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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.
An expedited request is a request by an applicant to the Fire Department to complete the fire/life safety plan review and/or inspection for projects defined in Section 57.118.1.1 at the earliest possible time. It may include a request for Fire Department personnel to work overtime to complete a field inspection.
An off-hour request is a request by an applicant to the Fire Department to complete a fire/life safety plan review and/or an inspection during off-hours for projects defined in Section 57.118.1.1.
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