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A fee of $400.00 and a mileage charge of $20.00 per mile (minimum 1 mile) shall be charged to residents of County Service Area 17 who are transported from within County Service Area 17 territory for Basic or Advanced Life Support to a hospital by a County Service Area 17 provider. The Deputy Chief Administrative Officer or designee may waive said fee for those residents financially unable to pay the fee.
(Added by Ord. No. 10754 (N.S.), effective 12-2-21; amended by Ord. No. 10775 (N.S.), effective 5-5-22)
The Deputy Chief Administrative Officer shall charge and collect the following fees for the following emergency medical services:
PERSONNEL FEES
EMT/Advanced EMT Initial Certification/ Recertification - $183.00
Paramedic Accreditation - $183.00
Mobile Intensive Care Nurse Authorization - $183.00
GROUND AMBULANCE
Permit Application - $6,400.00
Annual Vehicle Inspection - $373.00
CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) FEES
CE Provider Approval (4 years) - $2,350.00
HOSPITAL DESIGNATION FEES
Base Hospital Designation - $39,800.00
Trauma Center Designation - $57,000.00
AIR AMBULANCE FEES
Air Ambulance Permit - $5,239.00
(b) A fee of $3,395 and a mileage charge of $44.00 per mile shall be charged for each Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ambulance transport made to a medically approved destination, pursuant to County of San Diego EMS Policies when provided by the San Diego County Fire Protection District. Alternatively, an EMS ambulance transport may conclude at a rendezvous location, where the patient transport may transfer to another provider. A fee of $417 shall be charged when EMS responders provide an assessment and treatment, but no patient transport. If more than one transport is provided to a patient (for example, due to a transfer at a rendezvous location), each transport provider may charge the patient the applicable fee and charges. If more than one patient is transported in the same vehicle, the transport provider may charge each patient the applicable fee and charges. There is a fee of $213 per hour for requested special event and/or standby coverage for contracted services. The fees in this section shall increase 5% on July 1, 2024, each new Fiscal Year through June 30, 2026. The Fire Chief or designee may waive any applicable fee and charges for individuals financially unable to pay.
(Added by Ord. No. 10754 (N.S.), effective 12-2-21; amended by Ord. No. 10776 (N.S.), effective 5-5-22; amended by Ord. No. 10802 (N.S.), effective 7-28-22; amended by Ord. No. 10842 (N.S.), effective 6-22-23; amended by Ord. No. 10893 (N.S.), effective 4-11-24; amended by Ord. No. 10906 (N.S.), effective 6-20-24)
The following credit card, debit card and electronic funds transfer fees shall be imposed and paid directly by the customer to the third-party provider processing the transaction:
Department/Division | Credit/Debit Card Convenience fee | Electronic Funds Transfer (Electronic Check) Convenience fee | Credit/Debit Card Transaction fee |
Department/Division | Credit/Debit Card Convenience fee | Electronic Funds Transfer (Electronic Check) Convenience fee | Credit/Debit Card Transaction fee |
1. Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk | |||
a. Over the counter Debit and Credit card | $2.50 * | ||
b. On-line Debit and Credit card | 2.19% ** | ||
c. Vital Records Online orders | $12.95 *** | ||
2. Registrar of Voters | 2.19% ** | ||
3. Treasurer Tax Collector | 2.19% ** | ||
4. Sheriff Licensing and Records | |||
a. Over the counter Debit card | $2.50 | ||
b. Credit card flat fee | $3.00 | ||
5. Emergency Medical Services | $1.50 | $2.50 | |
6. Health and Human Services Agency | |||
a. Vital Records Funeral Home Online fees | $6.00 for up to 10 certificates + $0.50 per each additional copy *** | ||
b. Vital Records Online orders | $12.95 *** | ||
7. Department of Public Works - Airports Leases | $4.15 | $1.49 | |
The rate provided is the current charge by the third-party provider at the time this section was last updated.
* $2.50 each portion of a transaction representing $1 to $5,000 increment of the total transaction. For example, a transaction of $10,025 would be charged $7.50.
** The percentage rate is applied to the total amount of the transaction.
*** The convenience fee is a blended rate that includes some document processing services.
(Ord. No. 10790 (N.S.), effective 6-9-22)
Section 5.20.040 Service Charges Designated.
There is levied to each premises within the district a non ad valorem special property tax as an excise tax for fire protection services, including ambulance/paramedic services, and such charge is based on equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) as set forth in this section. The fire/paramedic tax is established at the rate of one hundred eighty-eight dollars and fifty-two cents per EDU per year.
Group A Occupancies Defined
Division 1. Any assembly building or portion of a building with a legitimate stage and an occupant load of 1000 or more.
Division 2. Any building or portion of a building having an assembly room with an occupant load of less than 1000 and a stage.
Division 2.1. Any building or portion of a building having an assembly room and an occupant load of 300 or more without a stage, including such buildings used for educational purposes and not classed as a Group E or Group B, Division 2 Occupancy.
Division 3. Any building having an assembly room with an occupant load of less than 300 without a stage including such buildings used for educational purposes and not classed as a Group E or Group B, Division 2 Occupancy.
Division 4. Stadiums, reviewing stands and amusement park structures not included within other Group A Occupancies.
Group A | EDU Basic Values |
Divisions 1 through 3 | |
Every fifty (50) persons | 2.5 |
Minimum 2.5 EDUs | |
Division 4 | |
Every fifty (50) persons | 0.25 |
Minimum 2.5 EDUs |
Group B Occupancies Defined
Division 1. Repair garages where work is limited to exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open flame, welding, or use of Class I, II or II-A liquids.
Division 2. Drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load of less than 50, wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, printing plants, police and fire stations, factories and workshops using material not highly flammable or combustible, storage and sales rooms for combustible goods, paint stores without bulk handling, building used for educational purposes beyond the 12th grade with less than 50 occupants in any room.
Division 3. Aircraft hangars where no repair work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open flame, welding or the use of Class I or II liquids, and open parking garages, (for requirements, see Section 709) helispots.
Division 4. Ice plants, power plants, pumping plants, cold storage and creameries, factories and workshops using non-combustible and non-explosive materials, storage and sales rooms of non-combustible and non-explosive materials that are not packaged or crated in or supported by combustible material.
Group B | EDU Basic Values |
Divisions 1 (Without Dump Station) | |
Not more than four fuel pumps | 2.0 |
More than four fuel pumps | 3.0 |
Others - each 3600 sq. ft. | 1.0 |
Division 2 | |
Per each 1800 sq. ft. | 1.0 |
Except restaurants which will be | 2.5 |
Division 3 | |
Per each 9600 sq. ft. | 1.0 |
Division 4 | |
Per each 3600 sq. ft. | 1.0 |
Group E Occupancies Defined
Division 1. Any building used for educational purposes through the 12th grade by 50 or more persons for more than 12 hours per week or four hours in any one day.
Division 2. Any building used for educational purposes through the 12th grade by less than 50 persons for more than 12 hours per week or four hours in any one day.
Division 3. Any building or portion thereof used for day-care purposes for more than six persons.
Group E | EDU Basic Values |
Elementary Schools or Day Care | |
For each 60 pupils or fraction thereof | 1.0 |
Junior High Schools | |
For each 50 pupils or fraction thereof | 1.0 |
High Schools | |
For each 30 pupils or fraction thereof | 1.0 |
The number of pupils shall be based on the average daily attendance of pupils at the school during the preceding fiscal year computed in accordance with Education Code of the State of California; provided, however, where the school has had no attendance during the preceding fiscal year, the average daily attendance for the year for which the fee is to be paid shall be based upon our estimated attendance provided by the school.
Group H Occupancies Defined
Division 1.1 Explosives, blasting agents, fireworks and black powder.
Division 1.2 Unclassified detonatable organic peroxides.
Division 1.3 Class 4 oxidizers.
Division 1.4 Class 4 or Class 3 detonatable unstable (reactive) materials.
Division 2.1 Class I organic peroxides.
Division 2.2 Class 3 nondetonatable unstable (reactive) materials.
Division 2.3 Pyrophoric gases.
Division 2.4 Flammable or oxidizing gases.
Division 2.5 Class I, II or III-A flammable or combustible liquids which are used in normally open containers or systems or in closed containers pressurized at more than 15 pounds per square inch gauge.
Division 2.6 Combustible dusts in suspension or capable of being put into suspension in the atmosphere of the room or area.
Division 2.7 Class 3 oxidizers.
Division 3.1 Class II, III or IV organic peroxides.
Division 3.2 Class 1 or 2 oxidizers.
Division 3.3 Class I, II or III-A flammable liquids or combustible liquids which are utilized or stored in normally closed containers or systems and containers pressurized at 15 pounds per square inch gauge or less and aerosols.
Division 3.4 Class Ill-B combustible liquids.
Division 3.5 Pyrophoric liquids or solids.
Division 3.6 Water reactives.
Division 3.7 Flammable solids, including combustible fibers or dusts, except for dusts included in Division 2 occupancies.
Division 3.8 Flammable or oxidizing cryogenic fluids (other than inert).
Division 3.9 Class I unstable (reactive) gas or Class 2 unstable (reactive) materials.
Division 4 Repair garages not classified as Group B, Division 1 Occupancies.
Division 5 Aircraft repair hangars and heliports not classified as Group B, Division 3 Occupancies.
Division 6 Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas when the facilities in which hazardous production materials (HPM) are used and the aggregate quantity of materials are in excess of those listed in Table No. 9-A or 9-B. Said facilities and areas shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Section 911.
Division 7.1 Corrosives.
Division 7.2 Toxic and highly toxic materials.
Division 7.3 Irritants.
Division 7.4 Sensitizers.
Division 7.5 Other health hazards.
Group H | EDU Basic Values |
Per each 3600 sq. ft. | 1.0 |
Group I Occupancies Defined
Division 1.1 Nurseries for the full-time care of children under the age of six (each accommodating more than five persons). Hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes with non-ambulatory patients and similar buildings (each accommodating more than five persons).
Division 1.2 Health care centers for ambulatory patients receiving outpatient medical care which may render the patient incapable of unassisted self-preservation (each tenant space accommodating more than five such patients).
Division 2 Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, homes for children six years of age or over (each accommodating more than five persons).
Division 3 Mental hospitals, mental sanitariums, jails, prisons, reformatories and buildings where personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained.
Group I | EDU Basic Values |
Per each 3 occupants | 1.0 |
Group M Occupancies Defined
Division 1 Private garages, carports, sheds and agricultural buildings.
Division 2 Fences over 6 feet high, tanks and towers.
Group M | EDU Basic Values |
Per each 15,000 sq. ft. | 0.20 |
Group R Occupancies Defined
Division 1. Hotels and apartment houses, and congregate residences (each accommodating more than 10 persons).
Division 2. Not used.
Division 3. Dwellings and lodging houses, congregate residences (each accommodating 10 persons or less).
Group R | EDU Basic Values |
Division 1 | |
Hotels per each living unit without kitchen | 0.33 |
Hotels per each living unit with kitchen | 0.55 |
Apartments per each living unit | 1.00 |
Others per each four (4) occupants | 1.00 |
Division 2 | |
Not Used. | |
Division 3 | |
Single-family dwellings detached | 1.00 |
Mobile Homes | 1.00 |
Travel Trailer Park (per each space) | 0.75 |
Lodging Houses (permit) | 0.33 |
Others per each unit or space | 1.00 |
Group C Occupancies Defined
For the purposes of these regulations, Group C Occupancies shall mean "Organized Camps" as defined in Section 18897, Health and Safety Code.
Group C | EDU Basic Values |
Per each campsite | 0.20 |
Section 5.20.050 Service Charges Other: Occupancies.
Those occupancies not classified in 5.20.040 shall be evaluated by the general manager using comparable occupancy standards to determine the appropriate number of EDUs. Provided, however, that in no case shall EDUs assigned by the general manager be less than 1.0.
5.20.060 Exceptions.
A. In situations where buildings are fully sprinklered in accordance with Section 3801 (C) of the 1985 UBC, a twenty-five percent discount in the monthly fire protection service charge (including ambulance and paramedic services) shall be applied. Where such sprinkler systems are required by any regulation, no discount shall be applied.
B. Any properties or occupants of properties which are found to be exempt from monthly EDU fees will pay out-of-district user fees at the time of service.
Section 5.20.070 Collection of Fire Protection Charges.
The fire protection tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other water rates or water charges of the district, or by direct billing of the property owner, or by collection by the County of San Diego on the property tax bill, deposited into a Fire Operating or Capital Funds of the Ramona Municipal Water District and used only for fire and paramedic purposes, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of equipment, the payment of personnel costs, the payment of operating expenses or the payment of a valid contract to provide such services. Collection of the 1997/98 tax in its entirety shall be made by the district in any of the previously identified methods available to the District.
Section 5.20.080 Service Charges to be Charged Against Service Deposit.
A. A fire/paramedic services deposit shall be established in an amount equal to twelve times the current monthly fire/paramedic service rate.
B. The deposit shall be collected by the district at the time a building permit is taken.
C. Fire/paramedic tax for the period of time from when the fire inspector determines services are provided until July 1st of the year in which the fees are placed on the tax rolls shall be charged against the customer deposit.
(Ord. No. 10919 (N.S.), effective 11-7-24)