Ordinance 1929CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE N0. 1929
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE, UNIFORM FIRE
CODE, UNIFORM BUILDING CODE AND PLUMBING CODE BY
AMENDING AND /OR ESTABLISHING CERTAIN FEES AND
CHARGES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that:
Section 1 . The fees and charges contained in the Alameda
iiuui tol Code, the Alameda Building Code, the Alameda Plumbing
Code and the Fire Code of the City of Alameda, as set out in
Exhibits A, A -1, A -2 and B, attached hereto and incorporated
herein as if set forth in full, are hereby amended and /or
established.
Section 2 . The fees and charges adopted herein do not
exceed the actual cost of providing copies of public documents
and shall be codified at a later date.
Section 2 . Pursuant to Section 3 -12 of the Charter of
the City of Alameda, this ordinance is introduced and passed
at the same Council meeting and shall become effective at 11:00
p.m. on June 30, 1978.
/s/ C. J. C
Attest: Presiding Officer of the Council
/s/ Ethel M. Ottosen
City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
Department Revenue Source Fees
City Manager Taxi Permits Time and Material
Banner Permits "
Sound Device Permits "
Bingo Permits "
House Relocation Permits
Carnival /Circus Permits "
Private Watchman Permits "
Detective Services Permits "
General Appeals "
Temporary Encroachment Permits "
Parades /Walkathons /Etc.
City Clerk Agendas /Minutes $ 1.50 per month
15.00 per year
Xerox Copies 1.00 per page .
Copies of Resolutions and
Ordinances 50 per ' page
Research Fee 7:50 per'hour
Engineering Parking Meter Rate Increase .05 per 30 minutes
Department Parking Meter Accuracy Test 5.00
Traffic Advisory Committee
Processing Fee for Matters of
Private Benefit (does not in-
clude cost of actual install -
ation 50.00
Painting Parking Crosses (non -
business areas) 25.00
Red Tip Driveway 30.00
Building Permit Fees 100% increase of fees
listed in Exhibit A -1
Plumbing Permit Fees 100% increase of fees
listed in Exhibit A -2
Demolishing Buildings or
Structures Fees 20.00
Reroofing Permit Fees 20.00
Plan Checking Fees for Identi-
cal Buildings as in a sub-
division or Tract 30.00
Reinspection Fee 15.00
Seismological Survey .07 per $1,000
valuation
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Department
Revenue Source
Fees
Engineering
Sale of Building and Plumbing
Department
Code Books
$ 100.00
(continued)
Plan Check Fee for Plumbing
and Heating on New Con-
25% of total permit
struction
fee as set forth in
Table No. 3 -A (as
increased by this
ordinance (Exhibit A -1)
Address Fee
5.00
Sidewalk Permits
30.00
Utility Permit Fee (Inspec-
tions for Utilities)
2,500 per utility
per year
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EXHIBIT A -1
303
TOTAL VALUATION
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FEE
$1.00 to $500.00
$5.00 ...._ —_
$501.00 to $2,000.00
$5.00 for the first $500.00 plus $1.00
for each additional $10000 or Gac-
tion thereof, to and including $2,000.
$2,001.00 to $25,000.00
$20.00 for the first $2,000.00 plus
$9.00 for each additional $1,000.00
-
or fraction thereof, to and including
$25,000.00
$25,001.00 to $50,000.00
$112.00 for the first $25,000.00 plus
$3.00 for each additional $1,000.00
or fraction thereof, to and including
$50,000.00
$50,001.00 to $100,000.00
$187.00 for the first S50,000.0o
plus
$200 for each additional $I,Ooo.Oo
or fraction thereof, to and including
$100,000.00
$100,001.00 to $500,(X)0.00 S287.00 for the first $100,000.00
plus
$1.50 for each additional $1,000.00
or fraction thereof, to and including
$500,000.00
$500,001.00 and up
$897.00 for the first $500,000.00 plus
$1.00 for each additional $1,000.00
or fraction thereof
TABLE N0. 3- A— BUILDING PERMIT FEES
(b) Plan- checking Fees. When the valuation of the proposed con-
struction exceeds $1,000.00 and a plan is required to be submitted by
Subsection (c) of Section 301, a plan- checking fee shall be paid to the
Building Official at the time of submitting plans and specifications for
checking.
Said plan - checking fees for buildings of Groups I and J Occupancies
shall be one -half of the building permit fees. Plan - checking fees for all
other buildings shall be 65 percent of the building permit fees as set
forth in Table No. 3 -A.
Where plans are incomplete, or changed so as to require additional
plan checking, an additional plan -check fee shall be charged at a rate
established by the Building Official
(c) Expiration of plan Check. Applications for which no permit is
issued within 180 days following the date of application shall expire
by limitation and plans submitted for checking may thereafter be re-
turned to the applicant or destroyed by the Building Official. The
Building Official may extend the time for action by the applicant for
a period not exceeding 180 days upon written request by the applicant
shoving that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have
prevented action from being taken. In order to renew action on an
application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay
a new plan -check fee.
(d) Reinspect ion Fee. The fee for each reinspection shall be $10.00
EXHIBIT A -2
PLUMBING, HEATING AND VENTILATING FEES
CITY OF ALAMEDA
Permit Application Fees .... ............................... $ 3.00
General Permit Fees
utures or waste discharging devices
(installation or removal), each. ........................... $ 3.00
Roman (depressed) bathtubs, each...... ...... .. 20.00
Drainage and /or vent piping= alter, repair or replace, each .. 3.00
.Sumps, storm water drainage, each..... .... 10.00
Catch basins, storm water drainage, each ..................... 3.00
Sumps, sewage ejectors, each .. ............................... 15.00
Leaders, interior, each.... ............................... 3
Leader Piping to gutter, each. ... ........ ......... 3.00
Garbage disposal units (Commercial, each ..................... 5.00
(Domestic, each.. 3.00
Diswashing equipment (Commercial, each ..................... 5.00
(Domestic, each ....................... 3.00
Interceptors (grease traps), each ............................ 3
Interceptors (sand and grease), each ......................... 10.00
Interceptors (industrial), each.... ... 25.00
Back -water valves (sanitary drainage), each ............... 3.00
Swimming Pools complete (Private), each ..................... 30.00
Sauna Baths_ (Commercial), each................. 30.00
Hot Tubs =
Wa Pip ing and Fire Protection _
Water service (building supply) new or replacement, each..... 3.00
Water piping - alter or repair ............................... 3.00
Water treating equipment, each.. 3.00
Ball -cocks - replacement of, each ............................ 1.0
Vacuum breakers or backflow devices .......................... 1.
Pressure reducing valve..... .... ...... 3.00
Fire sprinkler system connection to water supply, each....... 15.00
Fire protection hose reels (wet or dry), each................ 3.00
Fire standpipe system (wet or dry), each ..................... 15.00
Lawn and garden sprinkler system, each zone, including
control valve and backflow protection ...................... 5.00
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Permit Fees
Sewer and Private Disposal System
House (building) sewers (repair), each ...................... $ 5.00
Sewer to property line ....... ............................... 10.00
S ewer extension. ' ' '* ..................................... 4 ... 10.00'
Sewer replacemen ............ ............................... 10.00
S ewer abandonment.... .. ........ ...................... 10.00
Private sewage disposal systems, each......... ... .... 25.00
Survey of location for proposed private sewage disposal
systems, each..... ... ..... ....... 10.00
... ............. .........
Sewers replacing septic tanks (including septic tank
abandonment). ........... ............................... 25.00
House sewer abandonment.... ................ .......... 7.00
Storm sewer connection to public storm sewer, each.......... 10.00
Tcporary privy (vault or chemical), each ................... 10.00
Gas'Piping and Appliances
For each gas or oil piping system or each meter ............. 3.00
For each gas or oil outlet.. . �
... .............. .... 1.00
Gas or oil line tests for fire jobs or to restore service,
each... 2.00
Storage tanks for fuel oil or liquified petroleum gas, each. 10.00
Fireplace kindlers, each... ...... .... ...... 3.00
.... ..... ........
Small burners i.e., steam tables, sterilizers, lab. burners,
coffee urns, gas plates, etc., each ....................... 3.00
Appliances - Heating, Cooling and Ventilating
Furnaces, Central - forced air or gravity, each ............. 5.00
Furnaces, Floor and horizontal, each ........................ 5.00
Heaters, unit or suspended space, each ...................... 5.00
H eaters, recessed.wall, each.. ............................. 5.00
H eaters, sealed combustion, each ............................ 5.00
Heaters, circulating, each ... ............................... 3.00
Burners, conversion, each... ...... ................... 5.00
Control systems, alter or replace, each........ .......... 3.00
Boilers, steam or hot water, each ........................... 10.00
over 30 hp. 25.00
Heating equipment, industrial or commercial, each........... 10.00
Incinerators, gas fired, each ...................:........... 10.00
(commercial), each ............... 20.00
R anges (commerical), each .... ............................... 5.00
(domestic), each ...... ............................... 3.00
O vens (commercial), each ........................ .... .. 5.00
(domestic) , each...... .... ...... ... 3.00
Water heaters, 75 gallons or larger (gas or electric), each. 5.00
Water heaters, less than 75 gallons (gas or electric), each. 3.00
Dryers, clothes (commercial), each .......................... 5.00
(domestic), each ............................ 3.00
R efrigerators, gas, each ..... ............................... 3.00
Barbecues, each .............. ............................... 3.00
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Permit Fees
Flues Vents Hoods and Air Handling Eouipment
Air handling equipment i.e., blowers, fans, etc, each....... $ 5.00
Cooling systems; to 100,000 BTU, each............ ........ 5.00
Over 100,00 to 1,000,000 BTU, each......... 10.00
Over 1,000,000 BTU, each ................... 25.00
Hoods (commercial), each ..... ............................... 15.00
(domestic), each ...... ............................... 2.00
Flues, each .................. ............................... 2.00
Local vents (kitchen, bath, etc.), each ..................... 2.00
Hood Fire Extinguishing Systems ............................. 5.00
Conditi= 3 Air Distribution Systems
Registers and diffusers (inlet or outlet), each ............. 1.00
Steam or Hot Water Piping and Equipment
Supply outlets, each ......... ............................... 1.00
Units, installation of such as: radiators, convectors,
panels, unit heaters, pressing machines, industrial
or processing equipment, etc., each.. .......... 2.00
Steam traps or condensers discharging into plumbing
system, each ............. ............................... 2.00
Miscellaneous Items
Fire dampers, each ........... ............................... 1.00
Electrostatic filters, each.. ...... .................... 5.00
Storage tanks, fuel oil or L.P.G., each... ............... 10.00
Removal of, each ................ 10.00
Vapor Recovery System ................ 1................:..... 5.00
Condensate drain system, each inlet........' ................. 1.00
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EXHIBIT B
FIRE CODE PERMIT FEES
2.102
Tire recappting plant - operate or maintain $
50.00
Year
3.102(a)
Automobile wrecking yard
100.00
4.102
Bowling pin refin., bowling alley resurfacing,
refinishing operations - each use
200.00
"
5.102(a)
Motion picture film, cellulose nitrate - store,
use, in excess of 25 pounds
50.00
"
6.102(a)
Plastics, cellulose nitrate - store or handle in
excess of 25 pounds
75.00
"
7.102
Fibres, combustible - store or handle in excess of
10 cubic feet
60.00
8.103
Gases, compressed, flammable - store or handle in
excess of 2,000 cubic feet (or)
Gases, compressed, non - flammable - store or
handle in excess of 6,000 cubic feet
60.00
"
9.102
Dust explosions, prevention
100.00
"
11.104(a)
(1) Explosives or blasting agents - manufacture,
store, possess or sell
60.00
"
(1) Explosives or blasting agents - manufacture,
store, possess or sell - in excess of 100 lbs.
100.00
"
(2) Explosives or blasting agents - transport
100.00
Each
(4) Explosives or blasting agents - operate
terminal
100.00
"
(5) Receive or deliver explosives or blasting
agents between sunset and sunrise
100.00
Each
(6) Transport blasting caps on the same vehicle with
explosives
50.00
"
12.102
Fireworks - manufacture, possess, store or sell
80.00
"
Fireworks - public display - each use
100.00
"
Fireworks - public display - special fee for
continuous display in one location
400.00
Year
13.307(f)
Install, service, repair, alter, maintain, sell
Fire Alarm Systems
50.00
Each
14.102
Spraying or dipping operations
50.00
Year
15.103(1)
Flammable liquids, Class 1 - storage & handling
(at or below 80 degrees F. is Red Label)
50.00
"
15.103(2)
Flammable liquids, Class I1 or 111, storage and
handling
50.00
"
15.103(3)
Flammable or combustible liquids - construction,
installation, and the use of equipment & premises
for storage, handling, use or sell
50.00
15.210
Flammable or combustible liquid tanks - install
50.00
Each
15.217
Flammable or combustible liquid tanks - removal
50.00
'5.1302
Dry cleaning plants - stores
50.00
Year
16.102
Fruit ripening processes
100.00
Year
?7.102
Fumigation c:r thermal insecticidal fogging
50.00
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' FIRE CODE PERMIT FEES (cont'd)
18..102
Garage
50.00
Year
19.1c1c.)
Hazardous chemicals - storage, manufacture,
100.00
"
27.101
transportation, or handling
50.00
"
19.102(b)
Radio- active material - storage or handling
50.00
Each
20.102(a)
Liquiefied petroleum gases containers - install
50.00
Yeal
27.412(a)
or maintain
50.00
Year
21.101
Lumber yard and woodworking plants
100.00
Year
22.102
Magnesium
100.00
23.101
Matches
100.00
"
26.101
Place of public assemble - maintain, operate,
use:
30.00
"
Under Fire Prevention Bureau
Amusement Halls
Auction Studios
Bars Occupant load less than 50 -
Club houses not considered public assembly
Churches but occupant load determined by
Meeting Halls square footage.
Restaurants
Occupant load less than 50 -
50.00
Yeai
Occupant load more than 50 -
100.00
"
27.101
Burning permit
50.00
Bacl
27.203(a)
Storage or readily combustible materials in excess
of 2,500 cubic feet
50.00
Yeal
27.412(a)
Use of open flame device for maintenance or
repair on any boat, ship, or wharf (Marina)
50.00
Eacl
27.412(b)
Use of any portable barbecue, brazier or cooking
device on any boat, ship, or wharf (Marina)
30.00
Yeal
28.101
Refrigeration unit or system - install or operate
in excess of 20 pounds of refrigerant
30.00
"
29.102(b)
Smoking
50.00
30.101
Tent, erect, operate, or maintain in excess of
200 square feet area- for specified time
100.00
Eac]
32.102
Motion picture projection machine using nitro-
,
cellulose film - operate
100.00
Yeaj
32.105
Notion picture projection
50.00
Yeaj
33.102
Airports, heliports, and helistops
100.00
"
34.103
Manufacture of Organic coatings
100.00
"
35.104
High -piled combustible stock - storage
100.00
"
36.103(1)
Production, storage, sale of cryogenic fluids
100.00
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Appendixes:
Appendix C
N 1
Appendix E
H 3, 9, 11
12,
13,
Appendix F
N 3 b
s c
FIRE CODE PERMIT FEES(cont'd
For plan checking, inspection and testing of each system by the Bureau,
a fee shall be paid in advance as follows:
Automatic Fire Extinguishing system
Sprinkler systems ............ $50.00 per riser, plus 500 per head
Each instance
All other systems, including Range Hood and Duct Systems $ 50.00
Standpipe systems (includes all wet, dry or
combination systems) 50.00 plus
20.00 per outlet, and
20.00 per F.D. connectio;
Plan Checking 30.00 per plan check
New or renewal (annual) Fire Clearance Fees for Nursery Schools,
Hospitals, etc., are as follows:
1. Nursery schools, Child Day Care Center, Foster Homes, FOR MORE
THAN 6 ambulatory children ........... .........................$50.00 Ye.
2. Group Homes, Institutions For Children, Certified Family Care
Homes, Board & Care Facilities, and Maternity Homes, (each
accomodating not more than six persons, not including employees
or relations) ................. ............................... 50.00
3. Group Homes, Institutions for Children, Certified Family Care
Homes, Board & Care Facilities, and Maternity Homes (each
accomodating more than 6 persons, not including employees or
relations) .................... ............................... 200.00
4. Convalescent Hospitals, Nursing Homes,,and Homes for the Aged
(each accomodating not more than six persons, not including
employees or relations ........ ............................... 50.00 "
5. Convalescent Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Homes for.the Aged
(each accomodating more than six persons and less than 100, not
i ncluding employees and relations ) ........................... 100.00
6. Convalescent Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Homes for the Aged
(each accomodating 100 or more persons, not including employees or
relations) .................... ............................... 150.00
7. Hospital ...................... ............................... 200.00
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