| FIRE DEPARTMENT FEE SCHEDULE |
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| Facility/Activity | Code Section | Fee | ||||||
| Operational permit required to manufacture, store or handle an aggregate quantity of Level 2 or Level 3 aerosol products in excess of 500 pounds. | 105.6.1 | $40.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to operate a special amusement building. | 105.6.2 | $40.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to use a Group H or Group S occupancy for aircraft servicing or repair and aircraft fuel-servicing vehicles. | 105.6.3 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to conduct a carnival or fair. | 105.6.4 | $40.00 | ||||||
| Permit required to install stationary lead-acid battery systems having a liquid capacity of more than 50 gallons. | 105.6.5 | $40.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to store, handle or use cellulose nitrate film in a Group A occupancy. | 105.6.6 | $40.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to operate a grain elevator, flour starch mill, or a plant pulverizing aluminum, coal, cocoa, magnesium, spices or sugar, or other operations producing combustible dusts. | 105.6.7 | $40.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for the storage, use or handling at normal temperature and pressure (NTP) of compressed gases in excess of the amounts listed in Table 105.6.9. | 105.6.9 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for covered mall buildings when the following conditions exist: | 105.6.10 | |||||||
| 1. The placement of retail fixtures and displays, concession
equipment, displays of highly combustible goods and similar items in the mall. |
$40.00 | |||||||
| 2. The display of liquid-or-gas-fired equipment in the mall. | $40.00 | |||||||
| 3. The use of open-flame or flame-producing equipment in the mall. | $40.00 | |||||||
| Operational permit required to produce, store, transport on site, use, handle or dispense cryogenic fluids in excess of the amounts listed in Table 105.6.11. | 105.6.11 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to conduct welding operations within the jurisdiction. | 105.6.12 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to engage in the business of dry cleaning or to change to a more hazardous cleaning solvent used in existing dry cleaning equipment. | 105.6.13 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to operate exhibits and trade shows. | 105.6.14 | $40.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for the manufacture, storage, handling, sale or use of any quantity of explosive, explosive material, fireworks or pyrotechnic special effects within the scope of this code. | 105.6.15 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to use or operate fire hydrants or valves intended for fire suppression purposes which are installed on water systems and accessible to a fire apparatus access road that is open to or generally used by the public. | 105.6.16 | $40.00 | ||||||
| Operational
permits are required for flammable and combustible liquids as follows: 1. To use or operate a pipeline for the transportation within facilities of flammable or combustible liquids. 2. To store, handle or use Class I liquids in excess of 5 gallons in a building or in excess on 10 gallons outside of a building. 3. To store, handle or use Class II or Class IIIA liquids in excess of 25 gallons in a building or in excess of 60 gallons outside a building, except for fuel oil used with oil burning equipment. 4. To remove Class I or Class II liquids from an underground storage tank used for fueling motor vehicles by any means other than the approved, stationary on-site pumps normally used for dispensing purposes. 5. To operate tank vehicles, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, wells, fuel-dispensing stations, refineries, distilleries and similar facilities where flammable and |
105.6.17 | |||||||
| 1.
To use or operate a pipeline for the transportation within facilities of flammable or combustible liquids. |
$40.00 | |||||||
| 2. To store, handle or use Class I liquids in excess of 5 gallons in a building or in excess on 10 gallons outside of a building. | $40.00 | |||||||
| 3. To store, handle or use Class II or Class IIIA liquids in excess of 25 gallons in a building or in excess of 60 gallons outside a building, except for fuel oil used with oil burning equipment. | $50.00 | |||||||
| 4. To remove Class I or Class II liquids from an underground
storage tank used for fueling motor vehicles by any means other than the approved, stationary on-site pumps normally used for dispensing purposes. |
$50.00 | |||||||
| 5. To operate tank vehicles, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, wells, fuel-dispensing stations, refineries, distilleries and similar facilities where flammable and combustible liquids are produced, processed, transported, stored, dispensed or used. | $100.00 | |||||||
| 6. To install, alter, remove, abandon, place temporarily out of Service (for more than 90 days) or otherwise dispose of an underground, protected above-ground or above-ground flammable or combustible liquid tank. | $100.00 | |||||||
| 7. To change the type of contents stored in a flammable or
combustible liquid tank to a material which poses a greater hazard than that for which the tank was designed and constructed. |
$100.00 | |||||||
| 8. To manufacture, process, blend or refine flammable or combustible liquids. |
$100.00 | |||||||
| 9. To engage in the dispensing of liquid fuels into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles at commercial, industrial, governmental or manufacturing establishments. | $50.00 | |||||||
| 10. To utilize a site for the dispensing of liquid fuels from tank vehicles into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles at commercial, industrial, governmental or manufacturing establishments. | $50.00 | |||||||
| Operational permit required for floor finishing or surfacing operations exceeding 350 square feet using Class I or Class II liquids. | 105.6.18 | $40.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to operate a fruit or crop-ripening facility or conduct a fruit-ripening process using ethylene gas. | 105.6.19 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to operate a business of fumigation or thermal insecticidal fogging and to maintain a room, vault or chamber in which a toxic or flammable fumigant is used. | 105.6.20 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to store, transport on site, dispense, use or handle hazardous materials in excess of the amounts listed in Table 105.6.21. | 105.6.21 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to store, handle or use hazardous production materials. | 105.6.22 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to use a building or portion thereof as a high-piled storage area exceeding 500 square feet. | 105.6.23 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for hot work including but not limited to: | 105.6.24 | |||||||
| 1. Public exhibitions and demonstrations where hot work is
conducted. |
$40.00 | |||||||
| 2. Use of portable hot work equipment inside a structure, except work conducted under a construction permit. | $50.00 | |||||||
| 3. Fixed-site hot work equipment such as welding booths. | $50.00 | |||||||
| 4. Hot work conducted within a hazardous fire area. | $75.00 | |||||||
| 5. Application of roof coverings with the use of an open-flame device. | $75.00 | |||||||
| 6. A hot work program that allows approved personnel within a facility to regulate their facility’s hot work operations. | $100.00 | |||||||
| Operational permit required for operation of industrial ovens. | 105.6.25 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for the storage or processing of lumber exceeding 100,000 board feet. | 105.6.26 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to display, operate or demonstrate liquid-or gas-fueled vehicles or equipment in assembly buildings. | 105.6.27 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit, as approved by the NC Department of Agriculture may be required for: | 105.6.28 | |||||||
| 1. Storage and use of LP gas. | $50.00 | |||||||
| 2. Operation of cargo tankers that transport LP gas. | $100.00 | |||||||
| Operational permit required to melt, cast, heat treat or grind more than 10 pounds of magnesium. | 105.6.29 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to store in any building or upon any premises in excess of 2500 cubic feet gross volume of combustible packing cases, boxes, barrels or similar containers, rubber tires, rubber, cork or similar combustible material. | 105.6.30 | $75.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for the kindling or maintaining of an open fire or a fire on any public street, alley, road, or other public or private ground. | 105.6.31 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to remove paint with a torch or to use a torch or open-flame device in a hazardous area. | 105.6.32.1 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit also required to use open flame candles in connection with assembly areas, dining areas of restaurants or drinking establishments. | 105.6.32.2 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for any organic coating manufacturing operation producing more than 1 gallon of an organic coating in one day. | 105.6.33 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to operate a place of assembly. | 105.6.34 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for the removal from service, use or operation of private fire hydrants. | 105.6.35 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for use and handling of pyrotechnic special effects material. | 105.6.36 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for storage or handling of more than 25 pounds of cellulose nitrate plastics and for the assembly or manufacture of articles involving pyroxylin plastics. | 105.6.37 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to operate a mechanical refrigeration unit or system regulated by Chapter 6. | 105.6.38 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for operation of repair garages and automotive, marine and fleet service stations. | 105.6.39 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for the operation of a rooftop heliport. | 105.6.40 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to conduct a spraying or dipping operation utilizing flammable or combustible liquids or the application of combustible powders. | 105.6.41 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to establish, conduct or maintain storage of scrap tires and tire byproducts that exceeds 2500 cubic feet of total volume of scrap tires and for indoor storage of tires and tire byproducts. | 105.6.42 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to operate an air-supported temporary membrane structure or a tent having an area in excess of 200 square feet or a canopy in excess of 400 square feet. (Check exceptions) | 105.6.43 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for the operation and maintenance of a tire-rebuilding plant. | 105.6.44 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required for the operation of wrecking yards, junk yards and waste material-handling facilities. | 105.6.45 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Operational permit required to store chips, hogged material, lumber or plywood in excess of 200 cubic feet. | 105.6.46 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required to install, modify or alter an automatic fire extinguishing system. | 105.7.1 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required to install, repair damage to, abandon, remove, place temporarily out of service, close or substantially modify when compressed gases in use or storage exceed the amounts listed in Table 105.6.9. (See exceptions) | 105.7.2 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required for installation of or modification to fire alarm and detection systems and related equipment. | 105.7.3 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required for installation of or modification to fire pumps and related fuel tanks, controllers and generators. | 105.7.4 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permits required for flammable and combustible liquids to: | 105.7.5 | |||||||
| 1. Install, construct or alter tank vehicles, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, wells, fuel-dispensing stations, refineries, distilleries and similar facilities where flammable and combustible liquids are produced, processed, transported, stored, dispensed or used. | $100.00 | |||||||
| 2. Install, alter, remove, abandon, place temporarily out of service or otherwise dispose of a flammable or combustible liquid tank. | $100.00 | |||||||
| Construction permit required to install, repair damage to, abandon, remove, place temporarily out of service, or close or substantially modify a storage facility or other area regulated by Chapter 27 (Hazardous Materials) when the hazardous materials in storage exceed the amounts listed in Table 105.6.21. | 105.7.6 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required for installation of industrial ovens covered by Chapter 21. | 105.7.7 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required for installation of or modification to an LP-gas system. | 105.7.8 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required for the installation or modification of private fire hydrants. | 105.7.9 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required to install or modify a spray room, dip tank or booth. | 105.7.10 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required for the installation, modification to or removal from service of a standpipe system. | 105.7.11 | $100.00 | ||||||
| Construction permit required to erect an air-supported structure or a tent having an area in excess of 200 square feet or a canopy in excess of 400 square feet. (See exceptions) | 105.7.12 | $50.00 | ||||||
| Failure to correct life safety violations. | $100.00 | |||||||
| Mandatory Citations to Court are issued for the following violations: | ||||||||
| 1. Exit doors locked, blocked or otherwise obstructed, Section 1011.2. | ||||||||
| 2. Fire alarm, automatic fire sprinkler system, standpipe system or other building fire protection systems removed from service without notification to or approval from Chapel Hill Fire Department, Section 901.7. | ||||||||
| 3. Failure to correct violations of the North Carolina Fire Code that constitute an imminent safety to life hazard and/or which may create delays in the exiting of the building’s occupants, Section 102.1. Authority to abate life safety hazards provided in Section 110.3 and 110.4. | ||||||||