENT, ADD SECTION 106.8, REINSPECTION FEES:

   106.8 Reinspection Fees. A reinspection fee may be assessed for each reinspection when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not completed or when corrections called for are not made within the allotted time. Fees may be assessed on work associated with construction permits or periodic inspections of existing buildings in accordance with the adopted fee schedule.

(Ord. 48-20, 12-8-2020, eff. 1-1-2021)