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A. Police Powers: This article shall be deemed an exercise of the police powers of the city for the preservation and protection of the public health, peace, safety and welfare, and all the provisions of the fire prevention code shall be liberally construed for that purpose.
B. Applicability To Public And Private Property: The provisions of the fire prevention code shall apply equally to both public and private property, and it shall apply to all structures and their occupancies, except as otherwise specified. (Ord. 3555, 5-23-1988)
A. Prerequisite To Permit Issuance: Before permits may be issued as required by this code, the fire marshal, or the fire marshal's assistants, shall inspect and approve the receptacles, processes, vehicles, buildings or storage places to be used for any such purposes. (Ord. 3555, 5-23-1988)
B. Annual Inspections: The fire marshal shall inspect or cause to be inspected all premises on an annual basis, and shall make such orders as may be necessary for the enforcement of the laws and ordinances governing the same and for safeguarding of life and property from fire. A property owner or any other person having charge, care, or control of any premises shall, upon demand for entry and presentation of credentials by the fire marshal, fire inspectors, or fire officers, allow the fire marshal, fire inspectors, or fire officers access and entry to the premises for purposes of inspection. Denial of entry, or interference with the inspection by any person, shall constitute a municipal infraction punishable pursuant to subsection 9-2-7B of this chapter. (Ord. 4461, 3-19-2001)
A. Accumulation Prohibited: Whenever any inspector, as defined above, shall find in any building, or upon any premises or other place, combustible or explosive matter or dangerous accumulations of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of wastepaper, boxes, shavings or any highly flammable materials especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger property; or shall find obstructions to or on fire escapes, stairs, passageways, doors or windows liable to interfere with the operations of the fire department or egress of occupants in case of fire, the inspector shall order the same to be removed or remedied, and such order shall forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupants of such premises or buildings.
B. Compliance By Owner: Any owner or occupant failing to comply with such order within a reasonable period after the service of the said order shall be liable to penalties as hereinafter provided.
C. Service Of Order: The service of any such order may be made upon the occupant of the premises to whom it is directed, either by delivering a copy of same to such occupant personally, or leaving it with any person in charge of the premises, by affixing a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of said premises. Whenever it may be necessary to serve such an order upon the owner of the premises, such order may be served either by delivering to and leaving with the said person a copy of the said order, or, if such owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order, by mailing such copy by certified mail to the owner's last known post office address. (Ord. 3555, 5-23-1988)
A. Comply With Minimum Standards: The purpose of this article is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all nonresidential businesses, buildings and structures within this jurisdiction and certain equipment specifically regulated by the building code, fire code, life safety code and fire prevention code.
New construction applications for permit shall comply with the building code, fire code, life safety code and fire prevention code. (Ord. 3555, 5-23-1988; amd. Ord. 3621, 2-21-1989; Ord. 3725, 7-2-1990)
B. Inspection Certificate Required: An annual fire prevention inspection certificate is required for all structures except residential. Fees for this certificate shall be as set forth in section 9-2A-6 of this article. Failure to obtain a certificate shall constitute a municipal infraction punishable pursuant to subsection 9-2-7B of this chapter. (Ord. 4461, 3-19-2001)
C. Permit Required For Certain Operations And Materials: In accordance with the detailed requirements of this jurisdiction, a permit shall be obtained to conduct the following operations, or to store, handle or use those materials that are considered to present an extra or unusual fire hazard to life or property. Fees shall be as set forth in sections 9-2A-7 through 9-2A-9 of this article.
1. All flammable/combustible liquid storage tanks both above and under ground.
2. Hazardous chemicals.
3. Explosive materials.
4. Fireworks.
D. Temporary Permit: When a temporary hazardous situation is anticipated for conditions not otherwise regulated by this code, the fire marshal is authorized to issue a temporary special permit for the duration of the hazard. Fees shall be as determined by the city. (Ord. 3555, 5-23-1988; amd. Ord. 3621, 2-21-1989; Ord. 3725, 7-2-1990)
A. All fees and charges required by this article, if not paid within sixty (60) days, shall constitute a lien upon the premises served by said service and may be certified to the county treasurer and collected in the same manner as taxes.
B. All fees and charges required by this article shall be paid to the city clerk and such charges therefor as shall be, from time to time, established and set by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 3725, 7-2-1990)
The following fees shall be established for the permits, licenses, certificates, approvals, life safety inspections and other functions performed under this code and shall be payable by the nonresidential businesses to the city. Such fees shall accompany each application for such permit, approval, certificate or other fee related code provisions:
A. Nonresidential Businesses Annual Fee Schedule For Life Safety Inspection: A sliding fee schedule has been developed in accordance with the square footage of the building. An increase in fee will be required for any building occupancy classification shown in the high hazard group (HH) as defined in the currently adopted fire code.
Square Footage | Inspection Fee | HH |
1 – 1,999 | $ 40.00 | $ 70.00 |
2,000 – 19,999 | 70.00 | 90.00 |
20,000 – 49,999 | 90.00 | 135.00 |
50,000 – 99,999 | 225.00 | 300.00 |
Over 100,000 | 600.00 | 750.00 |
Reinspection Fees 1 : For nonresidential businesses:
First reinspection | $100.00 |
Second reinspection | 150.00 |
Third and subsequent reinspection | 200.00 |
The fire chief has the authority to waive or negotiate inspection fees upon written request from nonprofit organizations and places of worship based on hardship.
At the time of the initial inspection, the occupant and/or owner will receive a copy of the life safety inspection indicating which violations need to be corrected, and the date of reinspection. Fees will be assessed if no compliance is found at the time of the reinspection. If the fire marshal is notified in writing, at least three (3) business days prior to reinspection that repairs are scheduled, a reinspection date may be rescheduled to allow more time to complete repairs. (Ord. 5073, 9-6-2011)
B. Annual Fee Schedule For Additional Hazards Based On Uniform Building Code Occupancy Definition: Uniform building code classification of all buildings by use or occupancy and general requirements for all occupancies:
GROUP A OCCUPANCIES DEFINED
Sec. 601. Group A occupancies shall be:
Annual Fee
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Division 1 | Any assembly building with a stage and an occupant load of 1,000 or more in the building | $20.00 |
Division 2 | Any building or portion of a building having an assembly room with an occupant load of less than 1,000 and a stage | 20.00 |
Division 2.1 | Any building or portion of a building having an assembly room with 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 | 15.00 |
Division 3 | Any building or portion of a 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 classified as a group E or group B, division 2 occupancy | 10.00 |
Division 4 | Stadiums, reviewing stands and amusement park structures not included within other group A occupancies. Specific and general requirements for grandstands, bleachers and reviewing stands are to be found in chapter 33 of the UBC code | 5.00 |
GROUP B OCCUPANCIES DEFINED
Sec. 601. Group B occupancies shall be:
Annual Fee
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Division 1 | Gasoline service stations, garages where no repair work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open flame, welding or use of class I, II or III-A liquids | $ 5.00 |
Division 2 | Drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load of less than 50, wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, printing plants, municipal police and fire stations, factories and workshops using materials not highly flammable or combustible, storage and sales rooms for combustible goods, paint stores without bulk handling (See section 402 of the UBC Code for definition of assembly buildings) Buildings or portions of buildings having rooms used for educational purposes beyond the 12th grade with less than 50 occupants in any room | 10.00 10.00 |
Division 3 | Aircraft hangers 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 Open parking garages Heliports | 5.00 80.00 10.00 |
Division 4 | Ice plants, power plants, pumping plants, cold storage and creameries Factories and workshops using noncombustible and nonexplosive materials Storage and sales rooms containing only noncombustible and nonexplosive materials that are not packaged or crated in or supported by combustible material | 10.00 10.00 10.00 |
GROUP E OCCUPANCIES DEFINED
Sec. 801. General: Group E occupancies shall be:
Annual Fee
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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 4 hours in any one day | $20.00 |
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 4 hours in any one day | 10.00 |
Division 3 | Any building used for daycare purposes for more than 6 children | 10.00 |
GROUP H OCCUPANCIES DEFINED
Sec. 901. General: Group H occupancies shall be:
Annual Fee
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Division 1 | Storage, handling, use or sale of hazardous and highly flammable or explosive materials other than Class I, II or III-A liquids EXCEPTION: The storage, handling, use or sale of hazardous materials or chemicals that do not exceed the quantities listed in Table No. 9-A of the UBC Code are permitted in other occupancies, provided the storage, handling, use or sale of such hazardous materials or chemicals is in compliance with the fire code | $30.00 |
Division 2 | Storage, handling, use or sale of Classes I, II and III-A liquids, dry cleaning plants using Class I, II or III-A liquids; paint stores with bulk handling; paint shops and spray-painting rooms and shops EXCEPTION: The storage, handling, use or sale of liquids in quantities that do not exceed those set forth in Table No. 9-A of the UBC Code are permitted in other occupancies, provided the storage, handling, use or sale is in compliance with the fire code | 30.00 |
Division 3 | Woodworking establishments, planing mills, box factories, buffing rooms for tire-rebuilding plants and picking rooms; shops, factories or warehouses where loose combustible fibers or dust are manufactured, processed, generated or stored; and pin-refinishing rooms | 20.00 |
Division 4 | Repair garages not classified as a Group B, Division 1 | 10.00 |
Division 5 | Aircraft repair hangars | 10.00 |
Division 6 | Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas when the facilities in which hazardous production materials are used, are designed and constructed in accordance with section 911 of the UBC Code and when storage, handling and use of hazardous materials in accordance with the fire code EXCEPTION: The specified uses need not be classified as Group H, Division 6 occupancy when the quantities of hazardous materials do not exceed those listed in Table No. 9-A of the UBC Code, provided the storage, handling and use are in compliance with the fire code | 30.00 |
C. Special Provisions: In buildings used for educational purposes, vocational shops, laboratories and similar areas need not be classified as Group H occupancies, provided:
1. Such areas are separated from classrooms other than the classroom directly related to the use by not less than a one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separation.
2. Such areas are separated from each other by not less than a one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separation unless the uses are determined to be compatible.
3. The requirements of sections 905, 908, 910 of the fire code shall be met when applicable.
GROUP I OCCUPANCIES DEFINED
Sec. 1001. Group I occupancies shall be:
Annual Fee
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Division 1 | Nurseries for the full-time care of children under the age of 6 (each accommodating more than 5 persons) Hospitals, sanitariums,nursing homes with nonambulatory patients and similar buildings each accommodating more than 5 persons | $10.00 |
Division 2 | Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, homes for children 6 years of age or over (each accommodating more than 5 persons) | 10.00 |
Division 3 | Mental hospitals, mental sanitariums, jails, prisons, reformatories and buildings when personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained EXCEPTION: Group I occupancies shall not include buildings used only for private residential purposes for a family group | 20.00 |
GROUP R OCCUPANCIES DEFINED
Sec. 1201. Group R occupancies shall be:
Annual Fee
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Division 1 | Hotels and apartment houses Convents and monasteries (each accommodating more than 10 persons) | $20.00 |
Division 2 | Not used | |
Division 3 | Dwellings and lodging houses | 5.00 |
(Ord. 3555, 5-23-1988; amd. Ord. 3725, 7-2-1990; Ord. 3994, 12-13-1993; Ord. 4041, 9-26-1994)
Notes
| 1 | 1. Reinspection fees do not apply if violations are corrected prior to the scheduled reinspection date. |
A. Permit Required, Fee:
Fee
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Manufacture, possess, store, sell or otherwise dispose of explosives, blasting agents or small arms ammunition | $25.00 |
Operate a terminal | 25.00 |
Blasting: Blasting fees are for the use, handling and storage of explosives used primarily for construction or demolition. | |
Each site 1 to 30 days | 150.00 |
Each additional 30 days or fraction thereof Note: No permit shall be valid for a period longer than 90 days. | 50.00 |
B. Certificate Of Fitness, Fees:
Certificate of fitness - new | |
Blasting/transportation | 25.00 |
Transportation only | 10.00 |
Certificate of fitness - renewal | |
Blasting transportation | 10.00 |
Transportation only | 10.00 |
(Ord. 3555, 5-23-1988; amd. Ord. 3725, 7-2-1990; Ord. 3994, 12-13-1993)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also article C of this chapter. |
Possess, store, manufacture, sale and discharge of fireworks:
Fee
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Certificate of fitness - new | $25.00 |
Certificate of fitness - renewal | 10.00 |
Fireworks and pyrotechnics. This includes the public display of fireworks and the use of pyrotechnic devices for stage shows, theater and other public displays.
Event | |
Each new fireworks location | $150.00 |
Repeat locations previously approved: | |
Display cost: | |
$1.00 to $1,000.00 | 25.00 |
$1,001.00 to $5,000.00 | 50.00 |
Greater than $5,000.00 | 100.00 |
Multiple showing/displays: | |
Each additional showing/display | 50.00 |
Note: The multiple showing/displays category shall apply to similar showings/displays taking place at the same locations over a specified period of time, such as a theatrical event running for more than one showing, or more than one day.
(Ord. 3994, 12-13-1993)
Permit Required:
Fee
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Fee
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Storage, handling or use, class I | $25.00 |
Storage, handling or use, class II or IIIA | 25.00 |
Manufacturing, processing, blending or refining | 25.00 |
Storage in stationary tanks | 25.00 |
Construct, reconstruct, alter service stations | 25.00 |
Defuel | 25.00 |
Slurry fill | 25.00 |
Abandon | 25.00 |
Flammable/combustible liquid tank installation: This shall include all flammable/combustible liquid tanks, installed above or below ground and required piping, valves and dispensing equipment. This shall include, but not be limited to, gasoline, diesel, oil, waste oil and other flammable and combustible liquids.
Tanks: | |
Each tank | $200.00 |
Flammable/combustible liquid tank modification: This shall include all flammable/combustible liquid tanks and required piping, valves and dispensing equipment. Tanks may be of the aboveground or belowground type. Modification shall include reconstruction, tapping, tank cutting, vent pipe relocations, dispenser piping, repiping and tank repair of repiping.
Modifications, as described above | $50.00 |
Note: If the valuation of the work performed exceeds 50 percent of the replacement cost of the system the fees for a new installation shall apply.
Underground tank removal: This shall apply to the removal of flammable or combustible liquid tanks in accordance with regulation 16-B of the Waterloo fire code.
Removal: | |
Single tank | $150.00 |
Multiple tanks: | |
First | 150.00 |
Each additional tank | 25.00 |
Note: No additional fee shall be charged for pump out when the pump out and tank removal work is performed concurrently.
(Ord. 4041, 9-26-1994)
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