(a) Permit Required. Upon checking for compliance with this chapter or any other ordinance governing such work, an approval of the plant, a heating, ventilating, air conditioning or portable heating appliance permit, shall be secured from the Building Department by the holder of a license to do such work, or by the firm or corporation employing a holder of such license or by an owner on his own residence, before any work is started on the installation, upon payment of the fee as required in subsection (b) hereof, and the permit or copy thereof shall be posted at the site at all times during the course of construction.
This permit shall be required to install or replace any heating, ventilating or air conditioning unit, or to add any air outlets or heating units, including central heating plant, conversion burner, direct-fired unit heater, space heater, portable heating appliance and floor furnace.
(b) Space Heating Appliances. The permit fee for the installation or replacement of each space heating appliance, is based on BTU input for warm air furnaces unless otherwise stated, including duct work, boilers, commercial conversion burners and commercial dryers.
(c) Fee Schedule.
(1) Residential:
A. The fee for a new residential one, two, three and multifamily dwellings shall be $115.00 per unit.
B. Replacement Heating (warm air, heat pump, etc.) | $34.50 |
C. Replacement Cooling: | $34.50 |
D. When installing heating and cooling at the same time: | $57.50 |
E. Alterations to an existing system: | $28.75 |
F. Minimum fee shall be | $25.00 |
NOTE: Each unit in a multi-family dwelling shall be considered as a single unit and permitted as such.
(2) Commercial.
Warm air furnaces and boilers:
Up to 100,000 BTU or 29,300 watts | 46.00 |
101,000 to 200,000 BTU or 58.6 KW | 69.00 |
201,000 to 300,000 BTU or 87.9 KW | 80.50 |
Over 300,000 BTU or 87.9 KW add $23.00 for each additional 100,000 BTU
Building Service Piping base fee $50.00; plus.50 per each lineal foot of piping
RTU’s per unit $50.00
(3) Electrical perimeter radiant heating: The fee for electric baseboard or radiant heating shall be based on the total wattage as set forth above.
(4) Heat pumps:
Less than 10 tons | $80.00 |
Over 10 tons | $120.00 |
(5) Air conditioning systems:
5 tons and below, per unit | $50.00 |
Over 5 tons, per unit | $95.00 |
Product Refrigeration | |
Less than 5 tons | $50.00 |
5-10 tons | $80.00 |
11-20 tons | $110.00 |
each additional ton over 20 shall be $5.00 per ton | |
(6) Ventilating systems:
5,000 or less cfm | $40.00 |
over 5,000 cfm | $60.00 |
(7) Commercial alterations where unit is not being changed:
Per opening | $28.75 |
(8) Fireplaces and chimneys: Masonry, prefabricated, solid fuel fireplaces either free-standing or constructed exposed against wall, will be considered as a heating appliance and require a permit fee. $34.50
NOTE: Flues extended above roof more than three feet or exposed to exterior shall be encased in a decorative chase matching in appearance the exterior finish of the dwelling or structure. (Ord. 08-034. Passed 6-23-08.)