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Before accepting an application for a Certificate of Fitness required by this chapter, the Department shall collect the fees required therefor as set forth in the most current cost recovery schedule published, as provided by Section 57.106.7 and applicable thereto.
1. Conduct blasting operations.
2. Conduct any test or certify the following categories of fire protection equipment, systems, or devices:
(a) Automatic sprinkler systems.
(b) Class I standpipe systems.
(c) Class II standpipe systems.
(d) Class III standpipe systems.
(e) Combined standpipe systems.
(f) Automatic elevators.
(g) Automatic fire assemblies.
(h) Emergency power systems (generators and battery systems).
(i) Fire escapes.
(j) Fire protective signaling systems (alarm, notification, and communication systems).
(k) Fire pumps.
(l) Smoke control systems.
(m) Methane Gas Detection.
(n) Fire Safety Officer.
(o) Health Care Facility Instructor.
(p) High-Rise Life/Safety Service.
Whenever an applicant fails an examination and takes a second examination within 90 days of such failure, the fee for the second examination shall be 50% of the fees set forth in Section 57.117.10.
This section sets forth the services of the Los Angeles Fire Department (“Fire Department”) to perform fire/life safety plan review and fire/life safety inspection for certain projects as specified below in the definitions, and to collect the fees for those services, including fees for expediting the services. The goal of these fees is to recover the Fire Department’s costs in performing the fire/life safety plan review and fire/life safety inspection services. The Department of Building and Safety (“Building and Safety”) is given the authority to collect the fees for the Fire Department.
Review plans for new construction, addition, tenant improvement, and change of use to the following construction projects as determined by the Department of Building and Safety and Fire Department:
1. R-1, with three or more stories, or 20 or more guest rooms.
2. R-2 occupancies, with three or more stories, or 16 or more dwelling units.
3. High-rise buildings with human occupancy at 75 feet or higher, as measured from occupied floor or occupied roof elevation above the lowest level of Fire Department vehicle access.
4. Covered malls.
5. Buildings housing “A,” “E,” “I” and “H” with highly toxic materials occupancies according to the Building Code, R-2.1.
6. Airport buildings.
7. Fire alarms.
8. High-piled combustible storage.
Additional fire/life safety inspection and re-inspection for projects defined in Section 57.118.1.1 by the Fire Department, beyond the initial field inspection covered under fire/life safety plan review. The additional inspection or re-inspection may be required by the Fire Department or requested by the client, as referenced in Section 57.118.1.
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