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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)
A "special amusement building" is a building that is temporary, permanent or mobile that contains a device or system that conveys passengers or provides a walkway along, around or over a course in any direction as a form of amusement arranged so that egress path is not readily apparent due to visual or audio distractions or an intentionally confounded egress path, or is not readily available because of the mode of conveyance through the building or structure.
A. Permit Required, Fee: It shall be unlawful for any person or organization to set up or cause to be set up a structure to be used as a place of amusement as a special amusement building or any other type of comparable inside entertainment within the city limits without first having made application to and received a permit to do so in accordance with the conditions and limitations as set out in this article.
Fee
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Special amusement building | $250.00 |
(Ord. 5070, 9-6-2011)
B. Application: The applicant for such permit shall file an application in writing with the city clerk, which application shall be accompanied by a set of plans. Such applications shall further specify:
1. The name of person or organization which will use structure;
2. The address of such person or organization;
3. The names and addresses of the offices of such organizations;
4. The length of time the structure is intended to be used for the purposes applied for;
5. The hours of the day or night during which such structure is intended to be used by the public;
6. Such other relevant information as the fire marshal, building official or city council may require. (Ord. 3994, 12-13-1993; amd. 2001 Code)
C. Liability Insurance: The applicant shall furnish evidence that a general liability insurance policy in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) naming the city as an additional insured, shall be in effect at the time such structure is to be occupied as a special amusement building. (Ord. 5070, 9-6-2011)
D. Restoration Of Property Used: The applicant shall provide a signed statement that the property used will be cleaned up and restored to its original and safe condition. (Ord. 3994, 12-13-1993; amd. 2001 Code)
E. Time For Filing Application; Inspection: The application shall be filed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled opening of the special amusement building. Final inspection by the fire marshal and the building department shall be made seven (7) days prior to the opening date. (Ord. 5070, 9-6-2011)
F. Safety Standards: The fire marshal and the building official shall determine if the applicant has made provision for minimum safety standards to protect the life, limb, health and property of the public.
Note: Iowa Code provides that all slides and moving walkways be approved by the Iowa department of labor.
G. Structure Must Conform To Plans And Specifications: If the fire marshal and building department find that all of the limitations and requirements of the permit and this article have been complied with and that the structure has been erected in accordance with the plans and specifications submitted with the application, the city clerk shall grant a permit to occupy such premises.
If the fire marshal and building department find that any of the limitations and requirements of the permit and this article have not been complied with or that the structure has not been erected in accordance with the plans and specifications submitted with the applications, the city clerk may deny a permit to occupy such premises.
H. Revocation Of Occupancy Permit: If the fire marshal or building department find that such structure or the premises on which it is located is being maintained in violation of any of the provisions of the permit or this article, the city clerk may revoke the permit to occupy provided for herein. Notice of this revocation shall be served personally or sent by regular mail to the name and address indicated on the application.
I. Appeal Revocation Or Denial: Any person or organization whose permit to occupy has been denied or revoided as aforesaid may, within seven (7) days after receipt of a notice thereof, appeal to the city council for a hearing thereon, and the decision of the city council in this regard shall be final. If no appeal is taken within seven (7) days as provided herein, the action of the city clerk shall be final.
J. Supervisors Required: The permittee shall provide one supervisor for each five (5) patrons within the amusement area. (Ord. 3994, 12-13-1993; amd. 2001 Code)
K. Permittee's Responsibility For Defense: The permittee shall defend, at his own expense, any litigation arising from the operation of the special amusement building for which he holds a permit. (Ord. 5070, 9-6-2011)
L. Violation; Penalty: Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a municipal infraction, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined as provided in subsection 1-3-2C of this code. (Ord. 3994, 12-13-1993; amd. 2001 Code)
Fee
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Fee
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Single case fees: | |
1 – 20 pages of a case | $10.00 |
21 – 100 pages (per page) | 0.25 |
101 or more pages (per hour) | 30.00 |
Multiple case fees: | |
5 cases requested | 10.00 |
6 or more cases (per case) | 5.00 |
Computer searches: | |
Per search per address | 20.00 |
Photographs: | |
Per photograph | 10.00 |
(Ord. 4452, 12-11-2000)
Fee
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Fee
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Fire watch, per man hour | $ 65.00 |
Special events, life safety inspection to ensure public safety, per inspection hour | 65.00 |
Reimbursement for extinguishment cost for intentionally set fires through the court system or fire response: | |
Engine company response, first hour, per engine | 200.00 |
Engine company response, additional hours, per engine, per hour | 100.00 |
Aerial company response, first hour | 300.00 |
Aerial company response, additional hours per hour | 200.00 |
Command vehicle, per hour | 95.00 |
Paramedic ambulance, per hour | 195.00 |
Fire investigations, per man hour | 65.00 |
Fire sprinkler systems/fire alarm systems: | |
0 – 4,999 square feet (per floor) | 80.00 |
5,000 – 7,499 square feet (per floor) | 160.00 |
7,500+ square feet (per floor) | 240.00 |
Standpipe (additional per standpipe) | 150.00 |
Sprinkler riser (additional per riser) | 150.00 |
Fire alarm panel (additional) | 150.00 |
Alternate fire extinguishing systems (as listed in currently adopted fire code) | 180.00 |
Residential fire sprinkler system | 100.00 |
Reinspection due to test failure/inspections before/after business hours per man hour | 65.00 |
(Ord. 5074, 9-6-2011)
B. Lien: 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. A notice of all unpaid fees shall be sent to the property owner if different from the nonresidential business, informing the property owner of the lien on the property.
C. Payment: 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. 3994, 12-13-1993)
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