ARTICLE I. GENERAL (13-20-010 et seq.)

13-20-010 Duty of commissioner.

   Except as provided in Section 4-8-042 , the building commissioner and fire commissioner shall cause to be inspected annually, or semiannually, or otherwise, such buildings, structures, equipment, sites or portions thereof as shall be provided by this chapter or as otherwise required in the building provisions of this Code. All fees for such annual, semiannual or other periodic inspections as set forth in this chapter may be billed prior or subsequent to the actual inspection conducted by the department of buildings or fire department as appropriate and shall be payable to the department of finance within 30 days of receipt of the notice of inspection fee from the departments. A penalty of $5.00 shall be assessed for each additional 30-day period the bill for inspection fees remains unpaid.

(Prior code §46-1; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18289; Amend Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 9-29-04, p. 32144, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 10)

 

Notes

4-8-042

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13-20-012 Liability for inspection fees.

   Unless otherwise specifically provided, the owner and the person in possession, charge or control of any building, structure, equipment, site or portion thereof inspected pursuant to this chapter shall be jointly and severally liable for the fee charged for such inspection. All inspection fees prescribed by this chapter shall constitute a debt due and owing to the city.

   The fees imposed by this chapter shall not apply to inspections performed on building facilities owned or operated by the Department of Fleet and Facility Management.

(Added Coun. J. 12-15-99, p. 21529, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-07, p. 97533, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. III, § 2)

13-20-014 Document review fees.

   The Building Commissioner shall have the authority, pursuant to Section 2-22-040, to impose document review fees rather than the inspection or reinspection fees specified in this Code, which are assessed for annual, semiannual and periodic inspections, code compliance inspections, permit inspections, license inspections or other inspections by the Department of Buildings of any type required or authorized by this Code. The document review fee may be authorized upon submission to the Commissioner of such documents, as the Commissioner may require, which indicate that in a particular instance an inspection by the Department of Buildings is not necessary or that such inspection may be undertaken pursuant to the mandate of, rather than by, the department. Such documents may include reports, photographs, maintenance agreements, contracts, schedules and sworn affidavits regarding the item which is subject to inspection. When the Building Commissioner accepts such documents in lieu of inspection, a document review fee of one-half the applicable inspection fee shall be assessed.

   Nothing in this section shall preclude the Building Commissioner from requiring an inspection mandated by this Code to be performed and assessing the applicable fee for such inspection.

   For purposes of this section, the term “inspection” shall also include reinspections.

(Prior code § 46-1.1; Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18289; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. III, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-14-16, p. 31143, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61755, Art. I, § 2)

13-20-016 Emergency, specially requested or outside of department business hour inspection fees.

   Whenever the Department of Buildings conducts an emergency inspection because of concerns regarding the health and safety of the public; or conducts a special inspection at the request of an (1) owner, (2) agent, (3) general contractor or subcontractor identified on a permit application, or (4) other person in possession and control of that which is to be inspected, or conducts an inspection outside of department business hours as promulgated by rule, the Building Commissioner is authorized to assess a fee for such inspection based on the costs to the department for such inspection, including actual and related costs incurred. Notwithstanding Sections 2-8-065 or 13-20-060 of this Code, a person having a fee waiver under either Section 2-8-065 or Section 13-20-060 of this Code shall be subject to an inspection fee for a specially requested inspection or an inspection outside of department business hours. For purposes of this section, the term “inspection” shall also include reinspections.

(Prior code § 46-1.2; Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18289; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-07, p. 17167, § 17; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61755, Art. I, § 3)

 

Notes

2-8-065

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13-20-017 Penalties.

   Any person violating, resisting or opposing the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter, where no other penalty is provided, shall be subject to the fines provided for in Section 13-12-040. Each day such violation shall continue shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Added Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 3)

ARTICLE II. BUILDINGS* (13-20-020 et seq.)

* Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 3, added the title of Article II to read as herein set out.

13-20-020 Buildings – Inspection required.

   (a)   Subject to subsection (b) of this section, either the fire commissioner or the buildings commissioner, pursuant to a coordinated inspection schedule, or their respective assistants, shall make an annual inspection of all theaters, churches, schools, public assembly units, public places of amusement and open air assembly units. The following buildings shall be inspected by the fire commissioner or buildings commissioner as often as deemed necessary: (1) any three-story building with a basement apartment or living space; or (2) any three-story building that has commercial space on the first floor and residential space on the upper two floors; or (3) any two-story building that is commercial; or (4) any building with four or more stories that is not a single- family residence. With respect to any establishment requiring a public place of amusement license, either the fire commissioner or buildings commissioner, pursuant to a coordinated inspection schedule, or their respective assistants, shall make an inspection within the 90 days preceding the deadline for the annual renewal application for the license. If, within the 12-month period preceding any inspection under this section, the applicable premises were inspected either by the fire department or department of buildings in connection with a permit inspection, periodic inspection, code compliance inspection or certificate of occupancy, such inspection shall be deemed to meet the inspection requirement herein. The fire department and department of buildings are authorized to conduct such additional inspections as they deem necessary to maintain health and safety. It shall be the duty of every owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of any such building and of the person in charge or control of such building to permit the making of any inspection required or authorized under this section by the fire commissioner or buildings commissioner or by a duly authorized inspector at any time upon demand being duly made.

   (b)   Inspections by the buildings commissioner of places for eating, as that term is defined in Section 4-8-010 , shall be controlled by Section 4-8-042 ; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to limit inspections of any place for eating by the fire commissioner.

(Prior code § 46-2; Amend Coun. J. 7-9-84, p. 8225; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 3.4; Amend Coun. J. 9-29-04, p. 32144, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43916, Art. VIII, § 16)

 

Notes

4-8-010

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4-8-042

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13-20-030 Buildings – Floor plan required – Copy to fire commissioner.

   It shall be the joint and several duty of the owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of every building described in Section 13-20-020 to provide a typical floor plan of such building reproduced on a sheet eight and one-half by 11 inches in size; provided, however, that no such typical plans shall be required for multiple occupancy buildings which have not been altered or converted into smaller units subsequent to the original construction in buildings not over three stories in height. Said plan shall be drawn on as large a scale as will be practicable on such sheet, and said sheet shall also state the street address of such building and shall give the class of the building, the kind of construction used therein, the height and number of stories contained therein, and the nature of the occupancy. It shall also be the joint and several duty of such owner, agent, lessee, or occupant to deliver a copy of said sheet and plan to the fire commissioner and to frame a copy of said sheet and place the same near the framed certificate hereinabove required. It shall also be the joint and several duty of the said owner, agent, lessee, or occupant to substitute a new sheet for the sheet on file with the fire commissioner, and also the sheet framed as above required, whenever such changes or alterations are made in such building as will affect the substantial accuracy of the sheet previously furnished said commissioner and framed as above required.

(Prior code § 46-4)