The cost recovery schedule amended herein shall impose a charge per square foot for each square foot of floor area in each building inspected, and the fee per building shall be the aggregate of such charges per square foot, subject to the following:
1. No fee shall be charged for inspection of high-rise buildings used primarily for residential purposes (Group R Occupancies), except for hotels, dormitories, residential apartments, and condominiums.
2. As to hotels, dormitories, residential apartments, and condominiums, the charge per square foot shall apply only to the common areas of the building.
3. The charge per square foot of a garage area in any building shall be less than the charge per square foot for the other areas of the building, as set forth in the schedule or charges.
4. Where a high-rise building is connected to another building(s) by a permanent above-ground structure or structures designed to permit pedestrian and/or vehicular passage from one building to another, and the buildings so connected are under common ownership, the charge per square foot shall apply to each chargeable square foot of the buildings so connected, including the connecting structure or structures, even though one or more of the buildings so connected is not itself a high-rise building.
5. Where there exists beneath a high-rise building a garage serving both that building and another building(s), all of which are under common ownership, and the garage provides an exit(s) through which any vehicle exiting the garage may pass, the charge per square foot shall apply to all buildings and to the garage for the purposes of computing the fee charged herein, even though one or more of the buildings served by the garage is not itself a high-rise building.
6. A minimal charge per building shall be imposed, irrespective of the area of said building, as set forth in the schedule.
7. A partially vacant building, as defined herein, shall be subject to a minimum charge.