TABLE 1A-K – PENALTIES, HEARINGS, CODE ENFORCEMENT ASSESSMENTS

1.    Abatement Appeals Board hearing, filing fee	$158.10 per case
2.    Board of Examiners filing fees:
Each appeal for variance from interpretation of code requirements	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Two Hours
Each appeal for approval of substitute materials or methods of construction	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Four Hours
3.    Building Official’s abatement order hearing	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Two Hours
4.    Emergency order	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Two Hours
5.    Exceeding the scope of the approved permit	2 times the issuance fee
6.    Access Appeals Commission:
Filing fee	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Two Hours per appeal
Request for a rehearing	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Two Hours
7.    Lien recordation charges	$173.91 or 10 percent of the amount of the unpaid balance, including interest, whichever is greater
8.    Work without permit:  investigation fee:
Building, Electrical, Plumbing or Mechanical Code violations	9 times the Permit Issuance Fee plus the original permit fee
9.    Building Inspection Commission hearing fees:
Notice of appeal	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Four Hours
Request for jurisdiction	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Four Hours
Request for rehearing	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Two Hours
10.    Additional hearings required by Code	Standard Hourly Plan Review Rate - Minimum Four Hours
11.    Violation monitoring fee (in-house)	Standard Administration Hourly Rate– Minimum One- Half Hour Monthly
12.   Failure to register vacant commercial storefront	4 times the registration fee

(Amended by Ord. 52-19, File No. 181213, App. 3/22/2019, Eff. 4/22/2019)

TABLE 1A-L – PUBLIC INFORMATION

1.    Public notification and record keeping fees:
Structural addition notice	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One- Half Hour
Affidavit record maintenance	$15.00
Posting of notices (change of use)	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One- Half Hour
Requesting notice of permit issuance (each address) per year	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One- Half Hour
30-inch by 30-inch (762 mm by 762 mm) sign	$15.00
2.    Demolition:
Notice of application and permit issuance by area/interested parties:
1 area (1 area = 2 blocks)	$96.72 per annum per each area
3.    Notices:
300-foot (91.44 m) notification letters	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One and One-Half Hour
Residential tenants notification	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One- Half Hour
4.    Reproduction and dissemination of public information:
Certification of copies:
1 to 10 pages	$15.00
Each additional 10 pages or fraction thereof	$3.50
Electrostatic reproduction:
Each page photocopy	$0.10
35 mm duplicards from microfilm rolls (Diazo card)	$3.50
Hard copy prints:
8 1/2 inch by 11 inch copy from microfilm roll	$0.10
11 inch by 17 inch copy of plans	$0.10
8 1/2 inch by 11 inch copy from aperture cards or from electronic copies of building records (scanned or computer generated)	$0.10
5.   Replacement of approved construction documents:
Each sheet of plans (Larger than 11 × 17)	ACTUAL COST CHARGED BY VENDOR
6.   Records Retention Fee
Each page of plans per page of plans	$3.00
Each page of supporting documentation (e.g., soil reports, structural calculations, acoustical reports, energy calculations, etc.) per page of documentation	$0.10

 

TABLE 1A-M – BOILER FEES

 

Permit to install or replace	See Table 1A-C - Category 8
Permit to operate (certificate issued)	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One- Half Hour
Renew permit to operate (certificate issued)	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One- Half Hour
Replacement of issued permit to operate	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One- Half Hour
Connection to utility company provided steam (includes permit to operate)	Standard Administration Hourly Rate - Minimum One- Half Hour
Boiler Maintenance Program	$48.36

 

Renewal required:

1.   Low-pressure boilers every 12 months. (See definition of low-pressure boilers in Chapter 2.)

2.   Water heaters when alteration or replacement permits are issued.

TABLE 1A-N – ENERGY CONSERVATION

	INITIAL INSPECTION	COMPLIANCE INSPECTION
Single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings	$158.10	$79.05
Apartment houses and residential hotels:
Up to 20 rooms	$237.15	$118.58
Each additional 10 rooms or portion thereof	$79.05	$48.36
Energy reports and certificates:		$48.36
Filing fee for appeals:		$96.72
Certification of qualified energy inspector:		$186.00

 

TABLE 1A-O – RESERVED

TABLE 1A-P – RESIDENTIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND LICENSE FEES

1.    One- and Two-family dwelling unit fees:	$52.00 per rental unit
2.    Apartment house license fees:
Apartment houses of 3 to 12 units	$326.00 per annum
Apartment houses of 13 to 30 units	$488.00 per annum
Apartment houses of more than 30 units	$488.00 and $55.00 for each additional 10 units or portion thereof
3.    Hotel license fees:
Hotels of 6 to 29 rooms	$256.00 per annum
Hotels of 30 to 59 rooms	$470.00 per annum
Hotels of 60 to 149 rooms	$584.00 per annum
Hotels of 150 to 200 rooms	$660.00 per annum
Hotels of more than 200 rooms	$660.00 and $55.00 for each additional 25 rooms or portion thereof

 

TABLE 1A-Q – HOTEL CONVERSION ORDINANCE FEES

Annual unit usage report	$96.72
1.    Appeal of initial or annual status determination:	Standard Inspection Hourly Rate pursuant to Section 110A of this code shall apply for Department Inspector’s work on such request plus fees for Hearing Officer
2.    Challenge to claims of exemption:
Usage report	$48.36
Claim of exemption based on low-income housing	$316.20
Claim of exemption based on partially completed conversion	$474.30
3.    Complaint of unlawful conversion	$48.36
Determination by Department of Real Estate and cost of independent appraisals	Actual costs
4.    Initial unit usage report	$316.20
5.    Permit to convert	$474.30
6.    Request for hearing to exceed 25% tourist season rental limit:
Inspection staff review - standard hourly inspection fee	Standard Inspection Hourly Rate
Statement of exemption - Hearing Officer fee	$316.20
7.    Unsuccessful challenge:
Usage report:
Inspection staff review - standard hourly inspection fee	Standard Inspection Hourly Rate
Statement of exemption - Hearing Officer fee	$316.20
Request for winter rental:
Standard hourly inspection fee	Standard Inspection Hourly Rate

 

TABLE 1A-R – REFUNDS

Partial or complete refunds of only those fees contained herein will be given, provided the applicant meets the refund requirements of the applicable section of this code. No other fees are refundable, except as follows:

 

1.    Application or Permit Issuance Fee:
Building, plumbing, electrical or mechanical permit issuance fee	Amount paid less $160.00 or actual costs, whichever is greater. No refunds given after work started.
Plan Review Fees (each)	Amount determined by the Building Official less $160.00 No Refund due after application deemed acceptable for Department of Building Inspection Plan Review
2.    Miscellaneous Fees:	Amount paid less $52.00 No refunds less than $52.00

 

No existing permittee who paid a fee under the fee schedules in effect at the time the fee was paid shall be eligible for a refund or subject to a fee reassessment as a result of an amendment to the fee schedules. If the Building Official determines that an error has been made in the assessment of fees, a refund for the portion determined to be in error may be made upon written request by the applicant.

TABLE 1A-S – UNREINFORCED MASONRY BEARING WALL BUILDING RETROFIT

 

Review of Inventory Form (Section 1604B.2.1)	Standard Plan Review Hourly Rate - Minimum Two Hours
Review of the summary of the engineering report (Section 1604B.2.3)	Standard Plan Review Hourly Rate - Minimum Two Hours
Board of Examiners filing fees (Section 105A7.4):
Each appeal for a variance from or interpretation of code requirements	Standard Plan Review Hourly Rate - Minimum Two Hours
Each appeal for the approval of substitute materials or methods of design or construction (Section 105A.7.3)	Standard Plan Review Hourly Rate - Minimum Four Hours