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Amending Chapter 33.04 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to create permit fees governing fire alarm systems, smoke control systems, and water flow testing; and amending the permit fee for standpipe, sprinklers, and fire pumps.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1
Section 33.04 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 33.04 - Establishment of permit fees.
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(g) Other permit fees: Permit fees for other than general construction shall be as follows:
(1) Wrecking of buildings or structures. $5.00 per 1,000 cubic feet or fraction thereof, minimum $70.00, with the exception of signs as specified in paragraph (10) below.
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(8) Standpipes, sprinklers and fire pumps; new installations, repairs or alterations:
a. The minimum fee shall be $42.00$65.00, in addition to which the following fees shall be paid:
1. Standpipes: $64.00 for each standpipe for the first five (5) floors, plus $7.00 for each floor above the fifth.
2. Sprinklers: $15.50$20.00 for each additional ten (10) sprinkler heads or fraction thereof.
3. Fire pumps: $50.00 for each pump.
b. Fire extinguishing systems utilizing an extinguishing agent other than water, new installations, repairs or alterations: The fee shall be
one percent of the valuation of the installation, repair or alteration with a minimum fee of $42.00$65.00.
c. Plan review fees shall be sixty-five (65) percent of the fee as set forth in items a and b. A plan review shall be required for all new systems, special extinguishing agents, and permits having over 25 sprinklers.
(9) Fire alarm systems:
a. The minimum fee shall be $65.00, in addition to which the following fees shall be paid:
1. Fire Alarm Control Unit: $20.00 per unit
2. Fire Alarm Opening: $2.00 per device
(10) Smoke Control Systems:
a. The base fee for the review and approval of a smoke control system shall be $250.00, in addition to which the following fees shall be paid:
1. Acceptance testing: $60.00 per hour of fire engineering inspection time.
(11) Water Flow Testing:
a. Water flow data, less than three (3) years old, shall be provided to verify hydraulic calculations for automatic fire protection systems. The fee for this service shall be $65.00. This fee is to be applied at the time of permit issuance.
(912) Refrigeration:
a. Refrigeration permit: One (1) percent of total value of work, minimum fee of $70.00.
b. Total value of work is defined under section 33.04 (a).
(1013) Signs, billboards, marquees and awnings:
a. Wall signs and projecting signs: $2.60 for each square foot with a minimum fee of $70.00.
b. Marquees over public property: $138.00 for each installation.
c. Repair permit: Twenty-five (25) percent of the fee for a new sign with a minimum fee of $70.00.
d. Awnings projecting over public property: $2.10 per lineal foot, minimum $58.00 for each installation. A separate sign permit is required for awnings with signage.
e. Roof and freestanding signs: $2.70 for each square foot with a minimum fee of $75.00.
f. Demolition permit: $70.00.
g. Temporary and portable signs: $52.00.
h. Billboard extension permits: $48.00.
i. Additional fees:
1. Additional fee for business signs located in a special sign district when there are additional regulations that must be reviewed: $25.00.
2. $0.50 Minnesota State Surcharge required for all signs attached to a building for permit fees up to and including $1,000.00. For permit fees over $1,000.00 the rate is 0.0005 per permit fee dollar.
j. A separate electrical permit is required for all electrical work done on signs that are lit, whether internal or external.
k. If building modifications are necessary to accommodate a sign installation, an additional building permit shall be required.
(1114) Steamfitting and hot water work:
a. Fee for new construction or alteration shall be one (1) percent of total valuation of the work.
Value of work must include the cost of installation, alteration, addition and repairs including heat transfer units, accessories to the heating system, including pipe, fittings, and all labor and materials necessary for installation.
In addition, it shall include all materials supplied by other sources when these materials are normally supplied by the contractor.
b. Minimum permit fee for commercial, industrial, institutional or business occupancies is $70.00.
c. The fee for alterations, additions and repair to existing refrigeration, gas and oil systems shall be based on one (1) percent of total valuation of the work with $64.00 minimum.
(1215) Warm air, heating, ventilation and sheet metal:
a. Mechanical warm air heating systems: $70.00 for the first 100,000 btu per hour or fraction thereof, plus $13.00 for each additional 100,000 btu per hour or fraction thereof.
b. Ventilation systems, dust collection systems, pollution control systems, etc.: One (1) percent of total valuation of the work. Value of work must include the cost of installation, alteration, addition and repair, including all labor and materials necessary for installation. The minimum fee shall be $70.00 for commercial buildings and $41.00 for residential ventilation work and duct modification.
c. General sheet metal: A separate permit is required for general sheet metal work. For gutters, flashing, metal chimneys, chutes or general sheet metal work, the fee shall be one percent of the total valuation of the work. The minimum fee is $70.00.
(1316) Incinerators:
a. Domestic incinerators: $70.00 for each installation.
b. Commercial and industrial incinerators: One (1) percent of total value of work, minimum $70.00 for each installation.
(1417) Fences: $37.00 for the first 200 lineal feet or fraction thereof erected and $13.00 for each additional 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof.
(1518) Other projects: For alterations, repairs or extensions for which the fee charge cannot be determined by items (1) through (14) above, the fee charge shall be based on one (1) percent of the total valuation of the work, with a minimum fee of $70.00.
(1619) Reserved.
(1720) Solid fuel burning freestanding heaters and stoves, nonmasonry fireplaces and fire place inserts: $70.00. Method for providing positive combustion air must be provided with permit application.
(1821) Solar heating systems: Permit fees for solar heating systems shall be one (1) percent of total valuation, with a minimum fee of $70.00.
(1922) Parking lots:
a. Permit fees for parking lots shall be one (1) percent of total valuation, with a minimum fee of $70.00. No parking lot or loading and unloading area requiring approval under the provisions of Legislative Code sections 62.103 and 62.105 shall be constructed nor shall any existing unimproved lot be paved without first obtaining a building permit. Such lots shall not be used until the construction has been completed and approved by the building code officer.
b. No off-street parking lot or loading and unloading area shall be repaved, modified, reconfigured or enlarged without first obtaining a building permit. The permit fee shall be one (1) percent of the total valuation, with a minimum fee of $70.00.
(2023) Tank installation and removal:
a. Tank removal: $167.00.
b. Tank installation: One (1) percent of the total valuation, with a minimum fee of $70.00.
(2124) Other piping: Includes process piping and miscellaneous piping that is not otherwise regulated under the state plumbing or mechanical code. The fee for other piping permits: One (1) percent of the total valuation, with a minimum fee of $70.00.
(2225) Grading: For the placement, removal or movement of:
a. Up to one thousand (1,000) cubic yards of fill, $32.00 for the first one hundred (100) cubic yards, plus $23.00 for each one hundred (100) additional cubic yards or fraction thereof.
b. Between one thousand one (1,001) and ten thousand (10,000) cubic yards of fill, $239.00 for the first one thousand (1,000) cubic yards, plus $19.00 for each additional one thousand (1,000) cubic yards or fraction thereof.
c. Between ten thousand one (10,001) and one hundred thousand (100,000) cubic yards of fill, $410.00 for the first ten thousand (10,000) cubic yards, plus $87.00 for each additional ten thousand (10,000) cubic yards or fraction thereof.
d. Greater than one hundred thousand (100,000) cubic yards of fill, $1193.00 for the first one hundred thousand (100,000) cubic yards, plus $48.00 for each additional ten thousand (10,000) cubic yards or fraction thereof.
(2326) Vacant building rehabilitation permit: Two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00).
(h) Fees, exemption for city: The city shall be exempted from the payment of permit fees required under this chapter where work is done by city employees on city-owned property not exclusively leased or rented to a party other than the city. It is the intent of this paragraph only that payment of fees are waived. Permits as required by other sections of the Saint Paul Legislative Code are to be applied for and issued, inspections are to be made as required and compliance with all other requirements must be made.
Section 2
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on thirty (30) days following it's passage, approval and publication.