HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - City Council - Regular - 3044 - 2/19/2002ORDINANCE NO. 3044
AN ORDINANCE
To Be Entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY
CODE, CHAPTER 21, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
REGULATIONS, ARTICLE II, ADMINISTRATION,
DIVISION 5, PERMITS, SECTION 21-96 FEE SCHEDULE
BY AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULES FOR VARIOUS
CONSTRUCTION WORK; AMENDING SECTION 21-97
FEE SCHEDULE -FIRE DEPARTMENT PERMITS; NEW
CONSTRUCTION, REMODELING OR ALTERATIONS;
CREATING SECTION 21-98 FEE SCHEDULE,
ENGINEERING DIVISION; SECTION 21-99 FEE
SCHEDULE, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DIVISION;
SECTION 21-100 SUPPLEMENTAL FEES AND
REGULATIONS; AMENDING ARTICLE III STANDARDS,
SECTION 21-121 ADOPTION OF CONSTRUCTION
CODES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, that:
SECTION 1. The City Code, Chapter 21 Building and
Construction Regulations, Article II Administration, Division 5 Permits,
Section 21-96 Fee schedule is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 21-96. Fee schedule - building, permitting
and inspections division.
The fees for permits shall be determined according
to the following schedule:
(1) Building permits:
Total Valuation Fee Schedule
a. $500.00 or less of the
fair market value of
labor and materials as
determined by the
building official, of
nonstructural repairs
and maintenance to
work which has
previously been
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performed with
approved permits and
inspections, provided
that any such work
does not add new
structure, fixtures,
appliances, devices or
affect any life safety
equipment, systems or
designs. All new work,
regardless of value
shall require permits.
Roofing repairs in
excess of one
hundred (100) square
feet shall require
permitting
No permit required
b. $500.01 or above
$35.00, plus $4.50
per thousand dollars
of valuation rounded
to the next higher
thousand
C. Plan check fees.
A plan check fee
shall be collected on every permit
application wherein plans or technical
review is required; the plan review fee
shall be equal to one-half of the
building permit fee. When the
valuation exceeds fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000.00), the plan check
fee shall be paid at the time plans are
submitted.
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1. After permit issuance, the plan
review fee for revision or
addition shall be a minimum of
forty dollars ($40.00) plus the
additional plan review and
permitting fees resulting from
any increase in the value of the
construction cost.
(2) Demolition permits. The permit fee for each
demolition shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) plus
five cents ($.05) per square foot of gross
building area.
(3) Building, permitting and inspections division
sub -trade permits. Unless specified
otherwise in this section, the fee for each
sub -trade permit shall be thirty-five
dollars ($35.00), plus four dollars and fifty
cents ($4.50) per one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) of valuation rounded to
next higher thousand. Plumbing, electrical,
mechanical and roofing permits that are
subordinate to a building permit shall be
thirty-five dollars ($35.00).
(4) Mobile or manufactured home move -in
permit. The permit fee for a mobile home
move -in shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). The
permit for a manufactured building shall be
fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first living or
tenant unit, plus twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
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for each additional unit which makes up
one (1) building. This fee will not include
sewer or water tap fees or any other items
which are not listed as included above. The
plan review fee shall be equal to
one-half (1 / 2) of the permit fee.
(5) Moving building permits. The permit fee for
each moving permit shall be fifty
dollars ($50.00) plus five cents ($.05) per
square foot of the area of the building being
moved. All fees for moving of buildings
declared historic on a national, state or local
level shall be waived.
(6) Roofing permits. The permit fee for each
roofing permit shall be thirty-five
dollars ($35.00) for up to 1,000 square feet
plus one and one-half cents ($.015) per
square foot of all roofing area. A roofing
permit shall be required in addition to a
building permit on. all permitted projects
except pre engineered metal buildings
wherein the roofing permit shall not be
required.
(7) Sign permits. The permit fee for each sign
permit shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00)
plus one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the
total valuation of the proposed sign work, or
one dollar ($1.00) per square foot, whichever
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is more. Plan review fee shall be equal to
one-half (1 / 2) of the permit fee.
(8) Tent permit. First three (3) days, fifty
dollars ($50.00), ten dollars ($10.00) per day
thereafter for up to ten (10) tents; twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) and five dollars ($5.00) per
day for each additional ten (10) tents or
portion thereof.
(9) Lien fee of five dollars ($5.00) per permit
shall be assessed for each permit where the
value exceeds two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500.00).
(10) Certificate; affidavits. Certificate of
occupancy, certificate of completion,
affidavits of code compliance or completion
status, and other certifications by the
building official are thirty-five
dollars ($35.00) and shall be collected at
permit issuance unless it is not issued as a
result of a permitted activity. Temporary
certificate of occupancy may be issued upon
the payment of a one hundred
dollar ($100.00) fee and posting of a cash
bond equal to the estimated cost of any
outstanding work. Such bond shall be
received by the city and held without interest
until all requirements are met and the final
certificate of occupancy is issued. Failure to
complete the work within the timeframe
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specified shall authorize the city to revoke
the bond.
(11) For additional applicable fees, see
section 21-100.
SECTION 2. The City Code, Chapter 21 Building and
Construction Regulations, Article II Administration, Division 5 Permits,
Section 21-97 Fee schedule -Fire department permits; new construction,
remodeling or alterations is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec.21-97. Fee schedule --Fire prevention
bureau
(1) Annual fire inspection fees.
a. Initial inspection No fee
b. First reinspection No fee
C. Second reinspection $50.00
d. Third reinspection $50.00
e. Subsequent reinspections will be
subject to legal action.
(2) Fire sprinkler permit. The permit fee for
each new fire sprinkler system or addition to an existing
fire sprinkler system shall be forty dollars ($40.00), plus
fifty dollars ($50.00) for each new riser or addition to
each existing riser and one dollar ($1.00) per new head.
The permit fee for remodeling without additions shall be
forty dollars ($40.00), plus one dollar ($1.00) per
relocated head.
(3) Fire standpipe systems. Wet or dry, the
permit fee for each new standpipe system, or addition to
an existing system shall be forty dollars ($40.00), plus
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fifty dollars ($50.00) for each riser or each existing riser
altered.
(4) Fire pump. The permit fee for a new fire
pump shall be forty dollars ($40.00), plus seventy-five
dollars ($75.00) for pumps up to and including five
hundred (500) gallons per minute (GPM) or one hundred
dollars ($100.00) for all pumps above five hundred (500)
GPM. The permit fee for alterations to existing pumps
shall be forty dollars ($40.00).
(5) Pre-engineered fire suppression system
excluding total flood systems. The permit fee for new
installations shall be forty dollars ($40.00), plus twenty
dollars ($20.00) per bottle of suppression agent. The
permit fee for alterations to existing systems shall be
forty dollars ($40.00), plus two dollars and fifty
cents ($2.50) per head.
(6) Total flood pre-engineered fire suppressions
systems. The permit fee for new installations shall be
forty dollars ($40.00), plus sixty-five dollars ($65.00) per
bottle or container of suppression agent. The permit fee
for alterations to existing systems shall be forty
dollars ($40.00), plus two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50)
per suppression head or detection head altered.
(7) Fire alarm systems. The permit fee for new
zoned systems shall be forty dollars ($40.00), plus ten
dollars ($10.00) per indicating and initiating zone. The
permit fee for intelligent systems shall be forty
dollars ($40.00), plus one dollar ($1.00) per indicating or
initiating device.
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(8) Burn permit. One hundred twenty-five
dollars ($125.00) per thirty (30) day period.
(9) Fire hydrant flow test. Fifty dollars ($50.00).
(10) Pyrotechnics, indoor. One hundred fifty
dollars ($150.00).
(11) Pyrotechnics, outdoor. One hundred fifty
dollars ($150.00).
(12) State agency required inspections. Fifty
dollars ($50.00).
(13) House burn permit. Twenty-five
cents ($0.25) per square foot rounded up to the nearest
dollar. Minimum two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(14) Fire watch. Actual cost of supplying
required manpower and equipment for each specific
event.
(15) Installation of pollutant storage tank(s),
underground. Forty dollars ($40.00), plus fifty
dollars ($50.00) per tank.
(16) Installation of pollutant storage tank(s),
above ground. Forty dollars ($40.00), plus thirty
dollars ($30.00) per tank.
(17) Removal or abandonment in place of
pollutant storage tank, underground. Forty
dollars ($40.00), plus fifty dollars ($50.00) per tank.
(18) Removal or abandonment in place of
pollutant storage tank, above ground. Forty
dollars ($40.00), plus thirty dollars ($30.00) per tank.
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(19) Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks
installed, underground. Forty dollars ($40.00), plus fifty
dollars ($50.00) per tank.
(20) Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks
installed, above ground. Forty dollars ($40.00), plus
thirty dollars ($30.00) per tank.
(21) Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks removal
underground or abandon in place. Forty
dollars ($40.00), plus thirty dollars ($30.00) per tank.
- (22) Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank(s)
removal, above ground. Thirty dollars ($30.00).
(23) Blasting. Forty dollars ($40.00), plus fifty
cents ($0.50) per shot rounded up to the nearest dollar.
(24) Compliance. Each permit issued by the fire
department shall comply with the currently adopted
edition of the Fire Prevention Code.
(25) Notarized letter of approval. A notarized
letter of approval from the property owner shall be
provided to the fire department when requesting a permit
to abandon in place any underground tank.
(26) Building permit plan review fee.
Twenty-seven hundredths (0.27) of one (1) percent of job
value.
a. After permit issuance, the plan review
fee for revision or addition shall be
thirty dollars ($30.00) or two -tenths of
one (0.2) percent of the job value,
whichever is greater.
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(27) Occupancy permit inspections.
Less than 1,000 square feet $ 25.00
1,001--2,500 square feet 35.00
2,501--5,000 square feet 45.00
5,001--7,500 square feet 55.00
7,501--10,000 square feet 65.00
10,00 1-- 12,500 square feet 70.00
12,501--15,000 square feet 80.00
15,001--17,500 square feet 90.00
17;501 square feet and up 100.00
(28) Tent inspections. Thirty-five
dollars ($35.00).
(29) Carnivals and special events. Fifty
dollars ($50.00), plus five dollars ($5.00) per one
thousand (1,000) people anticipated in attendance.
(30) Underground fire line. Forty dollars ($40.00)
plus twenty-five cents ($0.25) per linear foot.
(31) For additional applicable fees see
section 21-100.
SECTION 3. The City Code, Chapter 21 Building and
Construction Regulations, Article II Administration, Division 5 Permits,
Section 21-98 Fee schedule -engineering division is hereby created to
read as follows:
Section 21-98. Fee schedule -engineering division.
(a) Right-of-way permit. Any work within public
rights -of -way will require a permit fee of fifty
dollars ($50.00) for single family or duplex with a single
driveway, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for single family or
duplex with double driveway and; one hundred fifty
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dollars ($150.00) for commercial projects which includes
three (3) residential units or more.
(b) Site clearing, grubbing, grading, excavating
or filling. A permit shall be required for site clearing,
including scraping, grubbing, grading, excavating or filling
of a site or lot. Where environmentally sensitive lands are
involved, clearance letter(s) from appropriate regulatory
agencies must first be received before the city issues a site
clearing permit. A tree removal permit is required prior to
issuance of a site clearing permit. A tree survey shall be
provided by the applicant according to the growth
management code prior to any site preparation. The site
clearing permit fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) minimum
plus twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per acre or portion
thereof.
(c) Site work. A permit shall be required for site
work, and shall include any or all of the following: paving,
drainage, water, and sewer. The permit fee for site work
including plan review shall be:
(1) Residential site less than two (2) acres
and less than two (2) units seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) plus ten
dollars ($10.00) for each unit.
(2) Residential site equal to and greater than
two (2) acres and more than two (2) units
two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500.00) plus fifty
dollars ($50.00) per acre or portion
thereof in excess of one (1) acre.
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(3) Commercial development which includes
three (3) residential units or more two
thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500.00) plus fifty
dollars ($50.00) per acre or portion
thereof in excess of one (1) acre.
(4) Utility inspection fee one and
one-half (1.50) percent of engineers cost
estimate for water, sewer and drainage
construction costs for items reviewed and
inspected by the engineering division.
(5) Roadway inspection fee 1.25 percent of
engineers cost estimate for road
construction cost.
(d) Single family or duplex review fifty
dollars ($50.00).
(e) Engineering plan review for all other permits
not specified in this section shall be two tenths of
one (0.2) percent of job value or a minimum of fifteen
dollars ($15.00), whichever is greater.
(fl Revision/addition. After permit issuance,
the plan review fee for revision or addition shall be forty
dollars ($40.00) or two tenths of one (0.2) percent of the
job value, whichever is greater.
(g) For additional applicable fees, see
section 21-100.
SECTION 4. The City Code, Chapter 21 Building and
Construction Regulations, Article III Standards, Section 21-99 Fee
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schedule -development review division is hereby created to read as
follows:
Section 21-99. Fee schedule -development review
division.
(a) Zoning plan review fee. One tenth of one
percent (0.1) of job value or a minimum of fifteen
dollars ($15.00), whichever is greater.
(b) Revision/addition. After permit issuance the
plan review fee for revision or addition shall be forty
dollars ($40.00) or one tenth of one percent (0.1) of the
job value, whichever is greater.
(c) Tree removal permits. The fee for tree
removal permits shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per
acre or fraction thereof.
(d) For additional applicable fees, see
section 21-100.
SECTION 5. The City Code, Chapter 21 Building and
Construction Regulations, Article II Administration, Division 5 Permits,
Section 21-100 Supplemental fees and regulations is hereby created to
read as follows:
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Sec. 21-100. Supplemental fees and regulations.
The fees for permits shall be determined according
to the fee schedule within each applicable section.
Where permit fees are calculated based on a project
value they shall use the actual retail construction value,
or be calculated using the current editions of either the
Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc.
schedule of valuation, R.S. Means or other standard
estimating guide acceptable to the building official. The
greatest value determined by these methods shall be
used to calculate the fee. Valuations will be rounded to
the nearest one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Fees shall
be rounded to the nearest dollar.
(1) Plan review fee shall include up to two (2)
reviews based on an original submittal, and review of all
corrections to an original submittal. Changes to a
submittal requiring new review shall be performed on an
hourly basis at a rate of sixty dollars ($60.00) per hour,
billed in one -quarter (1 / 4) hour increments.
(2) Preliminary plan reviews prior to permit
application shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) per hour per
reviewer to be billed in one -quarter (1 /4) hour
increments. Minimum fee is thirty dollars ($30.00) per
reviewer.
(3) Fast track plan reviews performed by the
community development department, public works
department and fire department shall be available subject
to the following conditions and fees:
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a. Original sealed plans and application
information shall be submitted in
sufficient quantity to provide one (1)
plan for each review entity. Nothing in
this section shall supercede the
requirements of Florida
Statutes 553.80(2)(b) which requires
specific penalty fees for plans reviewed
for compliance with the Florida
Building Code which failed to correct a
code violation specifically and
continuously noted in each rejection.
b. The applicant shall arrange and pay
for courier service or hand delivery to
all review entities after preliminary
submittal and acceptance of permit
documents.
C. The applicant shall pay an additional
fast track fee due and payable at the
time the permit is issued based on the
following rates:
Plan reviewer $60.00 per hour
Clerical $30.00 per hour
All fast track plan reviews and clerical
services shall be conducted outside of
regular working hours. Minimum fee
equals one (1) hour per plans reviewer
and one (1) hour per clerical person.
Fees shall be distributed
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proportionately to each division
performing fast track plan reviews. No
waiver provisions in this section shall
apply to fast track plan review.
d. Outside agency approvals are the sole
responsibility of the applicant to
identify and obtain. Nothing in this
section shall supercede the
requirements of Florida
Statutes 553.80(2)(c) which requires
specific penalty fees for the third and
subsequent reinspections that results
in the failure to comply with a
rejection notice when such failure is a
violation of the Florida Building Code.
e. The building official may refuse
acceptance of fast track applications if
available resources make such
services impossible to render.
(4) General inspections. Any inspections
that are not included with a permit shall be
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per inspection, and,
shall be paid in advance. (See special inspections
in sub -section (7) below.)
(5) Reinspection fees. If reinspection is
necessary because work was not ready, incomplete,
not to code or plan, or access for the inspection is
denied, the fee shall be as follows:
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Each inspector
Access denied, plans and/or
permits not on site $15.00
First reinspection $20.00
Subsequent reinspections $30.00
If a third or subsequent reinspection is performed
at the request of the permit holder or his agent, the
building official, city engineer, fire marshall or their
designee(s) may, after first issuing a warning notice
at the time of or after the second reinspection, and
for the same violation, code enforcement shall issue
a civil citation in the amount of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) as a first violation. A second
citation may be issued in the amount of two
hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) if a subsequent
requested inspection results in the same violation,
and a third and subsequent violation may be issued
in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
until such time as the violation is corrected.
Should the inspections be ordered by the building
official, city engineer, fire marshall, or their
designee(s) where a known violation continues to
exist beyond a reasonable time, or permit
expiration, the same penalties shall apply. Failure
to finalize a permit within one hundred eighty (180)
days from date of issue or last inspection shall
result in a one hundred dollar ($100.00) fine. No
subsequent inspections or other permits will be
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issued until all fees are paid and the permit has
been finalized.
(6) Special inspections performed outside
normal working hours as approved by the building
official, city engineer, fire marshal or their
designee(s), when requested by the permit holder
shall be billed at a minimum fee of seventy-five
dollars ($75.00) for the first (lsT) hour, portal to
portal, and sixty dollars ($60.00) for each hour
thereafter, with a minimum fee of seventy-five
dollars ($75.00) which must be paid at the time of
issuance of final certificate of occupancy.
(7) Occupational licensing certificates and
inspection fees.
Square Footage
Zoning
Certificate
Inspections
Certificate
of
Occupancy
Total
Fire
Building
Zoning
1,000 & less
$25.00
$ 30.00
$25.00
$25.00
$35.00
$140.00
1 001-2 500
$25.00
$ 40.00
$25.00
$25.00
$35.00
$150.00
2 501-5 000
$25.00
1 $ 50.00
$25.00
$25.00
1 5.00
1 $160.00
5 001-7,500
$25.00
$ 60.00
$25.00
$25.00
$35.00
$170.00
7 501-10 000
$25.00
$ 70.00
$25.00
$25.00
$35.00
$180.00
10 001-12 500
$25.00
$ 80.00
$25.00
$25.00
$35.00
$190.00
12 501-15 000
$25.00
$ 90.00
$25.00
$25.00
$35.00
$200.00
15,001-17 500
$25.00
$100.00
$25.00
$25.00
$35.00
$210.00
17,501 & u
$25.00
$110.001
$25.00 1
$25.00 1
$35.00 1
$220.00
Note: A change of use may require payment of
impact fees.
(8) Work without permit. The permit fee
for any work started without a required permit will
be doubled, plus any work that is completed
without a required permit will be charged an
additional two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(9) Cost for permit extension, duplicate
permits and expired permits:
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a. Permit extension (before expiration)
twenty-five (25) percent of the original
permit fee.
b.
Second extension (before expiration)
fifty (50) percent of the original permit
fee.
C.
Duplicate permit card fifteen
dollars ($15.00).
d.
Expired permits require reapplication
and are subject to original fees
including plan review.
(10)
Refunds:
a.
No refunds if work has commenced.
b.
No refunds if permit has expired.
C.
No refunds on any plan review fee.
d.
No refunds on permits of fifty
dollars ($50.00) or less, unless issued
in error by the city.
e.
Refunds of all other permits shall be
limited to seventy-five (75) percent of
permit fee.
f.
An inspection fee of fifty
dollars ($50.00) will be deducted from
any refund to pay for the cost of
confirming conditions on site and for
minimal administrative costs
associated with the refund.
(11)
Permit application expiration date. A
permit application will expire six (6) months from
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date of submittal. The applicant will have ten (10)
days after notification to pick up the permit
application and associated paperwork or they will
be deemed abandoned and will be disposed.
One (1) or more extensions of time for a period of
not more than ninety (90) days may be allowed by
the building official for the permit application,
provided the extension is requested in writing and a
justifiable hardship is demonstrated.
(12) Permit fee waivers and reductions:
a. Building permit fees up to and
including the first two hundred fifty
dollars ($250.00) for any single project
for not for profit entities, whose
primary home offices are located
within the city, and who are identified
as tax exempt from the property
appraiser, or by furnishing a current
tax exempt status certificate from the
Internal Revenue Service, and possess
a current, valid occupational license
issued by the city, as approved by the
building official.
b. Permit fees up to and including three
hundred dollars ($300.00) for special
events as determined and approved by
the mayor and the councilperson
within whose ward the event will
occur.
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C.
Permit fees for the installation of
hurricane protection systems to
existing structures, including
shutters, windows, doors, safe rooms
or other components approved by the
building official that comply with the
current wind load standards, and can
satisfy the impact resistant standards
as delineated in the most current
edition of American Society of Civil
Engineers 7, as approved by the
building official.
d.
One-half (1 / 2) of the permit fees for
any person obtaining permits on their
homesteaded house when such person
qualifies as receiving income at or
below eighty (80) percent of the local
poverty level, as defined by the United
States Department of Labor, as
approved by the building official.
e.
Permit fees for tents erected by city
employees for city sponsored events.
f.
Permit fees for city approved projects
constructed on city owned land or
within public rights -of -way, exclusive
of permits required by Florida
Building Code.
(13)
Other services. Other services not
specified in
this section shall be billed at actual
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cost of time, benefits, material, outside services
plus an administrative fee of twenty (20) percent as
determined by the building official, city engineer,
fire marshal or their designee(s).
(14) Collection of fees. All fees collected by
the community development department, exclusive
of impact fees or any fee that exceeds five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00), may be paid by credit or debit
card and the discounts and fees collected for the
use of the debit or credit card shall be paid from the
fees stated in this code. Those fees collected for
other agencies shall be paid in their full amount,
paying the discount of fee from the city permit fee.
Such acceptance of payment shall be subject to the.
availability of equipment, policy, systems and
resources to receive such payment.
(15) Permits not requiring plan or technical
review. Permits that do not require a plan or
technical review and that are applied for and issued
over the Internet shall be issued at a rate which is
ten (10) percent below the specified amount in this
chapter. Those fees collected for other agencies
shall be paid in their full amount, paying the
discount of fee from the city permit fee.
Sections 21-101 - 21-102. Reserved.
SECTION 6. The City Code, Chapter 21 Building and
Construction Regulations, Article III Standards, Section 21-121
Adoption of construction codes is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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Section 21-121. Adoption of construction codes.
(a) The 2001 Florida Building Codes and the
appendixes adopted herein shall become effective upon
the final adoption of the implementation date set by the
Florida Legislative and Governor. Permit applications
received after January 1, 2002 may be reviewed under
either the previously adopted codes or the 2001 Florida
Building Codes, as elected by the design professional and
stated on the permit application. Requirements for
swimming pools shall become effective January 1, 2002.
(b) The following codes are hereby adopted by
reference as though they were copied fully herein
together with all appendices and shall be known as the
construction codes of the city:
(1) Florida Building Code 2001, including
Appendices A, B, C, D, E.
(2) Florida Building Code Fuel Gas 2001
(3) Standard Housing Code, 1997 Edition, as
published by the Southern Building Code
Congress International, Inc.;
(4) Florida Building Code Mechanical 2001
(5) Florida Building Code Plumbing 2001
(6) Florida Fire Prevention Code 2001.
(7) National Electric Code, 1999 Edition, as
published by the National Fire Prevention
Association;
(8) National Fire Codes (N.F.P.A.), 2000 Edition,
as published by the National Fire Protection
Association, with the exception of pamphlets
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numbered above No. 1000 and pamphlet
No.70. With the exception of Pamphlets
Nos. 1123, 1124, 1231, 1962 and 8503;
(9) The following Florida Statutes are hereby
adopted by reference:
a. Florida Statutes, Chapter 489,
Contracting, Part I, Part II and Part III
as amended from time to time;
b. Florida Statutes, Chapter 468,
Part XII Building Code Administrators
and Inspectors as amended from time
to time;
C. Florida Statutes, Chapter 471,
Engineering, including requirements
certain projects intended for public
use to be designed by and under the
seal and signature of a licensed
engineer, as amended from time to
time;
d. Florida Statutes, Chapter 481,
Architecture, Interior Design and
Landscape Architecture, Part I and
Part II, including minimum
requirements for architects to be used
on residential and commercial
construction, and including requiring
certain projects intended for public
use to be designed by and under the
seal and signature of a licensed
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architect or interior designer, as
amended from time to time;
e. Florida Statutes, Chapter 553, Part V,
Accessibility by Physically Disabled
Persons as amended from time to
time;
f. Florida Statutes, Chapter 713, Part I,
Mechanics Liens, as amended from
time to time;
g. Energy Efficiency Code for Building
Construction, as amended from time
to time.
(10) Standard Unsafe Building Abatement Code,
1985 Edition, as published by the Southern
Building Code Congress International, Inc.
(c) Copies of each code are on file with the city
clerk and the community development department.
SECTION 7. Severability.
If for any reason, any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by
the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrase, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance.
SECTION S. This ordinance shall become effective March 1,
2002.
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PASSED IN PUBLIC SESSION of the City Council of the City of
Fort Myers, Florida, this 19th day of February, A.D., 2002.
_YEA
Tammara Hall
YEA
eronica S. Sho ak
YEA
YEA
YEA
Council Members
APPROVED this 19th day of February, A.D., 2002, at
6.1 4 o'clock p.m.
FILED in the Office of the City Clerk this 19th day of February,
A.D., 2002.
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Marie Adams, CMC
City Clerk