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(a) The Department of Building and Safety may make inspections outside the territorial boundaries of the City of Los Angeles when the Superintendent of Building determines that such inspection is necessary for the City’s public health, safety or general welfare. Such inspections may include the inspection of items intended to be used in building construction or as building equipment in the City of Los Angeles. Employees of the Department of Building and Safety shall inspect such items that are manufactured or fabricated during the process of such manufacturing or fabrication in accordance with the requirements of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.
(b) The Superintendent shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing such inspections made outside the City boundaries. (Amended by Ord. No. 139,419, Eff. 11/30/69.)
(Amended by Ord. No. 168,231, Eff. 10/18/92.)
The Department shall charge and collect the following amounts for the items shown in LAMC Table 4-C of this division prior to providing such materials and/or service to members of the public. The charges herein established shall be sufficient to fully compensate the City for all expenses incurred in the preparation, production, handling and distribution of the items listed and including general overhead expenses. The Superintendent of Building shall periodically review such charges to insure that all applicable expenses to the City are full compensated. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)
CHARGES FOR PRINTED MATERIALS
(Amended by Ord. No. 168,231, Eff. 10/18/92.)
ITEM | CHARGE |
“Certificate of Inspection and Permit to Operate Steam Boiler or Pressure Vessel” Form M-1 | $11.00 pad (100) |
“Research Report Index” | $30.00 per copy |
(Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)
The Department may, at its discretion, make inspections at other than normal working hours upon application therefor by a permittee. A fee in addition to fees charged elsewhere in this Code, at a rate of $100.00 per hour shall be charged for such inspection, time to include travel to and from place of inspection, with a minimum of $300.00.
(Amended by Ord. No. 168,231, Eff. 10/18/92.)
Whenever special enforcement procedures are required to obtain compliance with properly executed Departmental orders that apply to application for inspection of Construction Permits, a fee of $ 32.00 shall be assessed in addition to fees specified elsewhere in the Municipal Code.
(Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)
(a) In the performance of their duties, Senior Safety Engineers-Pressure Vessels, Senior Safety Engineers- Elevators, Safety Engineers-Pressure Vessels, Safety Engineers-Elevators, Senior Electrical Equipment Testers, Electrical Equipment Testers, Equipment Safety Investigators, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Assistants, Building Electrical and Building Mechanical Engineering Associates assigned to the Electrical and Mechanical Test Laboratories, and Senior Inspectors and Inspectors in the classifications of Building, Building- Mechanical, Electrical, Heating and Refrigeration and Plumbing shall have the power, authority and immunity of a public officer or employee, as set forth in California Penal Code Section 836.5, to make arrests without a warrant whenever any of them has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor or an infraction in their presence in violation of an ordinance or statute which such employee has the duty to enforce. Those ordinances or statutes shall include any law set forth in Subsection (b) of this section. In accordance with LAMC Section 11.06, in any case in which a person is arrested pursuant to this authority and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the public officer or employee making the arrest shall prepare a written notice to appear and shall release the person on the person’s promise to appear as prescribed by California Penal Code Sections 853.5 and 853.6. If such person signs the written notice to appear, thereby promising to appear, the person shall not be taken into physical custody.
(b) Any person designated in LAMC Section 98.0408(a) shall have the power, authority and immunity of a public officer or employee under California Penal Code Section 836.5 to make arrests without a warrant whenever that person has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor or an infraction in their presence which is a violation of any of the following LAMC Sections:
or a violation of State of California Penal Code Section 556 or 556.1.
(c) Those persons designated in LAMC Section 98.0408(a) are hereby authorized to issue parking citations as provided in LAMC Section 80.01.1 for the violation of LAMC Sections 80.53, 80.56, 80.73(b)2.A.(1), (2), (3), 80.73(b)2.F., 80.73.2, 80.77 and 85.01(b); and California Vehicle Code Section 22500(f).
(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 184,548, Eff. 12/11/16.)
(a) There shall be added to the total of all fees imposed for registration of medical marijuana collectives provided for in Article 5.1, Chapter IV of the LAMC and for any permit, plan check, license, application, report, and inspection provided for in Articles 1 through 8, Chapter IX of the LAMC, excluding LAMC Sections and Subsections 91.6205.18, 91.107.4.4, 91.107.4.6, 98.0402, 98.0411, 98.0416, 98.0418 and 98.0716, a surcharge in an amount equal to the greater of 3% of the fees or $1.00. All monies received from this surcharge shall be deposited to and expended as provided for the Construction Services Trust Fund pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 5.321. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)
(b) The previous surcharge amount of two percent is increased solely to pay for the $21.76 million cost of developing and implementing BuildLA, a comprehensive enterprise wide development services system, and shall not be used to pay for ongoing BuildLA costs such as maintenance or system hosting services.
(c) The surcharge increase shall be returned to the greater of two percent or one dollar when the City Administrative Officer determines the surcharge increase has recovered the $21.76 million cost of BuildLA.
(Amended by Ord. No. 168,231, Eff. 10/18/92.)
(a) Noncompliance Fee. (Amended by Ord. No. 171,175, Eff. 7/25/96.) If, in the course of enforcing any state law or local ordinance, the Department issues an order to a person and the person fails to comply with that order within 15 days following the due date for compliance specified in the order and any extension thereof, then the Department shall have the authority to collect a noncompliance fee.
The purpose of this fee is to recover a portion of the cost of any additional inspection and administrative or appeal proceedings incurred by the Department in order to enforce the Code or secure compliance with the order. No more than one such fee shall be collected for failure to comply with an order. This noncompliance fee shall be in addition to fees specified elsewhere in the Los Angeles Municipal Code.
The Department shall not impose a noncompliance fee unless the order states that “a proposed noncompliance fee may be imposed for failure to comply with the order within 15 days after the compliance date specified in the order or unless an appeal or slight modification is filled within 15 days after the compliance date”.
EXCEPTION: If a person against whom an order is issued appeals that order within 15 days after the compliance date set forth in the order, then the Department may not impose a noncompliance fee until a final appeal determination upholding or modifying the underlying Department order has been made. The Department may then impose a noncompliance fee only for failure to comply with the final appeal determination within 15 days after the compliance date or dates specified in the determination.
(b) Appeal. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.) Any person served with an order and notice of proposed non-compliance fee may appeal the order and proposed imposition of the non-compliance fee or request a slight modification pursuant to the procedures set forth in LAMC Section 98.0403.1.
The Department or the Board may rescind or modify the proposed non-compliance fee under the authority granted by LAMC Section 98.0403.1.
If the appeal or request for slight modification is not filed within 15 days after the compliance date or extensions granted therefrom, the determination of the Department to impose and collect a non-compliance fee shall be final.
(c) Collection of the Noncompliance Fee. (Amended by Ord. No. 175,596, Eff. 12/7/03.) If the Department determines pursuant to Subsections (a) and (b) of this section that a noncompliance fee is due, then it shall notify the person cited, by United States mail in a sealed envelope, with postage paid, addressed to the last known address of the person cited as that address appears in the last equalized assessment roll. The notice of noncompliance fee shall state that:
“if the noncompliance fee incurred is not remitted to the Department within 30 days after the date of mailing of this notice, the Department shall impose a late charge equal to two times the noncompliance fee and a collection fee equal to 50 percent of the original noncompliance fee. Any person who fails to pay the noncompliance fee, late charge or collection fee shall also pay interest. Interest shall be calculated at the rate of one percent per month, or fraction of a month, on the amount of the noncompliance fee, late charge and collection fee imposed, from the 60th day after the date of mailing of this notice until the date of payment.”
Service of the notice of noncompliance fee shall be deemed to have been completed at the time of deposit in the United States mail.
The person cited shall remit the noncompliance fee to the Department within 30 days after the date of mailing the notice of noncompliance fee. If the person cited fails to do so, then the Department may demand payment of the noncompliance fee from the person cited and may withhold the issuance of building permits, licenses or approvals to the cited person until the noncompliance fee has been paid.
A late charge equal to two times the noncompliance fee and a collection fee equal to 50 percent of the original noncompliance fee shall be imposed if the fee is not paid within 30 days after the date of mailing the notice of noncompliance fee. Any person who fails to pay the noncompliance fee, late charge or collection fee shall also pay interest. Interest shall be calculated at the rate of one percent per month, or fraction of a month, on the amount of the noncompliance fee, late charge and collection fee imposed, from the 60th day after the date of mailing the notice of noncompliance fee until the date of payment. Any partial payments of the noncompliance fee, late charge, collection fee or interest received shall be applied first to interest, then late charge and collection fee, and lastly to the noncompliance fee.
The City shall have the right to bring legal action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the order and collect the amount of these fees. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the City may collect any judgment, fee, cost, or charge, including any permit fees, fines, late charges, or interest, incurred in relation to the provisions of this section as provided in Los Angeles Administrative Code Sections 7.35.1 through 7.35.8.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the noncompliance fee payment deadline shall be 90 days from the invoice print date instead of 30 days after the date of mailing the notice of noncompliance fee. This 90-day deadline for payment of the fee shall apply to all invoices issued up to and including September 24, 2020. (Added by Ord. No. 186,638, Eff. 5/29/20.)
(d) The amount of the non-compliance fee shall be as shown in Table No. 4 D.
(Amended by Ord. No. 184,674, Eff. 1/29/17.)
NONCOMPLIANCE INSPECTION FEES
BUILDINGS, OTHER STRUCTURES, OPEN USES, SIGNS, LICENSES AND EQUIPMENT
Item | Fee |
Buildings, Other Structures, Open Uses, Signs, Licenses and Equipment | $660.00 |
NON-COMPLIANCE FEE
EXISTING BUILDING ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY (EBEWE) PROGRAM
Item | Fee |
Buildings Noncompliant with City EBEWE Program | $202.00 |
GRADING
Item | Fee |
Class I Slope Failure* | $3,474.00 |
Class II Slope Failure | $2,779.00 |
Class III Slope Failure | $2,084.00 |
Other Grading Code Violations | $1,389.00 |
* Refer to LAMC Section 91.7003 for definition of slope failure classification. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)
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