Use Group
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Annual Fee
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Business
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B-1, under 2,500 square feet
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$50
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B-2, 2,500 to 4,999 square feet
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$65
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B-3, 5,000 to 9,999 square feet
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$100
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B-4, 10,000 and over square feet
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$165
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Factory
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F-1, under 5,000 square feet
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$130
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F-2, 5,000 to 11,999 square feet
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$165
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Mercantile
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M-1, under 6,000 square feet
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$65
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M-2, 6,000 to 11,999 square feet
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$100
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Storage
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S-1, under 2,500 square feet
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$65
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S-2, 2,500 to 11,999 square feet
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$100
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Residential
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R-A, non-owner-occupied 1 and 2 units
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$65
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R-B, 3 to 6 units
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$65
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R-C, 7 to 12 units
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$100
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R-D, 13 to 20 units
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$260
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R-E, over 20 units
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$490
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Utilities
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U-1, under 2,500 square feet
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$65
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U-2, 2,500 and over square feet
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$100
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Reinspection fees
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First reinspection
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Free
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Second reinspection
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Equal to original fee
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Third and subsequent reinspections
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Equal to original fee
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Permit
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Fee
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Type 1, Cooking, welding
The use of any open-flame or flame-producing device in connection
with the training of non-fire-service personnel in fire suppression
or extinguishment procedures; bonfires; the use of torch or flame-producing
device to remove paint from, or seal membrane roofs on, any building
or structure; cooking; welding.
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$130
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Type 2, Flammable liquids
Use and application of flammable liquids or materials; fumigation
or thermal insecticide fogging; displaying liquid- or gas-fuel powered
equipment.
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$260
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Type 3, Ovens, furnaces
Industrial processing ovens or furnaces operating at approximately
atmospheric pressures and temperatures not exceeding 1,400° F.
which are heated with oil or gas fuel or which contain flammable vapors
from the product being processed.
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$455
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APPENDIX A
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App. A:1. Fire Hazards Generally.
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No person shall, upon any property of which
he is the owner, occupant, lessee or of which he is in charge or for
which he is responsible, cause or suffer the creation, maintenance
or continuance of any condition whatever so constituted or located
as to result in a fire hazard.
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App. A:2. Authority of Fire Chief to Promulgate
Regulations Relative to Fire Hazards.
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The Chief of the Fire Department shall promulgate
regulations from time to time, defining fire hazards and setting forth
methods and procedures for the safeguarding to a reasonable degree
of life and property from the hazards of fire and explosion arising
from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials
and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in
the use or occupancy of buildings or premises. Such regulations shall
be consistent with the standards set forth in this code. Such regulations,
in writing, shall be approved by the Board of Fire Commissioners.
A copy of same shall be filed with the Mayor, City Council, City Clerk,
Health Officer, Public Officer and Director of Public Works at least
20 days before such regulations shall become effective. Such regulations
shall have the same force and effect as the provisions of this article,
and violations thereof shall be enforced as violations of the express
provisions of this article.
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App. A:3. Obstructing Fire Hydrants.
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No person owning or occupying any premises in
front of which a fire hydrant is located shall place or plant any
hedge or other shrubbery so near any such hydrant as to interfere
with ready access to the same for water supply.
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App. A:3-1. No person shall place
any material or thing or throw or deposit snow or ice on or against
any hydrant or so near it as to interfere with ready access to the
same for water supply.
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App. A:4. Inspection of Buildings: Authority
of Fire Chief.
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It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire
Department to inspect or to cause to be inspected by members of the
Fire Department as often as he may deem necessary, but not less than
twice a year, all public buildings as the same are defined in the
Building Code of the City and all buildings used in whole or in part
for business, industrial or commercial purposes and, as often as he
may deem necessary, all other buildings and properties whatever to
which lawful entry may be had, for the purpose of ascertaining, disclosing
and causing to be corrected conditions likely to cause fire hazards
and violations of any of the provisions of this code or other ordinances
of the City or laws of the state having to do with the prevention
of and protection against fire.
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App. A:5. Inspection of Buildings: Notice
to Owner or Occupant to Abate Fire Hazards.
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Whenever any member of the Fire Department authorized
to make inspections shall find in any building or upon any property
or premises any fire hazard, the Chief of the Fire Department shall
notify the owner, lessee, occupant or persons in charge to have the
same removed or remedied within 48 hours.
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App. A:6. Inspection of Buildings: Manner
of Giving Notice to Abate.
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Unless emergency conditions shall require immediate oral directions, such notices shall be in writing and served in the manner set forth in Chapter 159, Housing Standards; Property Maintenance, § 159-27. If thereafter within the space of one year there shall be a second violation by the same owner, operation or occupant of the provisions of this code discovered on the same premises, the offender may be prosecuted for the second violation without the Chief of the Fire Department giving notice to the owner, operator or occupant by the filing of a complaint by the Chief of the Fire Department in the Municipal Court.
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App. A:7. Approval of Fire Prevention
Measures.
[Added 3-14-1977 by Ord. No. 16-1977; amended 12-27-1978 by Ord. No. 50-1978] | |
The owner, his architect, engineer or agent
shall submit plans and specifications for any work required by these
regulations to the Fire Protection Subcode Official for his approval
before any work is commenced, and the work shall be inspected and
approved by the Fire Protection Subcode Official.
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App. A:8. Vertical shafts.
[Added 3-14-1977 by Ord. No. 16-1977; amended 12-27-1978 by Ord. No. 50-1978] | |
All vertical shafts in all existing buildings,
including but not limited to dumbwaiters, garbage chutes and incinerator
chutes, but not including stair towers and elevator shafts, shall
either:
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a)
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Be sprinklered at top of shaft and one floor
above lowest level; or
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b)
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Have permanently sealed every opening into the
shaft with masonry, including all doors, the top of the shaft and
all openings in the basement.
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App. A:9. Attic Space.
[Added 3-14-1977 by Ord. No. 16-1977; amended 12-27-1978 by Ord. No. 50-1978] | |
In every existing building with a space between
the top floor ceiling and the roof beams, this attic space shall be
divided into areas not greater than 3,000 square feet by partitions
with not less than a one-hour fire rating.
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App. A:10. Smoke Detectors.
[Added 3-14-1977 by Ord. No. 16-1977; amended 12-27-1978 by Ord. No. 50-1978; 3-28-1983 by Ord. No. 15-1983] | |
Every residential dwelling unit shall be provided
with an operating automatic smoke-detecting equipment with an audible
alarm approved by Underwriters' Laboratories or Factory Mutual System.
The smoke-detecting equipment shall be located in accordance with
the applicable section of NFPA No. 74, Standard for the Installation,
Maintenance and Use of House Fire Warning Systems, and BOCA Basic
Building Code, Section 1716.
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App. A:11. Storage Rooms.
[Added 3-14-1977 by Ord. No. 16-1977; amended 12-27-1978 by Ord. No. 50-1978] | |
All wood storage bins shall be removed in basement
and cellar areas of multifamily dwellings. Where storage areas are
deemed necessary, they shall be in one-hour fire-rated compartments
equipped with self-closing, self-locking door, operated by a key under
management control.
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App. A:12. Building Security.
[Added 3-14-1977 by Ord. No. 16-1977; amended 12-27-1978 by Ord. No. 50-1978] | |
In all buildings, except one- and two-family
dwellings, every exterior doorway shall be self-closing and self-locking.
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App. A:13. Portable Liquid Fuel Heaters,
Stoves and Lamps.
[Added 2-28-1983 by Ord. No. 11-1983] | |
a)
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It shall be unlawful to use any portable appliances
using kerosene, gasoline, oil or other liquid fuels for heating, cooking
or illumination in any commercial building or structure or in any
building containing three or more residential dwelling units.
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b)
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It shall be unlawful to install, maintain and
use any fixed kerosene, gasoline, oil or other liquid-fuel-burning
stove or heater or appliance for cooking or heating purposes in any
commercial building or structure or in any building containing three
or more residential dwelling units.
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App. A:14. Sprinkler Valve Supervision.
[Added 7-15-1985 by Ord. No. 17-1985] | |
All sprinkler valves shall have flow switches
and tamper devices installed and shall be supervised electrically
according to the BOCA Building Code in effect at the time of the inspection.
The requirement of this section shall apply to existing as well as
new buildings.
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App. A:15. Elevator Key Boxes.
[Added 7-15-1985 by Ord. No. 17-1985] | |
All buildings that have elevators shall have
a key box installed as approved by the Fire Official. The requirements
of this section shall apply to new as well as existing buildings.
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