(a) 
Fees for inspections, and permits, licenses and other services required by the fire prevention code shall be as listed on the following fee schedule and payable prior to starting the permitted function or in case of annual permits and licenses each year before January 31st, except that charges for emergency response and false alarm response shall be paid within 30 days of billing.
Inspection
Fee
First fire inspection
$0
First reinspection
$50
Additional reinspections
$100
Change of use inspection
$50
Seasonal business inspection required prior to opening
$200
Short-Term Rental Properties on Hosting Platform
Fee
New short-term rental property inspection
$200
Short-term rental property inspection
$50
State-Required Inspections
Fee
Liquor license/marijuana license
$50
Daycare up to 6 children
$50
Daycare 6 children or over
$100
Inspection
Fee
Detention facilities
$50
Adult care facilities up to 8 beds
$50
Adult care facilities over 8 beds
$100
Group homes
$50
Boarding/lodging/rooming houses
$50
Residential occupancies including apartments over 3 units, hotel/motel
$50 first floor
High rise buildings (buildings over 3 floors)
$25 each additional floor below or above grade
Permits
Fee
Operational and construction fire code permits
$100
Burn permit
$0
Special events (trade shows, sporting events, carnivals, concerts)
$50
Emergency Services
Fee
Standby request by private companies, developers, industry, other than emergency response (per vehicle per hour)
$250
Emergency response to hazardous materials (per vehicle per hour) not including cleanup costs
$250
Hazardous material response costs
Fully burdened
False Alarm Response
Fee
Each false fire alarm after 1 in a 6-month period
$500
Nuisance alarms, including automatic alarms (more than 3 false alarms per month)
$250
(b) 
Permits and licenses must be kept on the premises designated therein and shall at all times be subject to inspection by any officer of the fire or police department.
(Code 1962 § 9-10; Ord. 1506 § 3, 2004; Ord. 1737 § 5, 2013; Ord. 2006 § 5, 2025)
(a) 
Fire inspections shall be mandatory in all required occupancies at regularly scheduled intervals;
(b) 
Fire inspections shall occur prior to business operations commencing in:
(1) 
All occupancies that are relocating;
(2) 
All occupancies closed for 120 consecutive days or greater; and
(3) 
All new business or commercial occupancies;
(c) 
Certificate of compliance shall be required from the Ketchikan fire department for all occupancies. Certificate of compliance shall be contingent on:
(1) 
Satisfactory completion of all required city inspections with no outstanding violations;
(2) 
Payment of any and all outstanding fees, taxes, or any other money owed to the city or Ketchikan Gateway Borough;
(d) 
Short-term rentals shall be required to have new occupancy fire inspection prior to occupancy, and every two years thereafter. For short-term rental properties listed by a hosting platform such as Airbnb, Vrbo and others that facilitate short-term room rental transactions by connecting potential hosts and guests while also collecting money from guests, the hosting platform shall be responsible for the initial and biannual inspections and associated fees.
(Ord. 1583 § 6, 2008; Ord. 2006 § 5, 2025)
The city manager, the chief of the fire department, and the fire marshal shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes, or occupancies, which shall require permits, in addition to those now enumerated in the 2021 International Building Code and the 2021 International Fire Code. The fire marshal shall post such list in a conspicuous place in his office and distribute copies thereof to interested persons.
(Code 1962 § 9-9; Ord. 810 § 2, 1974; Ord. 1583 § 6, 2008; Ord. 1737 § 6, 2013; Ord. 2006 § 6, 2025)