In addition to the building permit fees imposed in section 5-29(1), (2), the director of building inspection shall at the time a building permit is issued for any new commercial building receive a fee of thirty-five one-hundredths (0.35) of one (1) percent of the cost of construction of any new commercial building, with the cost to be based on:
(i) Seventy-two dollars ($72.00) per square foot for restaurant construction;
(ii) Fifty dollars ($50.00) per square foot for office building construction;
(iii) Thirty-four dollars ($34.00) per square foot for retail sales building construction;
(iv) Twenty-two dollars ($22.00) per square foot for warehouse construction;
(v) Fifty-four dollars ($54.00) per square foot for hotel and motel construction;
(vi) Thirty-four dollars ($34.00) per square foot for all other commercial nonresidential construction;
and for any new residential dwelling receive a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per unit for apartments, one hundred dollars ($100.00) per unit for duplex or townhouse units, and one hundred eighty dollars ($180.00) per unit for detached single-family homes. However, construction of residential structures for properties in the expansion areas described in the expansion area master plan adopted by the planning commission on July 18, 1996, effective November 30, 1996, for which a building permit is issued after November 30, 1996, and which are subject to comprehensive development exactions pursuant to of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Zoning Ordinance shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(Ord. No. 273-83, § 1, 12-20-83; Ord. No. 178-95, § 1, 8-24-95; Ord. No. 199-96, § 1, 10-3-96)