137 ORDINANCE NO. 137
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, ESTABLISHING FIRE SERVICE FEES FOR
FIRE PREVENTION AND PLANNING SERVICES.
The City Council of the City of Grand Terrace does hereby ordain as
follows :
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Grand Terrace hereby
finds and determines :
( A) That the City of Grand Terrace has grown at a very rapid pace
in recent years . Such growth has caused an increased demand
upon Fire Dept/CSA 38 to perform necessary services including
plan checking , plan review, permit issuance , inspections and
public education ;
( B) That the increased demand for such services cannot be met
with present resources ;
( C ) That fire safety inspections are not keeping pace with
development, which may result in serious public safety
consequences ;
( D ) That all planned development requires adequate review in
order to meet fire safety standards and reduce the risk of
injury and property damage ;
( E ) That in order to reduce such risk , provide proper planning
and insure fire safety through a program of inspections and
community education , the Fire Dept/CSA 38, needs to charge
and collect the fees established herein ;
( F) That such fees reasonably cover , but do not exceed , the
estimated cost of providing the services for which said fees
are charged ;
(G) That pursuant to Government Code Sections 24008 and 25210. 59 ,
and Health and Safety Code Section 13916, the Fire Dept/CSA
38 is hereby assigned the duty to perform those specific
functions and activities related to the fees set forth
herein ;
( H ) That the performance by the Fire Dept/CSA 38 of the
activities for which fees are charged herein is in support of
the work of the City Planning Agency , as provided in
Government Code Section 65104 ;
( I ) That such fees are for the purpose of meeting the operating
expenses of the Fire Dept/CSA 38 and the adoption of said
fees is exempt from the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act Under Public Resources Code Section
21080 ( b) ( 8 ) .
SECTION 2. Fire Service Fees shall be paid to the Fire Chief as
follows :
( A) Fire safety requirement pre-application and application
review fee prior to Development Review Committee
( 1 ) Minor subdivisions $ 100. 00
( 2 ) Tract $200 . 00
( 3 ) Site approval ( conditional use permit) $160. 00
( 4 ) Planned unit and residential developments $500. 00
( 5 ) Special project review ( outside of County process )
where the County is not the clearing house ) $500. 00
( B) Fire Safety requirement plan review, building and/or
system( s) inspection
( 1 ) Single family dwellings and mobile homes ( not to
exceed $800. 00 per tract) $ 80. 00
( 2 ) Multi - family dwellings ( per unit) $ 40. 00
( 3 ) Commercial --up to 5 , 000 sq . ft . $100. 00
( 4 ) Commercial --over 5, 000 sq . ft . ( No additional
fee for building over 250, 000 sq . ft . )
( per sq . ft . ) $ . 02
( 5 ) Industrial --up to 5 , 000 sq . ft . $100. 00
( 6 ) Industrial --over 5 , 000 sq . ft. ( per sq . ft . )
( No additional fee for building over
250, 000 sq . ft . ) ( per sq. ft . ) $ . 02
( 7 ) Interior and/or exterior building alteration
( per individual suite/ floor ) $ 80. 30
'` ( 8 ) Sprinkler systems :
( a ) All new systems and altered systems more
than twenty heads $160. 00
( b ) Twenty heads or less ( alteration only) $ 60. 00
( 9 ) Engineered or pre-engineered automatic
suppression systems ( excluding water ) $ 80. 00
( 10 ) Fire alarm systems $ 80. 00
( 11 ) The charge for any revision of a previously
approved plan for any of the above shall be
$40. 00 per hour for the time spent in review,
but not less than 25% of the original fee .
( 12 ) Failure to keep field inspection appointment
without notification ( one hour minimum) $ 40. 00
( 13 ) Same day ( short notice demand ) field inspection
( one hour minimum) $ 40. 00
( 14 ) Division consultation fees not otherwise stated
( except phone consultations ; one hour minimum) $ 40. 00
( 15 ) Fire flow test ( one hour--two people ) $ 80. 00
( 16 ) When an outside consultant is used for plan
check , the fee shall be paid by the developer/
contractor or owner to the consultant prior to
plan approval .
( 17 ) Additional field inspections required after the
initial inspection and one follow up inspection
( per hour or portion thereof to the nearest
1/2 hour ) $ 40. 00
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( C ) Fire safety permits ( single issuance or as otherwise noted ) :
( 1 ) Above ground storage or use of flammable or
combustible liquids ( more than 60 gallons) $100. 00
(2 ) Liquefied petroleum gas ( store , handle ,
transport or use more than 500 gallons ;
excluding R-3 occupancies ) $ 60. 00
( 3 ) Fireworks-inspections ; public display $ 80. 00
(4 ) Message parlors $ 60. 00
( 5 ) Explosives and blasting agents ; permit
and inspection $ 60. 00
( 6 ) Flammable and combustile liquids ; tank
removal inspection ( per tank) $ 60. 00
( 7 ) H zardous chemicals--storage , handling , or
use as a solid , liquid or gas , other than
underground tanks ( per permit) $ 60. 00
( 8 ) Industrial operations
( per fire suppressions extinguishing system) $ 60. 00
( 9 ) Title 19 Inspections ( inspection ) $ 60. 00
SECTION 3 This Ordinance shall take effect thirty ( 30 ) days from
the date of adoption .
SECTION 4 The City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be posted
in three ( 3 ) public places designated for such purpose by the City
Council .
SECTION 5 First read at regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 14th day of November , 1991 , and finally
adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting of said City Council
on the 12th day of December , 1991 .
ATTEST :
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Deputy City M erk of the Ma r of -the 'City- of Grand
City of Grand Terrace and T race and the City Council
City Council thereof thereof
(W
I , BRENDA STANFILL , Deputy City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace ,
California , do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of
,. the City of Grand Terrace held on the 12th day of December , 1991 by
the following votes :
AYES : Councilmembers Carlstrom and Christianson ; Mayor Pro Tem
Grant
NOES : Councilmember Hilkey ; Mayor Matteson
ABSENT : None
ABSTAIN : None
Approved as to form
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