§ 8-53. Permit required; inspection; fees.

(a)

It shall be unlawful to commence, begin, or proceed with the installation of air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or heating systems work within or on any building, structure or premises publicly or privately owned, without first obtaining a permit for such work and paying the applicable fee as provided in this section.

(b)

Any person granted a permit for air condition and refrigeration systems work shall pay to the city an inspection fee in such an amount as specified below:

Heating and air conditioning permit fee ..... $ 10.00

Each heating device other than fuel burning ..... 2.50

Each separate remote condensing unit or water chiller with controls ..... 2.50

Roof top unit ..... 20.00

Each separate cooling coil with controls ..... 5.00

Each duct outlet, fire dampers and any controls ..... 0.75

Each hood served by mechanical exhaust, including ducts for such hood and makeup air systems ..... 3.00

Each regulated device for which no specific fee is listed ..... 3.00

Replacement of any device which originally required a permit ..... 5.00

Condensing unit for mobile homes and manufactured housing ..... 5.00

Residential—New construction:

Heating and air conditioning inspection fee ..... 10.00

Furnace and coil ..... 10.00

Condensing unit ..... 10.00

(c)

Additional fees. Fee for inspecting heating, ventilating, ductwork, air conditioning, exhaust, combustion air, pressure, pressure vessel, solar, fuel oil and refrigeration systems and appliance installation shall be ten dollars ($10.00) for the first one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or fraction thereof, of valuation of the installation plus two dollars ($2.00) for each additional one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or fraction thereof.

Fee for inspecting repairs, alterations and additions to an existing system shall be five dollars ($5.00) plus two dollars ($2.00) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or fraction thereof.

Fee for inspecting boilers (based upon Btu input):

33,000 Btu (1 Bhp) to 165,000 (5 Bhp) ..... $ 5.00

165,001 Btu (5 Bhp) to 330,000 (10 Bhp) ..... 10.00

330,001 Btu (10 Bhp) to 1,165,000 (52 Bhp) ..... 15.00

1,165,001 Btu (52 Bhp) to 3,300,000 (98 Bhp) ..... 25.00

Over 3,300,000 Btu (98 Bhp) ..... 35.00

(d)

Fee for reinspection. In case it becomes necessary to make a reinspection of the installation of any of the above equipment installation, a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid for such reinspection.

(e)

Temporary operation inspection fee. When preliminary inspection is requested for purposes of permitting temporary operation of a heating, ventilating, refrigeration, or air conditioning system, or portion thereof, a fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid by the contractor requesting such preliminary inspection. If the system is not approved for temporary operation on the first preliminary inspection, the usual reinspection fee shall be charged for each subsequent preliminary inspection for such purpose.

(Ord. No. 03-30, § 1, 11-4-2003; Ord. No. 04-36, § 10, 10-18-2004)