10-1-5: FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM FEE:
The City hereby establishes a Fire Prevention Program fee, the funds from which shall be used to partially offset development related costs incurred by the Whitefish Fire Department. The Fire Prevention Program fee shall be equal to twenty nine percent (29%) of the fee currently charged by the Building Department as the building permit fee. The Fire Prevention Program fees shall be collected by the Building Department at the time that it collects the building permit fee. The building permit fee shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Fire Prevention Program fee. The City Manager is directed to enforce the collection of the Fire Prevention Program fee upon the effective date of this section. Subsequent increases or decreases in the amount of the Fire Prevention Program fee shall be adopted by resolution of the City Council. (Ord. 17-26, 10-2-2017)